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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 …

Poland has opened a tender for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license. Interested companies are expected to submit offers by mid-July. Sources in Poland report that Minister of Telecommunications …

NEW YORK-Surfing the Internet from a wireless Global System for Mobile communications handset is about to get easier and smarter, according to Nokia Inc. and TeamWare, a unit of Fujitsu …

Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar’s limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways to be installed around the world. …

Cook Inlet Region Inc. will roll out personal communications services this week in Tulsa, Okla.,-just the second C-block player to launch commercial PCS operations. Airadigm Communications Inc., another C-block licensee, …

Today is the deadline to submit bids for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license in Austria. A winner could be announced next month. The tender was announced about two …

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec introduced an international roaming verification system for Global System for Mobile communications networks. Tekelec’s product enables GSM operators to comply with the GSM memorandum of understanding recommendation to …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. launched cellular service in Estonia. Ritabell Co. Ltd., the company that holds the cellular license, is owned 48 percent by Millicom. Ritabell began service under …

NEWBURY, U.K.-Vodafone Group plc and Qualcomm Inc. said they will conduct a field trial in the United Kingdom starting the fourth quarter to demonstrate how Code Division Multiple Access wireless …

DALLAS-Conestoga Wireless, winner of four D-, E-and F-block personal communications services licenses in central and eastern Pennsylvania, selected Northern Telecom Ltd. to supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure equipment …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Telecommunications selected Cisco Systems Inc.’s Cisco AS5200 universal access server, which routes digital cellular phone calls directly to data networks and the Internet. Nokia’s decision was based …

After three years in Motorola Inc.’s Information Systems Group and 23 years with the company, Frank Lloyd has returned to paging, his mind set on growing international markets and advancing …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in San Francisco using Global System for Mobile communications technology. Ericsson Inc. supplied the GSM equipment and phones. Bo …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-New Jersey-based personal communications services carrier Omnipoint Communications Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with France Telecom that will allow Omnipoint customers to begin operational roaming while …

When billionaire John Kluge of Metromedia International Group Inc. sold his company’s film and television properties last month, he said the transaction would allow Metromedia to focus on its new …

“The market for universal phones may prove more limited than trade hyperbole suggests,” argues one analyst in response to industry buzz about satellite-based global telephone service-fueled by the successful launch …

Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. of Japan to …

SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in the San Francisco Bay area. The network uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Each phone includes a …

The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate. That’s right, CTIA joined the fight against aggressive driving-this coming from …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones. “The main idea behind Smart Messaging is to combine …

China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China’s Ministry of …

NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two contracts to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in the Hebei province of China. The company values the …

A C-block enterprise created by two Alabama telephone companies is methodically slipping into position to rival big-name wireless players in the Gulf Coast area. The telephone companies believe if they …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks will expand its cooperation with Nokia to provide packaged content and services for Smart Messaging, the Nokia-developed Global System for Mobile communications wireless service architecture announced last month …