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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 …

Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …

Mobile satellite service is an idea and a technology that today lies buried under the apprehension and disappointment of a number of major business deals gone bad. But about 10 …

SINGAPORE—Virgin Mobile, which launched its service in Singapore on 12 October, has found itself caught in a disagreement between incumbents SingTel Mobile and StarHub. Virgin Mobile Chief Executive Sir Richard …

PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years. The initial payment for a French …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite losing a legal appeal over the timing of its third-generation (3G) license payments, British Telecommunications (BT) said it will instigate a fresh court action restating that it …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government is planning to offer a new set of conditions for awarding third-generation (3G) licenses, according to international press reports. The government plans to raise about …

LONDON—Frost & Sullivan has released a report stating that roaming could further hamper the expansion of Europe’s postpaid calling card market. In fact, postpaid calling card revenues will plummet from …

PARIS—The French government has dramatically reduced its upfront cost of third-generation (3G) licenses and extended the license terms to 20 years from 15 years.The initial payment for a French 3G …

BEIJING—Ericsson is to deliver a Mobitex mobile Internet network to the Sky Networks Communication Group to serve 500,000 subscribers in Beijing and northern China. The network is expected to be …

HELSINKI, Finland—Vattenfall and Swedish power sector ally Birka Energi have reached a preliminary agreement to use their combined electricity systems as springboards to build new stations for third-generation (3G) networks, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell-phone operator BT Viag, the German subsidiary of BT’s MmO2 mobile division, said it plans to launch Microsoft’s combined Pocket PC and mobile device in early 2002. The …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Electronics manufacturing service provider Solectron Corp. has set plans to offer Sierra Wireless design support, prototype, pilot and volume manufacturing services for wireless data product development. “Establishing a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile announced it is streamlining its mobile portal business by phasing out its various existing platforms and replacing them with one joint technical platform. The company said it …

SYDNEY, Australia—Australia rolled out mobile number portability (MNP) on Tuesday, allowing mobile-phone users to change phone companies without changing their phone numbers. The country’s small business community will benefit the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it will begin selling handsets compatible with its planned third-generation (3G) FOMA network beginning 1 October at 260 stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the day the …

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BADEN, Germany—Intel Corp. introduced the Intel Telematics Design Center, a program that provides Web-based development and technical support for designing navigation, multimedia, hands-free and other in-car Internet products and applications …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile announced it is streamlining its mobile portal business by phasing out its various existing platforms and replacing them with one joint technical platform. The company said it …

LONDON—British Telecommunications plc and Deutsche Telekom finalized their third-generation network sharing agreement, first announced in June, for their respective mobile subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Germany. The agreement is …

TOKYO-Texas Instruments said it is rolling out a family of digital-to-analog converters that extend battery life for consumer audio applications in mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other wireless devices. …

They go by all sorts of names-clearinghouses, hubs and gateways-and they represent companies’ attempts at nailing down the precise formula for a business model aimed at nurturing the wireless Internet …

BEAVERTON, Ore.-For the love of base stations of the cdma2000 variety, Tektronix Inc. has rolled out its Option CD2 software for third-generation testing. “Option CD2 enables field crews to efficiently …

The incompatible requirements for Value Added Service creation and wireless network development will drive the very separation of the wireless brand operation from the network itself. Within three years the …