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SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced a small, integrated wireless pay phone for Global System for Mobile communications networks in the United States. The Nokia pay phone allows public pay …

After a year of sweeping talented executives away from competing companies and setting the stage for strongly anticipated success, Philips Consumer Communications doesn’t blink when it says it expects to …

SAN FRANCISCO- In two weeks, Japanese cellular customers will gain the ability to roam internationally for the first time, using their own phone. GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., …

SAN FRANCISCO-Saying the timing is right to pursue the Code Division Multiple Access technology-based handset market, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. announced it plans to build phones for the CDMA market. …

Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with Beijing Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Beijing. Nokia values the agreement at $50 million. Nokia said it …

Portugal’s telecommunications authority, Instituto das Comunicacoes de Portugal, is expected to issue a mobile phone license at 1800 MHz, for service to begin next year. A Digital Cellular Services 1800 …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Synopsys Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc.’s microelectronics group have agreed to jointly develop hardware and software design tools and services for Global System for Mobile communications cellular telephone …

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard. The indication comes after the Japanese standardization body, …

Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The system is built around …

SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. has introduced a Code Division Multiple Access repeater, the first to meet the industry standard for CDMA, said the company. Ortel also announced its MirrorCell Select 4-Channel …

PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. announced it will debut several products supporting Global System for Mobile communications networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Wireless ’97 show this week in …

NEW YORK-The global market for cellular and personal communications services infrastructure is growing, according to research conducted by Northern Business Information Inc. Results of the study show the growth is …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Northern Telecom Inc. will incorporate Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Modular Voice Processing system into its Global System for Mobile communications’ wireless portfolio, announced Glenayre. The two companies have signed a …

German wireless phone operators continue to drop prices and restructure calling plans following the award of a fourth mobile phone license and growth in the consumer market. Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, …

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. has introduced two models of its S2000 family of micro base transceiver stations. The models, introduced at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, offer Global System …

If demand for dual-band handsets can be measured by vendor contracts, carriers must only now be finalizing plans for multi-frequency roaming. The industry’s most prolific terminal manufacturers have yet to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. and Wavecom S.A. said Swiss manufacturer Ascom is the first manufacturer to launch a handset based on the VLSI/Wavecom Global System for Mobile communications GTI2000 …

CORK, Ireland-Motorola Inc.’s GSM Products Division will hire 300 software engineers at its Global System for Mobile communications facility in Cork, Ireland. The expansion project is billed at more than …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group will expand the Global System for Mobile communications network in the United Arab Emirates for Etisalat. The expansion, which is scheduled to …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced what it claims is the smallest and lightest digital microcellular base transceiver station at the GSM World Congress. The M-Cellcity weighs 66 pounds. …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-“Until a few weeks ago, I was under the impression that the outlook for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) was quite different than it is today,” said …

FEBRUARY 19 Auctions ’97, by the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Call Kim Sescoe at (202) 546-4356. …

VimpelCommunications said shares of its common stock are authorized to trade on the Russian Trading System market, an online, screen-based trading system used by brokers in Moscow and throughout the …

PICKERING, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. received consent from its noteholders for its wholly owned subsidiary, Clearnet PCS Inc., to borrow under vendor financing agreements to build out its personal communications services …

As expected, the partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, E2 Mobilfunk, received a license to operate a fourth mobile phone network in Germany. E2 Mobilfunk was the sole …