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BUCHAREST, Romania-Israel’s GSM operator Partner, which operates under the Orange brand, has sent to the Ministry of Communications a request to delay receiving its remaining GSM 1800 MHz frequencies by a year. The delay is needed to introduce in Israel …

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Among the key issues worrying investors and wireless protagonists surrounding European third-generation (3G) in Germany and France includes the question of how many operators the markets can support. Skeptics are coming out of the wireless woodwork to question …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As many mobile operators around the world install and trial their multimedia message service (MMS) infrastructure, those that have launched services have already commenced a pricing war. Two of Europe’s biggest operators, Orange and MmO2, which launched their …

HELSINKI, Finland and OSLO, Norway-Hutchison Whampoa and Investor-backed Hi3G, which will operate under the brand name “3,” will join Swedish third-generation (3G) license holders seeking rollout extensions. Hi3G has confirmed its intention to ask Swedish telecom authority PTS for an …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a three-year contract, Nokia Corp. said it would supply Orange Switzerland with a multimedia messaging service solution, which will begin to launch in October, 2002. Nokia will also provide services to integrate, support, maintain and implement the solution, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-PTS, the Swedish telecom regulatory authority, has hinted it is prepared to organize a roundtable discussion with third-generation (3G) license holders that feel they are unable to meet agreed network rollout deadlines. The issue of sticking to deadlines has …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to overcome the pervading gloom that hangs over the technology. Both …

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange may appeal the ruling by Swedish national telecom regulator PTS, which rejected any changes to the conditions of its third-generation (3G) license. Orange asked for a three-year rollout extension and now has until 22 October to …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to reduce its crippling debt mountain of 70 billion euro (US$67.9 billion), France T

OSLO, Norway-A surprise tax bill of 2.4 billion crowns (US$323 million) is the latest bit of bad news for Norway’s leading telecom operator and just part of the recent gloomy trend in Scandinavia. The SFS, a tax agency for large-scale …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd.’s request for a restraining order against Good Technology Inc. was thrown out by the judge. Judge Raymond J. Ikola of the Orange County Superior Court of California denied RIM’s request, Good said. “Customers are voting …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Data optimization company Bytemobile scored another major customer win with its new deal with Orange UK, which will use the company’s Macara optimization service node platform to enhance its GPRS services. “At Orange, we are seeking the best …

NEW YORK-Orange Communications will offer presence-aware messaging through a new deal with Antepo. “Instant messaging is a key initiative within Orange,” said Andreas Waber, director of products and services at Orange. “Antepo’s Accept has the perfect match with our expectations: …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group’s Swedish subsidiary Europolitan will not meet regulator deadlines for building a third-generation (3G) network. Europolitan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jon Risfelt said that reaching the Swedish national telecom regulator PTS’ goal of coverage for 99.9 percent of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden-based Telia Mobile said it signed a framework agreement with third-generation operator Hi3G for colocating masts. Hi3G is the Swedish 3G subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and is building a UMTS network in the Nordic country. Under the agreement, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-LM Ericsson announced it has been selected as a multimedia messaging service infrastructure supplier to Orange SA and its 22 member companies and that it already signed a supply agreement with Orange France. MMS allows users to send and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to gain market share in an increasingly saturated market has seen the Dutch arm of cell-phone operator MmO2 scrap all handset subsidies and cut mobile call charges by up to 50 percent. The company claimed it is …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said a variety of carriers have signed contracts valued at more than $30 million for its customized Network Support Program, which allows customers to maximize the use of their networks for specific needs. Some of the customers include …

LONDON-As the tech sector continues a shaky recovery and telecom companies in Europe and the United States offer nothing much to write home about, the Middle East continues its love affair with the mobile phone unabated, and its operators continue …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Mobile operator Orange announced this week it is on course to record a profit by the fourth quarter of 2002. A subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia), Orange also declared that it is on target with its plans for the …

LONDON-Text messaging company Scan Mobile scored a major new outlet for its applications, announcing a partnership with European carrier Orange to offer a variety of messaging applications. Among its portfolio, Scan Mobile will offer Orange subscribers its ticketing and shopping …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Strong mobile sales have boosted finances at France T

DUBLIN, Ireland-The four U.K. mobile network operators received reprimands from the country’s Competition Commission, which claimed they are charging their customers too much for receiving calls made from other wireless and fixed-line networks. The operators, MmO2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile, …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Orange Ventures named Mike Dolbec and Bill Wiberg as general partners of the venture capital fund. Dolbec, who will focus on investing and providing strategic guidance to portfolio companies in the wireless infrastructure and data services markets, was co-founder …

Portugal-Portuguese company Sonae.com has approached EDP regarding an acquisition of its telecom subsidiary Oni Group, which owns a third-generation license in Portugal. Sonae owns 45 percent of Portuguese mobile operator Optimus, and Oni operates a fixed-line network in Portugal as …