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Editor’s Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.’s chief executive. Verizon, …

Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators’ third-quarter results rendered a top-five ranking that included carriers serving a …

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smart phone on its network this week bolstering its handset …

LONDON-Orascom Tunisia, the country’s second mobile operator, is due to begin commercial operations next week. This will bring it into competition with state-owned Tunisia Telecoms. The company is a joint …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Dec. 17 urged the Federal Communications Commission to either auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band currently set aside for mobile satellite …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smartphone on its network this week bolstering its handset lineup in time …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The two major cell-phone operators in Colombia, which operate on TDMA technology, announced they are migrating their networks to different technologies. In the case of BellSouth, the company …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe announced it has commissioned a new switching center with capacity to carry 100,000 additional subscribers. Douglas Mboweni, Econet chief executive, said the …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) and ClearWave said they reached an agreement with Emerging Markets Partnership (WMP) on the sale of the 5.68-percent stake of Romanian operator MobiFon held by ClearWave …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to the financial problems of owner France …

HELSINKI, Finland-Italian operator Wind is using technology from Nokia Corp. to offer downloadable content and applications such as video, color games and polyphonic ringing tones. The commercial service works over …

The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone certainly marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent has …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Moscow-based Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation (Sistema) has approached several leading Finnish telecom companies and venture capital houses in search of Western technical expertise and funds to conduct …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Uganda announced it has invested more than US$4 million in a major network upgrade. Philip Besiimire, MTN’s public relations officer, said the upgrade is …

BEIJING-China Netcom and China Telecom, China’s main fixed-line operators, are considering building wireless local loop (WLL) services based on the CDMA standard, but mobile operator China Unicom is expected to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their “lost” wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe’s major telecom companies have launched wireless local area network (WLAN) hot spot services. …

ROME-Telecom Italia began trials this week of a public Wi-Fi service operating at 2.4 GHz. Italy’s largest fixed and mobile operator will trial the service in public locations in Rome …

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DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless confirmed that it has won a license to offer mobile services on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The U.S.-based operator will compete against Cable & Wireless, …

MANILA, The Philippines-The Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) plans to invest 6 billion Philippine pesos (US$113 million) next year for its nationwide wireless telephone network in its bid to become …

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced the number of subscribers for its third-generation (3G) service exceeded 4 million. KDDI launched its 3G service based on cdma2000 1x in …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal to revert the decision taken by Judge Julio V

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian state-owned network operator Nitel announced that all the country’s state capitals will be connected to the operator’s GSM network during 2003. Sam Nmegbu, Nitel’s territorial manager, said …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN reported it is contributing toward the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) through social and infrastructure investments in six African countries. The network …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Austrian operator Mobilkom Austria has awarded L.M. Ericsson a service assurance contract with an undisclosed value. The agreement will allow Mobilkom Austria to have one focus point for monitoring …