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COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced the availability of three $1,000 annual scholarships for students attending the University of California, San Diego Extension’s certificate program in CDMA Engineering. The …

Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate speeds up to 144 kilobits per …

Endware Broadband wireless product supplier Endware Corp. appointed Mike Roush vice president of manufacturing and operations, Nick Ingrao director of wireless programs and Chris Brown system engineering manager. Roush will …

SEOUL, South Korea-The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication has extended the deadline for third-generation mobile licenses until the end of October, one month later than its original deadline. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Vodafone Hungary plans to use Nokia Corp.’s InSite Base Station solution to provide indoor coverage and capacity solutions to its new headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. The agreement includes equipment …

LOS ANGELES-The average price for monthly wireless service dropped 0.8 percent from June to July in the 25 largest markets to $40.31 per month, according to a survey by Econ …

The second handset vendor Nextel Communications Inc. was counting on to make an iDEN phone by this year has decided to pursue other technology avenues. Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp. and …

It was no surprise. Powertel Inc., one of the last major U.S. regional carriers, will fold operations with VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, which weeks ago announced plans …

BEIJING-China’s telecom circles are hotly debating whether the country’s own standard for third-generation (3G) mobile communications-Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA)-will be the goose with the golden eggs, …

BANGALORE, India-Although the Indian cellular industry is growing quite well, with the country’s cumulative cellular subscriber base at 2.18 million at the end of June, operators are still hesitant to …

France France released details of its plan to award four 3G wireless phone licenses based on a beauty contest. Bidders, given a 31 January, 2001, deadline to submit proposals, will …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The myth that prepaid cellular users are by definition low-value customers has been firmly discredited, and prepaid services did much to increase GSM penetration among the young and cost …

NEW YORK-The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Conn., expects by early next year to complete its project to eliminate the advantageous tax treatment of mergers as pooling of interests, rather …

WASHINGTON-Reminding the Federal Communications Commission that a federal appeals court said earlier this month that government must implement the digital wiretap act in a cost-effective manner, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will vigorously enforce wireless radiation safety rules that go into effect later this week. “We are serious about this and will be checking,” said …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. launched SpanAmerica, a national rate plan that eliminates roaming and long-distance charges. The plan includes five combinations ranging in cost from $30 to $150 per month and …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. said it is finishing a schedule to de-orbit Iridium L.L.C.’s 66-satellite constellation after the satellite company failed to find a buyer after months of searching. A scheduled …

Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder …

In a surprise ending, six groups walked away with Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Germany at a total cost of $45.85 billion, the largest amount raised yet in a …

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has asked about a dozen federal agencies to evaluate the relocation costs and other needs associated with returning spectrum for private use. The NTIA …

WASHINGTON-While Batman touts the virtues of General Motors Corp.’s OnStar System, the U.S. Department of Transportation has joined with the Communications for Coordinated Assistance and Response to Emergencies (ComCARE) Alliance …

Let’s hear it for U.S. wireless carriers. For so long we’ve heard how American operators lag behind their European counterparts in the wireless world. I think U.S. carriers are doing …

WASHINGTON-The rapid growth of the wireless industry increases the importance of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum management responsibilities and may someday lead to service-quality regulation, the agency’s members said in …

ROCKVILLE, Md.-The inaugural meeting of a government-industry task force formed to examine the health effects of radio-frequency exposure listed a variety of studies to be conducted that could cost as …