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CHICAGO—AT&T Wireless said it expects to spend an additional $1 billion upgrading its current network to W-CDMA on top of the $2.5 billion the carrier planned to spend on moving …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—U.S. wireless operator AT&T Wireless launched its Spanish-language Web site, allowing customers to shop online and access company information. The carrier also currently offers customer service, product …

TORONTO—CellWand Communications has announced the launch of Pound Taxi (#TAXI), a new cellular service that will allow callers to obtain the first available taxi in any of more than 400 …

DENVER, United States—Spurred by recent announcements across the globe and a bold move by AT&T Wireless Services, network operators in the United States are scampering to open up their short …

ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it received early approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for its acquisition by AT&T Wireless. TeleCorp announced last month it had agreed to sell …

DETROIT-OnStar is working with Verizon Wireless to make it cheaper for OnStar Personal Calling customers to forward calls from a handheld Verizon phone to the OnStar phones embedded in their …

TORONTO-In a joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers announced they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service use by creating an interoperable messaging service. Under …

WASHINGTON—The negotiators finally reached a settlement agreement Thursday that will give the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. to the re-auction winners. It remains unclear whether …

MIAMI—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in several markets in Florida covering more than 11 million potential customers from Daytona Beach through South Dade County and in areas surrounding Orlando, St. …

TORONTO—In a major joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers said they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service (SMS) use by creating an interoperable messaging …

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Level 3 Communications Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless to provide network services, including private line circuits to provide transport for its GPRS network. Financial terms of the …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s chief financial officer, Joseph McCabe, said during a JP Morgan investor conference that the company might sell its towers to focus on marketing and customer …

TORONTO—In the high-speed Internet pricing war with Rogers Cable, Bell Canada is the first to blink. Bell is raising prices for the first time since it launched its top-end Web …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless signed definitive agreements to acquire certain Dobson Communications wireless operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee for approximately US$465 million. The Tennessee market, which …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—Nokia and AT&T Wireless Services reported the completion of the first live Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) data call using GSM/EDGE technology and a live …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals. Sonera said it will close down or sell its …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country’s third-generation (3G) licenses, sending the licensing …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, is going to report about a 300 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) special loss in its first half (1H) of fiscal year (FY) …

ATLANTA, United States—U.S. operator Cingular Wireless announced it will begin upgrading its current TDMA and analog network to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) packet data and GSM voice technology. Cingular …

Misguided roaming and acquisitions Dear Editor: I enjoyed your “Fraud management” article in the September-October 2001 issue of Global Wireless. I do agree with you on both counts. Even though …

Alcatel China. With China Mobile for GSM network expansion contracts by Shanghai Mobile and Jilin Mobile. Value: US$70 million Malaysia. With Telekom Cellular to expand its existing GSM 1800 MHz …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services said in its third-quarter earnings report that it has decided to exit the fixed wireless business during the next several months. AT&T Wireless said …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless said it completed the first phase of enhancements to its New York area network designed to increase calling capacity and improve service quality. The carrier said the …

WASHINGTON-One word describes wireless telecom policy in the last 20 years: competition. “Wireless was competitive before competition was cool,” said Brian Fontes, vice president of federal relations for Cingular Wireless …

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …