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More than two years after offering iDEN technology to other manufacturers willing to license it, Motorola Inc. still hasn’t found any takers, despite the growing success of iDEN-user Nextel Communications …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia introduced a new handset for the Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 standard, called the Nokia 550, which it touts as the smallest and lightest NMT 450 phone in the …

NEW YORK-Microcell Telecommunications Inc., a Montreal-based personal communications services provider, went public Oct. 8 with an initial offering of 14.7 million nonvoting shares of Class B common stock. The initial …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. announced it launched commercial roaming services with Hungary’s Westel 900 GSM Mobile Tavkozlesi Rt. The announcement marks the 26th roaming agreement secured by Omnipoint, …

MILAN-Omnitel Pronto Italia, a private Global System for Mobile communications operator in Italy, introduced a rechargeable GSM Subscriber Identity Module card that will allow users to make international calls from …

WARSAW, Poland-PKT Centertel, which recently won a license to operate a national Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network in Poland, has selected Northern Telecom Ltd. to provide complete radio …

NEW YORK-Gemplus Corp., Montgomeryville, Pa., gambled early and big on the nascent U.S. Global System for Mobile Communications personal communications services business. Today, it has won close to a 50-percent …

Mtel simplifies credit covenants Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced it has simplified certain covenants associated with its $250 million credit facility after negotiations with its bank group. Modified items include …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is launching a global recruitment drive to increase the number of staff dedicated to its Global System for Mobile communications business by about …

Clearnet Communications Inc. launched its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network in Ottawa-Hull. The Ottawa-Hull, Ontario, network covers nearly 1 million people in the region-on the Ontario-Quebec border-including Aylmer, Barrhaven, …

NEW YORK-Within five years, the Global Chipcard Alliance envisions a transformation from today’s fragmented patchwork of closed systems to a worldwide seamless environment of multipurpose smart cards, said David P. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed its first Global System for Mobile communications contract in Central Asia with Daewoo Central Paging Cooperation, a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korea-based Daewoo, …

ORLANDO, Fla.-For the first time in seven years, Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, was able to say, “We’ve turned the corner on fraud.” Addressing some 700 …

Startel, a wireless network operator in Chile, launched digital service on its network using Interim Standard 136 Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service technology provided by L.M. Ericsson. The new digital …

HELSINKI, Finland-China Unicom Shanghai Branch designated Nokia Telecommunications the main base station subsystem supplier for the third phase of its Global System for Mobile communications network expansion in China. Nokia …

Nearly two years after Airtel Movil SA became the second Global System for Mobile communications licensee in Spain, the company and its competitor, Telefonica Moviles, have resolved issues and created …

Mobil Rom, a consortium led by France Telecom Group, launched Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular services in Romania. Called Dialog GSM, the service already is in high demand, …

Globe Telecom selected Nokia Corp. to supply infrastructure equipment and wireless local loop subscriber terminals for a fixed telephone project in the Philippines. Nokia’s Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure …

DENVER-While presidents from eight countries discussed pertinent topics such as arms control, peace in Bosnia and the global economy, Denver-area wireless carriers worked behind the scenes to provide handsets and …

BEIJING-Northern Telecom Ltd. was awarded a contract from the Tianjin Posts and Telecommunications Administration to increase the capacity of its existing Global System for Mobile Communications network. The expansion will …

L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, …

SINGAPORE-An air of triumph permeated last week’s second annual CDMA World Congress as the supporters of Code Division Multiple Access celebrated the past year’s network launches, announced a unified branding …

NEW YORK-After more than two years of effort, standards for interoperability of smart cards for U.S.-based personal communications services received approval May 30. “It represents a breakthrough. This is one …

NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear …

The Portuguese government said it plans to open a tender for a personal communications services license this month and issue a third mobile phone license by the end of this …