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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download service could soon pop up in Russia through a new agreement between the technology giant and Delta Telecom, a cellular operator in the northwest region of Russia. The companies signed a preliminary agreement for …

Although Nextel Communications Inc. has announced no clear commitment on its next-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.’s trial of its push-to-talk solution, known as QChat, has made CDMA2000 hotter on the carrier’s plate of options. “We’re definitely working with them (Qualcomm) on …

KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa for $150.4 million. An initial $100.2 million payment will …

HONG KONG-Hutchison 3G HK Ltd. and Nokia have been working together to deploy the core network equipment for Hutchison’s 3G W-CDMA network in Hong Kong. Nokia said it is supplying equipment for both the circuit and packet core networks as …

GENEVA-WAP browser company Access announced more than 100 million devices have shipped with its NetFront WAP browser. The company counts AT&T Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom, Handspring, Hutchison 3G Group, IBM, KDDI, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, PalmSource, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Continued delays in the launch of third-generation services in Western Europe could boost opportunities for GPRS technology, according to new research from U.K.-based consultancy Analysys. Analysys expects revenue from GPRS subscribers to be $17.6 billion in 2003 and …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has completed an amended $1.6 billion credit facility and made certain changes to its capital structure. “This leverage-neutral transaction simplifies our capital structure and provides our restricted borrowing group access to the operating cash …

LONDON-Vodafone U.K. said it and rival operator 3 have jointly secured the FA Premier League mobile rights in a three-season deal. The rights begin with the 2004/2005 season and run through the 2006/2007 season and give customers access to all …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64 kilobit per second data transmissions to the United Kingdom with technology partner Hutchison 3G U.K. The …

GOTEBORG, Sweden-Speaking from one of L.M. Ericsson’s major design headquarters in the company’s home base of Sweden, Hakan Eriksson pronounced Ericsson’s massive cost-cutting and reorganization efforts a success, while at the same time painting a relatively glowing outlook of the …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-U.S. company Anystream said its broadcast video encoding software is in use by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.’s third-generation subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Australia, along with Mobilkom Austria. Anystream said it Agility software automates the process of repackaging broadcast …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a third-generation license to Hi3G Access Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison’s Swedish 3G subsidiary …

TOKYO-Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a mobile operator in Thailand, and Japan’s KDDI entered an agreement to construct a global positioning system service in Thailand based on the gpsOne system KDDI offers in Japan in cooperation with NEC Corp. The contract …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a third-generation license to Hi3G Access Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison’s Swedish 3G subsidiary …

CHICAGO-Motorola and 3 together introduced the Motorola A920 third-generation handset featuring a full-color widescreen display designed to showcase 3’s person-to-person video calling capabilities and video content. The companies said the Motorola A920 brings enhanced functionality to users of 3’s video …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., the conglomerate that operates several third-generation subsidiaries around the world along with real estate, retail, manufacturing and other businesses, reported a 2-percent increase in its first-half profit to $778 million. However, its 3G division lost $500 …

VIENNA, Va.-Cramer Systems will provide Chile’s Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A. with an inventory management solution to manage its nationwide network and to automate delivery of services. “Cramer has had an outstanding record in winning new mobile business because operators know …

Like ’70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude. In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet and the possibilities therein. Wireless players from carriers on down …

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. has added a fourth handset to its phone line-up with a new NEC model. The operator, which offers service under the brand name 3, now offers one Motorola Inc. phone and three NEC …

Orange plc formed an alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The Motorola V500 and V600 handsets will include flip screens, Bluetooth, …

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN is looking to sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. and has refused to contribute …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services. Under the partnership, the companies will collaborate on handsets, standards, international …

LONDON-Hutchison 3G has inked a deal with sports content distributor Extreme International under which some of Extreme’s sports video clips will be delivered to third-generation mobile handsets. Under the terms of the agreement, Extreme will supply 3, Hutchison’s 3G operator, …

For those who serenade wideband CDMA as the authentic third-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.-inspired cdma2000 is no more than a counterfeit David dueling the shadow of the giant to come. When the giant comes, in all its messianic glories of data …

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa has launched legal action against partner KPN Telecom for refusing to contribute a loan for the two companies’ third-generation U.K. business, Hutchison 3G U.K., which operates under the 3 brand name. Earlier this year, 3 U.K. asked its …