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• TELEFONICA/SONERA UNIT QUAM TO CEASE TRADING IN NOVEMBER.(Brief Article)

  - 2002-10-22

  German mobile phone operator Quam is to cease trading in November following the decision by its parent companies, Telefonica and Sonera, to freeze their investments in third-generation mobile telephony. Quam, which has a 3G UMTS licence in Germany, is currently in talks with Deutsche Telekom about...

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• The dimming prospects for Europe's third-generation (3G) mobile phone services. (Business Briefs).(Brief Article)

  - 2002-09-01

  The dimming prospects for Europe's third-generation (3G) mobile phone services, the one sector where it leads the US and Japan, looked even bleaker after Spain's Telefonica and Sonera of Finland pulled the plug on their joint venture in Germany and wrote off the $8.3 billion they...

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• Mobile Market faces turmoil and further rationalisation.

  - 2002-08-05

  EUROPEMEDIA-C2002 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ The recent announcement of Telefonica to abandon its plans to roll out a 3G network in Germany on is likely to a trigger to a new wave of market rationalisation, according to Probe Research. ...

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• Telefonica and Sonera withdraw 3G launches. (International)

  - 2002-08-01

  Spanish telco Telefonica has sent a shockwave through Europe's 3G mobile industry with the announcement that it's to pull out of planned launches in four countries. The company, the largest telco in Spain and Latin America, will freeze 3G operations in Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. ...

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• Nortel Networks selected as supplier for Sonera's and Telefonica's 3G network - Brief Article

  - 2002-03-15

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 March 2002-Nortel Networks selected as supplier for Sonera's and Telefonica's 3G network C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Spanish mobile operator Telefonica Moviles reports that it has selected Canada's Nortel Networks as a key supplier of the third generation (3G) mobile telephony network to be built...

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• Telefonica and KPN Set to Share German 3G Networks.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-09-01

  Telefonica revealed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch operator KPN regarding a network sharing of UMTS infrastructure in Germany. KPN said it expects an agreement to be sealed within days between its German subsidiary E-Plus and Group 3G, a joint venture between...

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• Bids Are In - Government Activity - Brief Article

  - 2000-08-28

  The auction for licenses to operate third-generation wireless networks in Germany ended with a staggering $46 billion in total bids [see story, page 121]. Companies winning licenses included France Telecom-backed MobilCom, plus two consortia: Group G3, backed by Finland's Sonera and Spain's Telefonica, and E-Plus, backed by Japan's NTT DoCoMo...

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• Telefonica/Sonera consortium wins a German 3G license - Government Activity - Brief Article

  - 2000-08-18

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-18 August 2000-Telefonica/Sonera consortium wins a German 3G license C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The consortium Group 3G, comprising the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica and the Finnish telecommunications group Sonera, has won a third generation UMTS mobile network license in Germany. The 3G Group is...

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• Orange withdraws from 3G consortium with Sonera and Telefonica - Brief Article

  - 2000-06-29

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-29 June 2000-Orange withdraws from 3G consortium with Sonera and Telefonica C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Finnish mobile operator Sonera's and the Spanish Telefonica's shares in the joint venture Group 3G have increased after the UK operator Orange withdrew from the consortium. Group 3G, which...

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• Of Gods And Monsters: The German 3G Blues.(Company Business and Marketing)

  - 2000-06-12

  LONDON--Three into one won't go. The first real test for a newly created European wireless giant is about to beset France Telecom and Orange plc in their urge to get into the massive European third-generation market. In a baptism of fire, CEOs...

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