French mobile phone operator, Bouygues, has lodged an official complaint with the European Commission over the make-up of the latest batch of UMTS licences set to be issued in continental Europe. Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands plan to follow...
Across Europe, the race to allocate spectrum for the roll out of services based on third-generation (3G) mobile UMTS technology is causing sparks to fly. Meanwhile, as silicon.com reported yesterday, experts are pouring scorn on claims by German...
Autostrade is currently battling with the Italian government in a regional court in Rome after government officials attempted to seize telco consortium Blu's UMTS bank guarantee. Autostrade holds a majority stake in Blu, which last month pulled out...
Telefonica Moviles won its UMTS licence last May, and will invest a total of E5.28bn (£3.2bn) in the construction of its UMTS network. Nokia and Ericsson will join Motorola in building a network, which will serve Spanish towns with over 250,000...
Telia claims the regulator made a series of faults regarding formalities of the UMTS distribution process and incorrect technical calculations. The company has called on the county administration court system to suspend the execution of UMTS...
The UMTS 2001 show, due to be run by IBC between the 15th and 18th of October, is now at risk. Twelve months ago, business was brisk at the UMTS 2000 show at the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona, with Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent, Motorola, Nokia...