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LOS ANGELES-The wireless industry is looking to make a major show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the main trade conference for the video game industry. A range of wireless players …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by …

LONDON-The downloadable application market could generate a staggering $7 billion worldwide by 2008, according to wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics. The firm said wireless operators need to leverage …

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated. Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable …

NEW DELHI, India–India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go–toward …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Echoing comments from many sectors of the industry, research firm IDC concludes that the market for wireless gaming “is emerging as a viable long-term opportunity for game developers and …

TORONTO-Bell Canada announced its official entry into the wireless local area network (WLAN) market, through partnerships with U.S.-based Cisco Systems and Symbol Technologies . Using the 802.11b or Wi-Fi standard, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Christian Nicolai, Chilean under-secretary for telecommunications, said this year the investments in the telecommunications sector will fall 40 percent in comparison to last year to around US$600 million, …

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks. Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to …

NEW DELHI, India-Cellular phone customers in one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia are a happy lot, but this happiness is not shared by operators, as they face mounting losses …

LONDON-As the tech sector continues a shaky recovery and telecom companies in Europe and the United States offer nothing much to write home about, the Middle East continues its love …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Europe’s largest mobile-phone retailer shows no signs of relinquishing its market-leading position, with Carphone Warehouse announcing a 16-percent increase in connections during the past four months. These 1.16 million …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Software firms across Europe have developed myriad mobile applications aimed at the business market during the past few years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital to …

TORONTO-The number of Canadians using mobile phones is expected to more than double during the next four years, with the biggest growth spurt in the teenage and corporate applications markets, …

TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change in billing is expected to help …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Although the market for wireless enterprise products and services seems to be lagging, and companies selling wireless infrastructure to businesses have been struggling, research and analyst firm IDC predicts …

NEW DELHI, India—Shin Satellite Public Company Limited said it signed a procurement contract with Bagan Cybertech IDC and Teleport for the provision of rural telephony services throughout Myanmar by the …

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MOSCOW—German vendor Siemens overtook Finland’s Nokia, the worldwide mobile-phone sales leader, in handset sales in Russia in 2001, according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), a global provider …

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LONDON-The introduction of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) in Sweden and NTT DoCoMo’s launch of third-generation (3G) services has set the scene for a new approach to mobile devices, both …

It’s been almost two months since Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it would discontinue its paging infrastructure operations-a business Glenayre has been an integral part of for nearly 40 years, a …

NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp., a San Francisco-based wireless Internet service provider, has taken a series of steps recently to expand the number and kinds of devices with which it can communicate. …