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MOSCOW—Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said the Arabic Thuraya satellite communications company is likely to get a license in Russia if it fulfills all the necessary requirements. “I believe Thuraya …

TOKYO—Motorola Inc. said it plans to shut its chip plants in Texas and Japan, involving 4,000 layoffs. This will be part of the 9,400 workers the company plans to cut …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Slovakia’s Telecommunication Office announced it will invite interested companies to submit bids for three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses and one GSM license. The licenses offered are in …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Long-term growth in the wireless handset component market will be “impressive,” according to a recently released Allied Business Intelligence Inc. report. ABI predicts that increased demand for mobile …

WASHINGTON-A Bush administration report due out shortly could hurt Nextel Communications Inc.’s campaign to win government approval of a controversial spectrum realignment plan designed to resolve commercial wireless interference to …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will purchase additional shares of AT&T Wireless Inc. to maintain its current stake in the U.S. mobile carrier. NTT DoCoMo …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. added 11,300 wireless customers in its U.S. operations during its second quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with a loss of 12,100 customers during the same quarter …

The next-generation upgrade path battle between GSM and CDMA escalated last week as U.S. Cellular Corp., which serves more than 3 million wireless customers, said it plans to overlay its …

MOSCOW—Ericsson is actively operating on the former Soviet communications market and its recent successes include supplies of GSM equipment to a leading Russian and a Kazakh carrier. Ericsson signed a …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Ireland has announced details of its third-generation (3G) licensing process following a year-long delay. Four 20-year licenses will be awarded through a “beauty content” method. An “A” license with …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will purchase additional shares of AT&T Wireless Inc. to maintain its current stake in the U.S. mobile carrier. NTT DoCoMo …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will purchase additional shares of AT&T Wireless to maintain its current stake in the U.S. mobile carrier. NTT DoCoMo last …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. added 11,300 wireless customers in its U.S. operations during its second quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with a loss of 12,100 customers during the same quarter …

MOSCOW—A major Russian investment company, Sistema-Telecom Financial Corporation, said it will sell the Personal Communications (SONET) CDMA carrier as the project has no future in the country. “We shall sell …

WASHINGTON—Oftel, the U.K. regulatory agency, referred its proposed decrease in the cost of calling mobile phones to the European Competition Commission. The action comes after U.K. mobile-phone operators rejected Oftel’s …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile operators, headed by the Swedish telecom company Telia Mobile, are exploring collaboration in constructing licensed third-generation (3G) networks. Telia is hoping to reach an accommodation with fellow …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Two Dutch third-generation (3G) license holders, Dutchtone, majority owned by Orange, and Ben Nederland, backed by Deutsche Telekom, said they will share parts of their 3G infrastructure. The …

MOSCOW—The biggest Russian carrier Mobile Telesystems (MTS) has reportedly reached a deal to buy a controlling interest in the fourth-biggest regional carrier, Kuban GSM, in the southern Krasnodar region with …

MOSCOW—Two major Russian carriers, Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) said they plan to place their first Euro bonds, and market experts commented the foreign borrowings are necessary for regional …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As planned, the telephony liberalization process in Bolivia began on 28 November, including a multicarrier system for national and international long-distance calls. Through the process, Entel’s monopoly of …

TORONTO—Com Dev International announced it is divesting its wireless division. The Cambridge, Ontario-based developer of wireless infrastructure and satellite hardware subsystems said it took a non-cash C$57.8 million (US$36.5 million) …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Romania’s NMT operator, Telemobil, plans to commercially launch Zapp Mobile services on 7 December using cdma2000 technology. The new digital service, estimated at a cost of US$350 million, will …

MOSCOW—The Russian military are to abandon the 900 MHz band in the coming two years, and the government said the process will be financed by mobile carriers, which will get …

SANTA CLARA, California, United States—Personal digital assistant maker Palm said it would report second-quarter revenues of between US$250 and US$280 million—meeting the upper end of its prior guidance and significantly …