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At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., the largest of Turkey’s two Global System for Mobile communications operators, is planning a $200 million debt issue to finance continued expansion of its network and …

Competition in the wireless personal digital assistant space will be heating up soon, as Casio Computer Co. Ltd. and Siemens’ Communication Devices division have announced a strategic alliance to jointly …

Omnipoint Communications began a trial of high-speed wireless data technology using L.M. Ericsson’s General Packet Radio Services solution. Ericsson’s GPRS equipment is installed at network facilities in Wayne, N.J., serving …

The International Telecommunication Union announced network experts who met in Geneva earlier this month agreed on six sets of specifications for IMT-2000 networks. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, under the …

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom announced that PT Inovacao S.A., a research and development company in Portugal, signed a $6.1 million contract to provide Moroccan mobile telecommunications consortium Meditelecom with a prepaid …

In a bid to strengthen its position in the wireless industry and expand its influence overseas, Internet infrastructure provider InfoSpace.com announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless Internet …

Those *@#%* hackers are at it again. This time, two Israeli men say they have figured out a way to crack an algorithm used as part of the encryption method …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced a contract valued at about $100 million with China’s Sichuan Mobile Communications Co. to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the Sichuan province. Under …

The Operators Harmonization Group began work more than a year ago as a loosely tied group of four operators trying to end the world’s heated battle over third-generation technology standards. …

China’s on-again, off-again plan to allow commercial deployments of Code Division Multiple Access networks looks like it’s on again. The recent World Trade Organization pact between the United States and …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has taken a page from Ericsson Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc., each of which now dominate in certain areas of telecommunications infrastructure provision, said Richard …

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. released an Internet-based payment system for shopping online using Global System for Mobile communications telephones. GiSMo is a secure payment alternative to using a credit, debit …

Nextel Communications Inc. finally found another vendor willing to manufacture handsets incorporating Motorola Inc.’s proprietary iDEN technology. Nextel and Kyocera Corp. signed a letter of intent last week calling for …

DALLAS-Rent Express Communications launched its frequent traveler program for North Americans who travel overseas regularly and need a mobile phone while abroad. The program costs $50 for one year of …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s One.Tel Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an alliance to pursue business opportunities in third-generation mobile networks in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. One.Tel also received financing …

NEW YORK-Even if it fails to acquire the radio-frequency licenses of NextWave Telecom Inc., Nextel Communications Inc. already owns sufficient spectrum to fulfill its 10-year business plan, according to its …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Information and Communication Networks signed a framework contract to extend Anhui Mobile Communication’s network in China. Siemens will be the sole supplier for Global System for Mobile communications …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nextel Communications Inc. is eyeing the African continent as an ideal market for iDEN, the technology it uses in the United States. So much so that a consortium, …

After scoring an agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc to deploy its location-based technology in the carrier’s U.K. network, Cambridge Positioning Systems is ready to push its product in the United …

SAN FRANCISCO-North American Global System for Mobile communications operators had an upbeat story to tell international GSM carriers this year at the GSM in North America conference last week. Last …

BEIJING-Nortel Networks announced that its joint venture, Guangdong Nortel Telecommunications Equipment Ltd., was awarded contracts valued at $64 million by China Unicom and Anhui Mobile Communications Corp. The contracts are …

SAN FRANCISCO-Act now! GSM carriers need to deploy wireless data today, speakers told Global System for Mobile communications operators at last week’s GSM in North America conference here. Carriers need …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it received orders from three European mobile operators for its GSM Pro system. GSM Pro enables mobile phones to operate like two-way radios, adding group communications …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-BT Cellnet, using Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector’s core General Packet Radio Services network solution, said it successfully achieved a live GPRS data transfer call over a Global …