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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Nigerian government announced it has awarded several contracts valued at US$202 million total for the expansion of the Nitel GSM network. Ojo Maduekwe, minister of transport, said …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -National Semiconductor Corp. said it will cut 500 jobs from the company’s worldwide 10,000 workforce as part of its plan to save cost and reach profitability. “The …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported record year-end results for 2002, including $8.7 billion in revenue, compared with $7 billion in 2001, and $1.7 billion in income available to shareholders, or …

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. posted $133.1 million in revenue for its first fiscal quarter of 2003 ended Dec. 31, 2002, an increase from the $81.7 million the Sprint PCS affiliate reported …

CANNES, France-Anadigics Inc. announced a new family of switch products and what it describes as the world’s smallest GSM/GPRS quad-band power amplifier modules at this week’s 3GSM Show in Cannes, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it added 21,700 domestic subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2002, compared with 19,000 net additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, and it ended …

FAIRFAX, Va.-Audiopoint has begun commercial distribution through Simply Wireless and other resellers of its new Voice Terminal Service 2.0, which permits voice-enabled e-mail retrieval and management from any handset. VTS …

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.’s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous quarter and that its full-year growth …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it has broken the 1 million subscriber barrier, the first network operator in the country to achieve this. In addition, the company …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Multimedia Messaging Service allowing customers to combine pictures, text, animations and sounds into a single messaging service. The carrier said MMS messages can …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘A+’ corporate credit rating on Verizon Communications Inc. and revised its outlook on the telecommunications company and its related entities from negative …

BEIJING-China mobile handset users sent close to 6 billion short message service (SMS) messages and more than 1 million multimedia message service (MMS) messages during the week-long Chinese New Year …

PARIS-Alcatel will launch version 2.0 of its Multimedia Messaging Services at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The products feature a high-performance ratio per cost per unit; interoperability …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The potential for more intimate cooperation between cell-phone operators MmO2 and T-Mobile seems likely following the announcement that MmO2 has extended a third-generation (3G) network sharing agreement with …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The virus protection business of Network Associates Inc. said it will jump into the wireless industry in order to protect wireless users from the potential threat of wirelessly …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera announced that as of Feb. 5 holders of Sonera shares, including American Despository Shares, representing 4.4 percent of the shares and votes in Sonera have accepted TeliaSonera’s mandatory …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS reported 250,000 net customer additions during the final three months of 2002, meeting analysts estimates and reversing the loss of more than 100,000 customers during the …

China’s homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry’s subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players. The Chinese government recently allocated the …

MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said Irish operator Meteor Mobile Communications will use its equipment to deploy mobile number portability functionality across the country. The technology allows subscribers to maintain the same phone …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As more smart phones appear on the market and reach the hands of end users, European cell-phone operators could lose more than 10 billion euro (US$10.7 billion) if …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

FOLSOM, Calif.-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced it will hold its AOWP Certified Wireless Sales Associate (CWSA) Training Course March 16 and 17 as part of the CTIA Wireless …

HELSINKI, Finland-Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish venture group Investor are planning a spring launch for their so-called 3 mobile telephony service in Sweden. Company chiefs insist the new mobile …

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Investors decried Openwave Systems’ second-quarter report, sending the company’s stock down almost 20 percent to US$1.70 per share. The company announced revenues of US$66.8 million, down …