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Articles tagged with: H3G
Italian 3G network signs mobile music contract
The digital music solutions provider, Vitaminic has signed a content provider contract with Italy's 3G license holder, h3g. Under the deal, Vitaminic will create, plan and develop, using its own content and technology, an M-site 1 for 3, the new commercial brand of h3g, aimed at offering services and musical content to all 3 customers through 3G handsets. more
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Alcatel wins Italian 3G contract
Alcatel has signed a multi-million dollar frame agreement with the Italian 3G license holder, h3g to implement h3g's backbone and metropolitan transmission networks in Italy. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply its DWDM and SDH multi-service transport systems, as well as its new generation of SDH microwave radio systems, on a turn-key basis. more
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3G operator orders billing software
Italy's 3G license holder, h3g have signed a multi-year contract for the delivery of MIND CTI's billing solution for 3G mobile services in Italy. The MIND-iPhonEX solution for h3g is an integral part of the SES -- Services Enabler System -- one of the critical components within the h3g network. MIND-iPhonEX enables diverse content services for prepaid and post-paid subscribers and provides real-time AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting). In particular, for prepaid subscribers the risk of balance overrun is eliminated, even when the services are used simultaneously. more
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More problems for Blu break-up
Speaking to the Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, Italy's Communications Minister Maurizio Gasparri conceded that the Italian market can only support three GSM networks. He was commenting on the breakup of the assets of the smallest GSM network, Blu which has been put up for sale. more
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Italian GSM network to be asset stripped
The Italian GSM network, Blu has decided to split itself up and sell its assets to four of its competitors, having failed to find a buyer who wanted to keep the company intact. Blu says that it has submitted details of the plan to Italy's Communications Ministry and it would be conditional on approval from both the Italian and European regulators. more
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Italian media has reported over the weekend that Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) is close to buying the Blu GSM network. Blu's leading shareholders, motorway operator Autostrade and BT , put the group up for sale more than a year ago after it controversially withdrew from Italy's 3G auction. The company is also still loss making and urgently needs a cash injection to keep operating. more
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Hutchison bidding for Italian GSM infrastructure
The news agency Reuters has reported that four companies have placed bids for the GSM network, Blu. The four interested bidders are the networks competitors, Wind, Vodafone Omnitel and TIM, along with the Hutchison backed 3G license holder, h3g which currently does not have a GSM network in Italy. more
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H3G selects global fraud management software
ECtel has signed a global frame agreement with the Hutchison Whampoa backed 3G license holder, h3g. Under the terms of the agreement, h3g will license ECtel's NGN FraudView for the Group's new 3G mobile operators, worldwide. NGN FraudView is designed specifically for IP-based Next Generation Network (NGN) environments. more
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Italian 3G network increases debt support
The Italian 3G license holder, h3g has announced that four more leading banks have joined its bank underwriting group as Mandated Lead Arrangers. As a result, the Company's US$2.8 billion facility will be underwritten by 15 banks. The additional Mandated Lead Arrangers are Unicredit Banca Mobiliare, China Construction Bank, Centrobanca and Bank of China International. In addition to the facility, the Company has previously arranged for US$878 million in external financing from its major equipment suppliers on the same terms as its loan from the bank underwriting group, bringing total financing available for its venture in Italy to US$3.68 billion. more
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H3G secures US$3.75 billion loan for 3G work
Italy's 3G license holder, h3g has secured a $2.86 billion from a consortium of 11 banks. The network has also secured US$891 million of vendor financing from un-named infrastructure suppliers. more
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