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Opponents of wireless local number portability lost a substantial ally last week as Verizon Wireless threw in the towel on fighting the proposed Federal Communications Commission mandate and announced plans for how the nation’s largest wireless carrier would handle customers …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services. Under the partnership, the companies will collaborate on handsets, standards, international …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Italian telecommunications provider Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA has completed the implementation of Amdocs’ ClarifyCRM at its three main customer care centers in Italy, providing Wind with a single view of all customer information to improve customer care and reduce …

NEW DELHI, India–India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go–toward GSM or CDMA or perhaps both. The battle lines are …

PARIS-Orange announced Friday it will sell its 26.6-percent stake in Italian operator Wind to Enel for $1.37 billion plus a $210 million shareholders’ loan to be repaid to Orange. The price is subject to a post-closing upward adjustment should Enel …

ROME-The European Commission is investigating possible illegal state aid to Italian telecom operator Wind. The probe is reported to be at a preliminary stage. In addition to providing a fixed-line business, Wind is the third-largest mobile operator in Italy. State-owned …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. reported that Italian wireless operator Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. launched its My Wind service based on Comverse’s Who Called platform. Comverse said its platform notifies consumers by SMS of the phone number associated with not completed inbound …

CANNES, France-Emblaze Systems, which develops customized services and technologies for wireless carriers, will join Micorsoft, Nortel, LG and others to demonstrate third-generation (3G) technologies for mobile carriers at this year’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. Emblaze will demonstrate: Microsoft Internet …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said its video and playback encoding software is being used by Italian mobile operator Wind for its multimedia message service (MMS). Subscribers to the service can capture and play video clips on suitable handsets equipped with …

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 Nokia Downloading Solution and uses Java technology.

DUBLIN, Ireland-The majority backers of Portuguese Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) hopeful OniWay have decided to pull the plug on the venture. However, two other shareholders-Telenor, which controls 20 percent, and Spanish utility Iberdrola with 8 percent-have refused to support …

DENVER, United States-The solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus, operating at 65,000 feet over Hawaii, has successfully completed commercial tests of third-generation (3G) wireless video telephony, wireless Internet surfing via laptop computer modem and high-definition television (HDTV) broadcast. The three weeks of tests, which …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest telecom operator after Telia, has confirmed plans to present a joint bid with London-based Star Capital Partners to acquire Italian mobile operator Blu’s network. A sale has been in the cards since 2000, when Blu failed …

LONDON-Wireless platform provider Cash-U scored another major win through a new resale deal with Ericsson. Under the agreement, Ericsson will resell Cash-U’s wireless application platform to its carrier customers. Cash-U’s platform provides management capabilities for carriers to offer entertainment applications …

PARIS—Maporama announced a partnership with Navigation Technologies that will enhance location-based service offerings for Italy’s WIND Telecomunicazioni customers. “Maporama is excited to provide its industry-leading technology to forward-thinking operator WIND for the development of new generation LBS applications,” explained Laurent …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Wireless giant Ericsson continued to lead the multimedia messaging service infrastructure industry through its new deal with T-Mobile. T-Mobile will use Ericsson’s MMS center to launch services in its Hungary market and plans to roll out similar services in …

ROME—Four telecom companies have filed formal offers to buy Italian mobile-phone operator Blu, which has been for sale for about 18 months since failing to win a third-generation (3G) license in Italy. Reuters reported incumbent Italian mobile operators Telecom Italia …

LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems announced its SIMphonIC Application Loader and Manager platform has been integrated into Wind’s Italian mobile network, allowing Wind to remotely manage Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards and to offer new services to subscribers. “The SIMphonIC ALM …

NEW YORK—Vivendi Universal has deployed MyNetonomy , developed by U.S.-based Netonomy, as the portal through which customers can purchase, activate and personalize services on Universal Music Mobile (UMM). Launched commercially in late September, the service delivers Vivendi Universal’s music-oriented content …

NEW YORK—Italy’s Wind Telecommuicazioni has licensed and purchased Emblaze Systems’ Wireless Media Platform and backend system. Wind will integrate the architecture with its systems to operate on GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks, allowing it to offer its customers next-generation …

Alcatel Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa. Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil. Value: US$275 million Moscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it signed an agreement with Italian telecommunications operator Wind Telecomunnicazioni, which calls for Wind to sell Sendo’s S200 phones through its retail outlets in Italy. This is up-start Sendo’s fourth major carrier agreement.

SAN JOSE, California, United States—Metricom announced it will cease operations in all its markets on Wednesday, 8 August, to conduct a wind down of its business and to sell all its assets. An auction has been scheduled for 16 August.Metricom …

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Mobile phone maker Sendo announced it signed an agreement with Italian telecommunications operator Wind Telecomunnicazioni, which calls for Wind to sell Sendo’s S200 phones through its retail outlets in Italy.This is up-start Sendo’s fourth major carrier agreement.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The troubles of Adaptive Broadband Corp. came to an expected conclusion when the company announced it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Jose, Calif. Adaptive said it planned to pursue an “orderly …