It also marks the first time a U.S. wireless operator is actively promoting a Voice Over Internet protocol (VoIP) application to its subscribers.
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Vodafone recently joined Verizon Communications as a major investor in Iusacell, Mexico's number two wireless operator.
The parent of America's fourth-largest wireless operator, T-Mobile USA, cited "the extremely competitive environment in Germany and the recent foreign exchange rates development" as reasons for altering its outlook.
After starting out ten years ago, Bharti has faced down fearsome rivals, including the Reliance and Tata groups and Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa, to become the largest mobile-phone operator in India's hypercompetitive wireless market.
Scaglia in five years transformed the Olivetti subsidiary, Omnitel Pronto Italia, into Europe's second-largest national wireless operator, stepping down when Olivetti bought Telecom Italia in 1999.
But part of the drag on margins was due to InPhonic's struggling Liberty Wireless business, a mobile virtual-network operator that InPhonic has now sold.
The news comes 4.5 months after the Dallas-based carrier turned on its LTE network, becoming the first U.S. operator to offer the high-speed wireless service.
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Besides its big presence in Europe, Vodafone also has a strong foothold in the U.S. where it has a 44% stake in wireless operator Verizon Wireless.
On April 1st Vodacom, a large South African telecoms firm, proudly announced a five-year deal to manage Econet Wireless Nigeria, the west African country's second-largest mobile-network operator.
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However, the Cricket Wireless operator would only provide a short-term solution to Ma Bell's very long-term woes.
Private equity's biggest foray into the wireless telecommunications business sees it picking up a healthy American operator that could do with a little financial help in competing against heftier rivals.
Cox Communications Inc. will have the tough job of trying to differentiate itself from competitors as the cable operator prepares to start a wireless service this year in an already crowded U.S. market.
Mobilicity, Canada's UNLIMITED 3.5G mobile operator, provides nationwide coverage with unlimited coverage areas to make wireless communications more affordable and easier to use.
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