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DUBLIN, Ireland-A report in one of the United Kingdom’s leading tabloid newspapers suggested the Competition Commission has reached a decision on the fairness or otherwise of mobile call costs in …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings of Verizon Wireless Inc. from A2 …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower roaming yield on revenue growth, lower …

TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features. The service …

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide. FutureDial’s SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users to edit phonebook information directly …

NEW YORK-Slowing subscriber growth in the United States is an early sign that the wireless industry is approaching its maximum penetration rate, and consequently, mobile operators could have fewer subscribers …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. said it has secured a U.S. patent to allow networks to plan and manage assets, thereby saving cost and time. “By integrating cost and network …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has unveiled a radioOne zero intermediate frequency cellular CDMA single-band chipsets for handsets. The chips consist of the RFR6120 baseband-to RF transmit processor and …

OSLO, Norway-Ericsson’s mid-November confirmation that its sweeping restructuring and job slashing would lead to a 50-percent reduction in its research and development (R&D) staff struck a raw nerve in Sweden. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. has added Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to its list of clients, agreeing to provide its over-the-air software on Sanyo’s 3G handsets. InnoPath’s DeltaUpgrade Plus software …

LONDON-Damovo said it won the Nabarro Nathanson Most Effective Use of Technology in a Project award for developing the Metropolitan Police Service’s Silent Solution which routes silent 999-the U.K. version …

Once the domain of top secret British agents with licenses to kill, wireless handsets that include cameras are now available to the common man as wireless carriers and handset manufacturers …

Motorola Inc. claims it is the only company that has full type approval certification for its wireless reference designs for handhelds. Texas Instruments disagrees. Pointing to its I.250 platform for …

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom’s CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x technology in a day in Shanghai province. The swap-out took place swiftly to …

NEW ORLEANS-Infrastructure services provider Morrison Hershfield released the DualPole, a new tower reinforcement solution, at the recent 2002 Tower Summit & Trade Show. The DualPole provides additional colocation capacity on …

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson’s Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million. The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the …

Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many …

BEIJING-Hong Kong- and New York-listed China Unicom has acquired nine GSM networks from its parent company at a cost of CNY22.5 billion (US$2.72 billion). The carrier will pay CNY4.8 billion …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As calls grow for the large-scale consolidation of European-based cell-phone operators, at the top of many financial analysts’ list is U.K.-based MmO2. While the company recently announced better-than-expected …

BEIJING, China-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom’s CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x in a single day in Shanghai province. The swap-out took place swiftly …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Independent News and Media has strengthened its retail distribution presence through the acquisition of U.K. mobile services group M4. The deal was concluded through the company’s wireless application service …

KISHINEV, Moldova-Biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) failed to win a place in the wireless market of Moldova as its major shareholder, Sistema Financial Corporation, and the Moldovan government disagreed …

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired Ericsson’s Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of US$5.1 million. The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the Settler …

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson’s Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million. The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the …