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Following is a list of debt and credit upgrades and downgrades for wireless companies by financial and investment firms this week.Merrill Lynch upgraded its rating on Freescale Semiconductor from neutral to buy, saying the company is improving its margins even though revenue growth is...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said they completed W-CDMA Interoperability Testing for global roaming purposes. The tests were performed in DoCoMo's laboratories followed by fully completed field tests in DoCoMo's live FOMA network."The successful completion of the IOT tests with...

STOCKHOLM-Fifteen companies have come together to launch an initiative to foster European leadership in the mobile business and keep pace with Asian rivals. The initiative, known as the eMobility Technology Platform, is designed to enhance cooperation among such players as research community, public authorities...

Fifteen companies have come together to launch an initiative to foster European leadership in the mobile business and keep pace with Asian rivals.The initiative, known as the eMobility Technology Platform, is designed to enhance cooperation among such players as research community, public authorities and...

Mforma Group Inc. is branching out from the wireless gaming arena and waltzing onto the crowded dance floor of mobile music. The Bellevue, Wash.-based entertainment publisher this week is expected to unveil a licensing deal with music-industry magazine Billboard to provide news, artist information...

RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil-A Brazilian company said it is placing its controlling stakes in two Brazilian wireless carriers up for sale in a bidding process. Futuretel S.A. and Highlake International Business Company Ltd., both part of the Opportunity Group, said they will start a...

HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network in the Cayman Islands.The 1x EV-DO network will enable Caymanone to provide mobile data services...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-A Brazilian company said it is placing its controlling stakes in two Brazilian wireless carriers up for sale in a bidding process.Futuretel S.A. and Highlake International Business Company Ltd., both part of the Opportunity Group, said they will start a competitive...

NEW YORK-Comverse said Telefónica Móviles Perú, the largest carrier in Peru with 2.1 million subscribers, selected it to provide its voice mail and multimedia messaging service center solutions."Telefónica Móviles Perú delivers applications that offer our subscribers the latest developments in the wireless market and...

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the sale of its 10 Latin American wireless operations for Telefonica Moviles S.A. following the transfer of its ownership interest in Argentina. BellSouth noted it received $674 million for its Argentina operations, and it plans to recognize an...

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the sale of its 10 Latin American wireless operations for Telefonica Moviles S.A. following the transfer of its ownership interest in Argentina. BellSouth noted it received $674 million for its Argentina operations, and it plans to recognize an...

Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...

Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...

SEATTLE-Let the music play, says the deal between software music company Melodeo and Warner Music Group. Both companies came together to ink a global agreement that will allow consumers to download to their mobile phones entire tracks from WMG's music catalog.Select U.S. mobile carriers...

SEATTLE-Let the music play, says the deal between software music company Melodeo and Warner Music Group.Both companies came together to ink a global agreement that will allow consumers to download to their mobile phones entire tracks from WMG's music catalog.Select U.S. mobile carriers will...

TOKYO-NEC Corp. received an order for its messaging intelligent routers multimedia message service system from Telefonica Moviles Espana.NEC said the system can be added to the existing MMS and mail-server systems of wireless carriers. MIR is a new method to extract necessary data from...

LONDON-Telecom and information technology company LogicaCMG announced Wednesday that it has been chosen by Telefonica Moviles Espana to supply a messaging and applications platform for the Spanish carrier.LogicaCMG's platform will support instant messaging, including chat and presence features, creating an open platform for future...

L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio and transmission equipment and related services. The contract covers Sweden, Denmark, Norway and optionally Finland, according to Ericsson. PalmOne Inc. said it opened a...

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has won a contract with Telefonica Moviles to deploy and integrate a video gateway solution into the carrier's third-generation network in Spain.This will enable the carrier to provide services such as video calls between 3G mobile handsets and fixed PCs,...

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Telefonica Moviles (Peru) selected Datumcom Corp. for A-GPS support and location-based services deployment engineering services. The company is providing its LOC-AID.net location services, including friend finder, fleet management, location dating and location gaming, as well as engineering services for validation, calibration and...

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. and Telefonica Moviles S.A. said they have completed the transfer of BellSouth's ownership interest in five wireless operations in Latin America. Telefonica Moviles has taken control of the operations of BellSouth's properties in Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, effective immediately. BellSouth...

BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the $1.2 billion sale of its ownership interest in three Latin American wireless operations to Telefonica Moviles, which BellSouth said it would use to help fund its financial obligations for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of...

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it has signed a long-term contract to provide its Atlys billing solution to Vivo, a joint venture led by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Mobiles SA that provides wireless service in Brazil.Convergys will license its Atlys billing solution and use its local...

LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...