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Consolidation hit the European wireless market as Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica said it plans to acquire U.K.-based 02 plc, and Swedish operator Telenor announced plans to acquire rival Vodafone Sweden. …

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the …

LONDON-Revenue-assurance company Azure Solutions announced it scored $15 million in venture funding. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures led the round, with Intel Capital, New Venture Partners, AG Edwards and Hexagon Investments …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile introduced a filter designed to limit mobile users’ access to child pornography Internet sites. The child-porn filter expands on an offering the wireless and fixed-network operator launched …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Telenor Pakistan opened its GSM mobile network for commercial service this week. Telenor won a license to build and operate a mobile network in Pakistan in April 2004. The …

ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music provider Chaoticom said it is changing its name to Groove Mobile. The company provides more than 1 million tracks of fully downloadable over-the-air mobile music. It recently …

CANNES, France-Revenue assurance company Azure Solutions Ltd. today released the first part of its next-generation platform, which the company said will protect wireless carriers against gaps in their systems that …

Two international carriers announced plans for a roaming agreement for Wi-Fi hot spots. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a public wireless local area network inter-roaming agreement with Swedish mobile …

FORNEBU, Norway-Norwegian carrier Telenor said it will restructure its organization and management. The restructuring will concentrate Telenor’s mobile and fixed activities in the Nordic region under one management. Morten Karlsen …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its second W-CDMA contract announcement in a week, L.M. Ericsson said Connex, a wireless operator in Romania, has selected the Swedish vendor to supply gear for its W-CDMA …

ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Chaoticom unveiled a deal to distribute full-length audio tracks from EMI Music to mobile handsets through its European carrier partners. Under terms of the partnership, Chaoticom …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected as a supplier to build the first phase of Telenor Hungarian wireless subsidiary Pannon GSM’s third-generation mobile network. The value of the UMTS contract was …

Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, …

FORNEBU, Norway-Telenor said it began commercial UMTS services in Norway, with a focus on selling its mobile television service using the new network. Telenor said the UMTS network covers more …

LONDON-Norwegian operator Telenor and U.S. transportation communications provider Arinc Inc. hosted a simulated flight Thursday to demonstrate an onboard aircraft GSM mobile-phone network. During the event, European journalists placed and …

LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal …

LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal …

Nortel Networks said it has appointed Clent Richardson to the post of chief marketing officer. Richardson will lead the company’s newly formed global marketing organization responsible for brand development and …

OSLO, Norway—Norwegian wireless carrier Telenor said it will have its EDGE upgrade in place by end-2005. The carrier decided to upgrade to EDGE technology earlier this year. “The upgrade has …

OSLO, Norway-The Starmap Mobile Alliance, an alliance of small European operators aimed at gaining more equipment-buying and roaming power, said Czech mobile carrier Eurotel Praha has joined the group, increasing …

Wireless phone use aboard commercial aircraft is moving a step closer to reality at an airline industry trade show this week. OnAir, a collaborative effort by airline manufacturer Airbus SAS, …

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Telenor said it completed the acquisition of an additional 55.9 percent of Montenegrin mobile operator ProMonte, giving Telenor full ownership. The transaction price was $79 million. Telenor …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will …

Internet dating sites have proven to be one of the most popular aspects of the Web, and as with the gaming, adult-content and music businesses, many matchmaking companies are eager …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will build a GSM network for Telenor Pakistan in the southern part of the country. The value of the order was not disclosed. The contract …