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NEW YORK-Citing continued competitive pressure and a slowing subscriber base, Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its outlook for the wireless industry to negative and placed a majority of non-investment grade operators …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Citing refinement in its credit policies for sub-prime customer segments, increased pricing competition and business customers waiting for the launch of next-generation networks, Sprint PCS said it expects …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has signed an agreement to deliver GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio network systems for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The deal will cover AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp markets including …

TORONTO—Sierra Wireless shares fell 33.8 percent on the Toronto Stock Exchange on 5 June, a day after the company cut its guidance for its second quarter and indicated sales from …

ATLANTA—Wireless data company Numerex announced it will create a cross-carrier messaging system through a new deal with MobileSpring Inc. and VeriSign Inc. Numerex will use MobileSpring’s Metcalf Global Messaging product …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless cut its revenue forecasts due to problems with its supply agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., causing investors to drop its stock and …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless said it has gotten additional regulatory and network approvals for the AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS wireless Network Card Series in several regions, including North America, Europe and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson will begin trialing a UMTS network in the Dallas area beginning later this year. The companies, which completed a live UMTS voice call …

TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change in billing is expected to help …

TORONTO—Canadian operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported an agreement with InfoSpace Inc. to launch an English and French-language SMS service dubbed EasyInfo on the carrier’s TDMA and GSM/GPRS network. The service …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Rogers AT&T Wireless customers will now be able to access any Internet content using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network through a new deal between Rogers AT&T and software provider …

TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it received an order from Taiwan’s KG Telecommunications for mobile handsets for KG Telecom’s i-mode service. NEC said the delivery will make it the first supplier of …

TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier in China with 115 million subscribers. …

TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless has inked a deal to provide wireless data services for Purolator Courier, Canada’s largest courier company. Under the deal, Purolator will use Rogers AT&T Wireless technology and …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless introduced a pair of nationwide calling plans designed to take advantage of the carrier’s GSM/GPRS and TDMA network technology. The plans include the Multi-Band One Rate plan, …

TOKYO—NTT Corporation, the largest telecommunications carrier in Japan, announced that the carrier’s loss after tax for fiscal 2001, ending March 2002, was 812.1 billion yen (US$6.3 billion). It became Japan’s …

TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed an agreement with Canadian delivery company Purolator Courier Ltd. to use the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network to provide an end-to-end wireless data solution enabling access to shipping …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Czech Republic’s largest mobile operator, EuroTel, is back in the takeover sights of Cesky Telecom. This comes as the Czech government called off plans to sell its …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. and AT&T Wireless completed the exchange of 10 megahertz blocks of personal communications services spectrum covering approximately 18.5 million potential customers under an agreement announced by …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced its net income for the fiscal year ending March 31 was merely $6.2 million due to large special losses that …

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts—St. Kitts and Nevis has announced two telecommunications licenses as Eastern Caribbean governments continue to make good on a pledge to liberalize their telecommunications markets. The Cable, established …

WASHINGTON—The House voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, which provides loan guarantees and insurance for overseas projects to Motorola Inc., AT&T Corp. and other U.S. firms. The Export-Import Bank and …

CHICAGO, United States—More than half the attendees at a recent U.S. wireless conference said they intend to spend more year over year for wireless voice services, and 42 percent said …

CALGARY, Alberta—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed a roaming agreement with NMI Mobility to provide Rogers’ customers in Northwestern Canada with extended wireless coverage when travelling in northern British Columbia, Yukon and …

REGINA, Saskatchewan—Rogers AT&T completed the installation of its GSM/GPRS network across its Saskatchewan coverage area, and said it currently covers more than 90 percent of Canada’s population with its network.