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HELSINKI-Primatel, the new Global System for Mobile communications 1800 mobile operator in Hungary, selected Nokia Corp. to supply its GSM 1800/GSM 900 network, said Nokia. Nokia will supply a complete …

Phone.com Inc.’s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners. The conference was designed to act as a meeting point for …

Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of wireless carriers with a new instant …

CHICAGO-The North American GSM Alliance elected VoiceStream Wireless President Bob Stapleton the group’s new chairman. Stapleton served as president of Western Wireless Corp. from 1992 to 1999. He also has …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Morphics Technology Inc., a privately held company that designs and sells software-programmable/hardware-configurable semiconductor products for the wireless industry, raised $13.5 million in its second round of equity financing. The …

A U.S. Court of Appeals Friday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to grant Qualcomm Inc. a pioneer’s preference license, ending the seven-year battle between the commission and the cdmaOne innovator. …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Ericsson Inc. selected Natural MicroSystems’ products and services for the first integrated wireless network that enables carriers to combine dispatch and group communications within their standard Global System for …

NEW YORK-The government of Portugal said its sale of a 13.5-percent equity stake in Portugal Telecom plc and an associated share rights issue raised $1.62 billion. Contributing to the capital …

ELite Logistic Services Elite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.’s two-way ReFLEX network, the …

Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi RT, Budapest, Hungary, was expected last week to place privately about $123 million in euro-denominated bonds it plans to use to refinance outstanding debt. Pannon, which operates …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector and RadioMobil of the Czech Republic signed a contract to deploy a General Packet Radio Service system on RadioMobil’s Paegas Global System for …

NEW YORK-In a move apparently intended to get ahead of the crowd, Hutchison Telecommunications Australia Ltd., Sydney, announced July 12 it plans to sell 29.5 percent of the company in …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon-France Telecom signed a concession agreement for Global System for Mobile communications wireless phone service in Cameroon, to be operated by Yaounde-based Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles. SCM will build …

Portugal Telecom announced the consortium, Medi Telecom, won the second Global System for Mobile communications license in Morocco. The Medi Telecom consortium, led by Telefonica and including Portugal Telecom, the …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has one of its first contracts in the United States for Global System for Mobile communications equipment. The company announced a $45 million supply contract with …

Latin America Cellular/personal communications services handset shipments to Latin America showed a significant technology shift from analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to digital Time Division Multiple Access technology during the …

Qwest Communications International is pursuing an acquisition of U S West in competition with another bidder, Global Crossing. Microsoft announced in mid-May a US$600 million investment in Nextel Communications, the …

The government of Yemen has announced it will issue a tender later this year for a second mobile telephone service provider to run a GSM system. The incumbent cellular provider, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The technology standard TETRA has come up trumps in a feasibility study conducted by Finnish company Omnitele. The consultancy had been appointed by the South African Regulatory Authority …

Nine global wireless companies formed a focus group, called 3G.IP, to promote an Internet Protocol-based wireless system for third-generation technology. The group comprises AT&T, British Telecom, Rogers Cantel, Ericsson, Lucent, …

MONTE CARLO, Monaco-Seemingly lost in the breakneck expansion of the cellular industry is a largely forgotten fact-it was cellular operators wanting a common digital voice standard that drove the rapid …

MIAMI-The market opportunity for international roaming is clear, present and growing, but domestic U.S. carriers so far have been focused on tapping the large and more immediate potential posed by …

Handsets Kyocera Kyocera plans to begin marketing at the end of July in Japan its VP-210 VisualPhone, a PHS phone with a built-in camera that can transmit and receive images …

VoiceStream Wireless is becoming the catalyst for GSM carrier consolidation in the United States. VoiceStream and Omnipoint Communications in June announced plans to merge in a deal valued at US$1.7 …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the drive to implement Internet e-commerce is being hyped almost on a daily basis, with some justification, as the way forward for almost all future business transactions, …