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DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG, Olivetti and Bell Atlantic International have acquired Swedish telecom operator Telia’s 9.66 percent ownership in Monitel Sistemi Radiocellulari, which owns 6.8 percent of Italian mobile operator Omnitel Pronto Italia. Mannesmann and Olivetti, through their joint venture company, …

NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers. One forecast predicted the number of cellular telephone customers in Brazil could increase during the next …

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc., New York, plans to retire outstanding senior discount notes paying 13.25-percent interest and replace them with a private placement of about $225 million in new debt due 2005. Cellular Communications is a holding company whose …

B-band cellular licenses don’t appear to be a wireless Mardi Gras for the Brazilian government any longer. Though raking in billions so far from four of the 10 licenses it already has awarded, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications most likely …

Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of its paging services. Under the terms of the agreement, Alfa-Bip agreed to buy Motorola’s Nucleus one-way …

Further developments in the B-band auction for cellular licenses in Brazil continue to be stymied, while the June privatization auction date set for government-owned Telebr

The new GSM licensee in Israel, Partner Communications Co., signed a letter of intent with L.M. Ericsson for the supply of equipment for the operator, a joint venture between Hutchison Telecommunications, Matav Cable Systems Media and Elbit, reported The Financial …

JOHANNESBURG-South African companies are poised to play a major role in telecommunications as the privatization and deregulation process, which began in the early 1990s in Africa, moves rapidly ahead. But the march is not likely to be an easy one …

NEW YORK-Until it goes public in a partial privatization planned for late this year, Telecom Finland Ltd. will not take part in merger talks with Telenor AS of Norway or Telia AB of Sweden, said Ausis Salin, chief executive officer …

BETHESDA, Md.-Personal communications services provider American Personal Communications, which operates as Sprint Spectrum in the Washington, D.C., area, announced international roaming agreements covering six new countries in European countries. The agreements are with Mobilkom in Austria, Tele Danmark in Denmark, …

The contentious and controversial tender for a pair of much-wanted personal communications services licenses in Argentina became even more rowdy last week when two companies with strong ties to the country’s current telecom providers entered the fray. The new bidders …

Roberto Catalan, president of Argentina’s communications commission, known as CNC (Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones), recently completed a United States road show designed to attract investor interest for a personal communications services tender. The CNC is looking for foreign companies to …

L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, with options for deliveries totaling $152 million, said the company. …

Groups led by AT&T Corp. and Telia of Sweden are among those that recently purchased bidding packages from the Argentine government, which plans to award two 1900 MHz personal communications services licenses this fall. Interested companies must present initial offers, …

Customer care has become an increasingly important tool for operators competing in the wireless market, says a Swedish company that recently launched its third-generation customer care product in the United States in conjunction with InfoCellular Inc. When wireless carriers in …

France Telecom Group, Sonofon, Tele Danmark AS and Telia AG were awarded licenses to operate nationwide Digital Cellular System 1800 networks in Denmark. Denmark’s National Telecom Agency reported it expects the personal communications network licensees to offer services “at prices …

Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy. Brazil’s current annual cellular growth rate is about 70 percent. The number of subscribers …

LISLE, Ill.-Swedish telecommunications operator Telia AG deployed its synchronous digital hierarchy GMU interface in its DXX managed networks to increase service capacity. The company has DXX systems in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia/Pacific. The interface was added …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson, Swedish mobile telephone operator Telia AB and truck manufacturer Scania began a project to demonstrate the viability of secure intranet access using Global System for Mobile communications technology. The project, which is scheduled to last one month, …

VimpelCommunications said shares of its common stock are authorized to trade on the Russian Trading System market, an online, screen-based trading system used by brokers in Moscow and throughout the Russian Federation. Dmitri Zimin, president and chief executive officer of …

WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems will provide voice-activated dialing for customers of Sweden’s Telia Mobitel AB. Brite values the contract at $2.3 million. Voice dialing allows users to initiate a mobile phone call by speaking the name or number of the …

The Secretary of Communications in Argentina announced concrete plans to award two personal communications services licenses in early to mid-1997. Initially, the two PCS licenses will be granted for 30 megahertz, with an option for an additional 5 megahertz, but …

Denmark’s government has accepted bids for personal communications licenses and is pleased with the amount of interest it received, reported the U.S. Department of Commerce. Five entities filed tender documents for one of perhaps five nationwide Digital Cordless Services 1800 …

Two companies have increased their ownership in Italy’s second Global System for Mobile communications operator, Omnitel Pronto Italia. AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it purchased additional interests in Omnitel from Banca di Roma and two smaller partners, increasing its ownership by …

Arch Communications Group Inc. named Carol E. Burns vice president of human resources. Burns has been director of human resources since she started with the company in July 1995. Before joining Arch, Burns was director of human resources at the …