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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN and fixed-line operator Telkom announced they have renegotiated aspects of their interconnection agreement, which is expected to translate into a reduction of …

FORT MYERS, Fla.-Rural wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular signed a two-year service partnership with InterOP Technologies L.L.C. to provide SMS services on Bluegrass’ network. InterOP said the partnership includes enhanced messaging …

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator service on Sprint PCS’ network in July and …

MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States …

WARREN, New Jersey, United States-Virgin Mobile USA said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service on Sprint PCS’ network …

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said its mobile subsidiary, Mobilkom Austria, increased its stake in Croatian operator VIPnet from 71 percent to 80 percent. Mobilkom Austria acquired a 9-percent stake from Croatian …

OSLO, Norway-Norway’s Telenor said it sold its 49-percent stake in Russian regional operator StavTeleSot to Russian mobile company VimpelCom for $20.9 million. VimpelCom now has 90 percent of StavTelesot. Telenor …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Tower owner and operator SBA Communications Corp. said its chief financial officer John Marino will resign effective March 31, 2003. Merino will return to the banking industry, which …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said Irish operator Meteor Mobile Communications will use its equipment to deploy mobile number portability functionality across the country. The technology allows subscribers to maintain the same phone …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following last week’s decision from cell-phone operator MmO2 that it will delay the deployment of its U.K. third-generation (3G) service until the latter half of 2004, other European …

HELSINKI, Finland-TDC, the Copenhagen-based Danish operator in which U.S. telecom group SBC Communications holds a 42-percent equity holding, has made an outright bid to acquire all shares in its Swiss …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With the appointment of Mauricio Mesa Londo

NEW DELHI, India-Leading Thai GSM player AIS announced it will spend about 8 billion baht (US$187 million) on network expansion and services during 2003. This information was given by officials …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it will begin to bill its prepaid customers based on seconds. Adrian Wood, chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria, said the board …

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, the mobile virtual network operator for Nextel Communications Inc., announced it will partner with Go2 Directory Systems to offer location-based directory services to the youth market. The …

LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. said European operator Connex has deployed its Passport 2000 multiservice switches, enabling convergence of its voice and data traffic onto “one, cost effective network.” The vendor described …

LONDON-British Telecommunications said it has rolled out new wireless hot spots across Hilton hotels, airports and motorway service stations in the United Kingdom. The operator said it has installed 80 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployments of a Brazilian cdma2000 1x contract it signed in June 2001 with BrasilCel, the joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Telecom …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported $1.1 billion in wireless revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002, which was a 15 percent increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2001, and …

LONDON-U.K. mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile reported its highest sales ever in last year’s fourth quarter, bringing in 370,530 new subscribers during the quarter compared with 232,300 in the …

NEW YORK-Mobile TeleSystems, which has 6.7 million subscribers in Russia, plans to raise $400 million in a private placement of dollar-denominated bonds to finance business development, including possible acquisitions of …

MEXICO CITY-Wireless operator Iusacell has launched the country’s first cdma2000 1x voice and high-speed data network for instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access, as well as mobile office capabilities and …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-After having suffered a fall of 2 percent in incomes during 2002, Pyramid Research forecasts that this year will see an increase of 13 percent in the U.S. …