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NEW YORK-A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., which holds a minority stake in both Orange plc and Western Wireless Corp., plans to issue $547 million in Euro-denominated bonds due 2006 and about $194 million in Hong Kong dollar-denominated …

CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems announced it will provide systems to support the deployment of Orange plc’s “Every Phone” service in the United Kingdom. The Orange Every Phone provides subscribers with a call direction service, enabling them to receive incoming calls …

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced United Kingdom operator Orange plc has begun a targeted deployment of Wildfire’s network voice-activated virtual assistant. Orange said the initial deployment will involve several thousand customers who represent different age, gender and accent demographic groups, on …

Unwired Planet Inc. took another step toward making its vision of Wireless Application Protocol devices and services a commercial reality by providing interoperability testing between its WAP-enabled UP.Link Server and WAP-encoded browsers produced by handset manufacturers. The first company to …

NEW YORK-The United Kingdom started off 1999 with a bang, becoming the first country to implement local number portability for wireless telephony customers. All four cellular operators-Orange plc, Vodafone Group plc, Cellnet and One 2 One-had agreed to license amendments …

Tele Danmark A/S announced the takeover of Millicom East Holding B.V., a Dutch holding company owning shares in the two Lithuanian cellular companies Bite GSM and Comliet. After the transaction, Tele Danmark will control 71.6 percent of Bite and 49 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-As Africa enters the threshold of the African Renaissance and progresses toward privatizing and liberalizing its telecommunications sectors, powerful alliances are being forged in the wireless arena. “The rapid privatization of the telecommunications sector in east African countries …

SINGAPORE Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract valued at $23 million to upgrade M1’s digital wireless telephone network in Singapore. In addition to its SC 4852 base transceiver station, Motorola CIG will install two new base station types …

LONDON-Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. said it has become the first United Kingdom mobile service provider to offer roaming in Israel. The service in Israel was launched as Orange in October 1998, as a result of the licensing of the …

Canada Research in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.’s fleet management and communications systems. GMSI’s systems are sold to taxi, trucking and transit companies and are …

CommSite International CommSite International Inc. announced company founder Wesley McGee has assumed the role of chairman and Timothy Haley was appointed president and chief executive officer. Haley has experience in financial performance and administration, sales and marketing, employee development, client …

EDI Telecom Ltd. and Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. announced they signed an agreement under which the two will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction. Mobile Systems International, United Kingdom, and U.S.-based Metapath Software Corp. announced the two companies are merging. Both companies …

Austria Kyro Corp.’s Tecnomen Group announced Mobilkom Austria selected it to supply a new messaging system for Mobilkom’s Global System for Mobile communications network expansion. The new system will add more than 600,000 voice and fax mailboxes to the Austrian …

LONDON-Orange plc said it will offer the equivalent of any competitor’s digital package on its network under a new program called the Orange Value Promise. The U.K.-based operator has studied its competitors’ pricing and believes its packages-which customers can switch …

CANADA Rogers Cantel Inc. said its prepaid offering will be sold by Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix under a new retail agreement between the companies. “Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go” will be available in 650 of Shoppers Drug Mart’s 850 stores …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The SuperSession on the second day of the Personal Communications Showcase ’98, “Connect to Competition, the Business of Success,” will feature keynote speaker David Golden, managing director and co-director of investment banking at Hambrecht & Quist. Golden will discuss …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said it provides local number portability in 15 of its 27 markets and plans to deploy LNP service on a nationwide basis by the end of the year. WinStar’s 15 LNP markets are Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; …

Pricing, Marketing, Packaging & Branding Bundled Services in the Telecom Industry September 14-15 Institute for International Research. The Wyndham Resort, Miami Beach, Fla. (888) 777-8730 or (941) 951-7885. 1998 Intelligent Network Roundtable September 14-15 International Engineering Consortium. Hyatt Regency, Woodfield, …

GLOBECOM SYSTEMS Globecomm Systems Inc. announced commercial availability of its Systems Explorer II Portable Satphone, a satellite phone system that uses Integrated Services Digital Network technology. Explorer II is made in the United States and weighs 32 pounds. The system …

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada will become the first telecom service provider to offer the Network Wildfire personal assistant service commercially. The limited market launch is expected to begin Sept. 16 to Bell Mobility’s 1.7 million subscribers …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The United Kingdom likes to portray itself as a pioneer in cellular. Certainly it was early on the scene, with two analog TACS (Total Access Communications System) networks entering commercial service in January 1985. In mid-1992, the United …

WIRELESS SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION AND PORTABLE BY DESIGN August 31 – September 3 Penton Media. Boston World Trade Center, Boston. (201) 393-6259. Wireless Product Development September 1-3 AiC Worldwide Inc. Hotel Nikko, San Francisco. (800) 409-4242 or (212) 714-1444. Italian …

LONDON-Orange plc introduced a one-number service called Every Phone that allows Orange customers’ phone numbers to follow them with a call-forwarding system. Orange’s Talkplan customers can call 330 from their handset, or 0973 100 330 from any other phone to …

Though the International Telecommunication Union is months away from reaching a consensus on third-generation standards, European and Japanese governments are revealing plans to auction third-generation spectrum next year. The race is on to deploy 3G services. Some key European countries …

August 17-18 Alexander Resources. Marriott Courtyard Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (800) 948-8225 or (972) 818-8225. Wireless Number Portability Forum August 18 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Westin City Center Hotel, Washington, D.C. (202) 736-3224. Wireless Interconnection ’98 August 18-19 Bellcore. Sheraton …