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MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic Corp. announced the availability of what it calls the industry’s first programmable single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution. The GSM baseband processor architecture contains the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base station in an existing Global System …

NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, “our concern is about getting from here to there,” said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings …

NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and …

NEW YORK-AU-System Mobile AB, a wholly owned division of Stockholm-based software provider AU-System, is making a foray into the U.S. subscriber identity module market, but with a twist. AU-System Mobile …

WASHINGTON-Wireline telecommunications carriers are gearing up to offer two phases of number portability this year, after successfully winning a time extension from the Federal Communications Commission. Some in the wireless …

NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, plans to go public. With Merrill Lynch & …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. introduced two dual-band phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Global System for Mobile communications phone and a Time Division Multiple Access phone, as …

The Institute for Wireless Education, a nonprofit corporation that has been training wireless engineers and technicians for about a year, recently added a segment dedicated to Code Division Multiple Access …

MOORESTOWN, N.J.-Axiom Inc., a billing data management solution provider, announced the opening of its first European customer support center. The new customer support center will be jointly operated by Axiom …

NEW YORK-Promotional activity revved into high gear during the critical December holiday season, which accounts for about 40 percent of carriers’ yearly gross customer additions, according to an informal but …

The Asia-Pacific market will by far be the world’s largest regional wireless telephony market by 2002, said a new study released by The Strategis Group in Washington, D.C. The firm …

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals began delivery of its first digital handset, the g1050, which features a high-resolution graphic display, noise-canceling microphone and voice memo for recording brief messages. The Global …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world’s first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 …

Bell Atlantic Corp. announced it sold its 33-percent ownership stake in the Italian telephone carrier Infostrada to its partner in that venture, Olivetti spa, which already holds the remaining 67 …

Players in the crowded Hong Kong market may finally get a little elbow room, as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Hongkong Telecom CSL, plans to acquire …

WICHITA,Kan.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched VoiceStream personal communications services in Wichita. The VoiceStream Wireless network uses equipment supplied by Northern Telecom Inc. and operates on the Global System for …

ESPOO,Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China. An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia to …

PARIS-As a leading cellular service provider in France, with a 55-percent market share, France Telecom Mobile is hoping to have 3 million Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers by …

While PCS carriers aren’t slashing airtime rates for the holidays, handset prices are dropping to ranges that may persuade the reluctant customer to make a purchase. Omnipoint Communications Services in …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. introduced the OneC Global System for Mobile communications platform, a customizable, single-chip baseband silicon solution. The OneC chip enables manufacturers to customize semiconductors for GSM …

As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it will continue to promote the technology …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a framework agreement, estimated at $24 million, with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network. The agreement, won in …

INDIANAPOLIS-Isla Communications Co. Inc., a network carrier in the Philippines, has selected Brightpoint Inc. to install and manage its prepaid cellular service. Brightpoint said it also will provide phone kits, …