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BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported it will roll out two-way mobile messaging services to its customers in the Los Angeles area this week, with plans for nationwide availability by early next year. Verizon said the mobile messaging service, similar to short …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. hopes to reach two fast-growing markets with its QCP 6035 Smartphone, combining the functionality of a tri-mode CDMA phone with a personal digital assistant incorporating Palm Inc.’s latest 3.5 operating system. The hybrid, set to launch during …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an amendment to Kyocera Corp.’s existing CDMA license agreement with Qualcomm to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA technologies, wireless local loop and CDMA modem card products. The previous agreement …

According to Strategy Analytics’ new market report, “U.S. Cellular Handset Market Status,” Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. continue to hold leadership positions in the handset market, while Ericsson continues to lose ground. The firm said Samsung, Audiovox and potentially Kyocera …

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. reported an agreement to work together to accelerate global deployment of third-generation CDMA wireless services by aligning development of Kyocera’s wireless handsets and accessories with Lucent’s wireless network equipment. The collaboration will …

TOKYO-KDDI, the newly formed telecom group in Japan, said it is talking to several foreign carriers regarding alliances, international press reports said. A possible alliance could include an equity investment, although such an investment likely would be no more than …

The second handset vendor Nextel Communications Inc. was counting on to make an iDEN phone by this year has decided to pursue other technology avenues. Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp. and Nextel late last year signed a letter of intent calling …

Qualcomm Inc.’s transformation is complete. The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties from CDMA technology. Qualcomm started out this way. It developed …

The world’s largest chip maker, Intel Corp., said it plans to invest billions to help ease a global shortage of flash memory chips used in mobile phones. Intel said about 45 percent of its first billion flash memory chips were …

Adaptive Broadband Corp. was awarded a $56 million, five-year contract to provide its AB-Access fixed wireless broadband equipment to Cybertech Wireless Inc., a privately held, business-to-business Internet Service Provider. Aether Systems Inc. has acquired IFX Group plc, a European provider …

ELKHART, Ind.-CTS Corp. formed a strategic relationship with Kyocera Corp. to exchange the license of patents and intellectual property with regard to the design and manufacture of frequency control products, predominantly for wireless communications applications. Specific details of the agreement …

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens AG announced it will re-enter the U.S. mobile-phone market in 2001, about two years after it left the market unable to compete with rapidly falling handset prices in the United States. Siemens always has maintained its exit from …

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm is putting a financial stake in the ground to push CDMA technology in Europe. Qualcomm announced plans to acquire U.K.-based Tellit Communications, a cellular handset design and manufacturing company with expertise in NMT 450 technology. The purchase …

Kansai Tele-Message and Hokkaido Telemessage became the latest victims in Japan’s declining paging industry. Kansai Tele-Message filed for liquidation with US$183 million in debts, and Hokkaido had US$6.3 million in debt in excess of assets at the end of 1999, …

In a move designed to put the takeover of Iridium L.L.C.’s assets on the fast track, as well as appease disgruntled Iridium creditors, Craig McCaw and his team of investors have withdrawn the $74.6 million financing package submitted last week …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will cut hundreds of jobs as a result of selling its mobile-phone division to Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp., the company said. Qualcomm is transferring employees from its consumer products and personal electronics divisions to Kyocera and a …

NEW YORK-Calling it “a first step toward demonstrating fully open standards in General Packet Radio Services,” Symmetry Communications Systems Inc. said it will collaborate with Lucent Technologies Inc. on interoperability testing of 2.5 generation wireless network elements. Venture-backed Symmetry, based …

There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones’ armor, and it is the vendor’s market share in the cdmaOne handset business. While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the world, holding more than 30 percent of the total business, …

Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has been able to do to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor. To do that, Kyocera needs to gain a significant share of the market in North …

Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has done to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor. Kyocera needs to gain a significant share of the market in North America to accomplish this goal, analysts …

Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country’s increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. will merge to form Japan’s second-largest telecom company after …

Motorola Inc. found a third operator in the United States willing to deploy its proprietary integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology and more may follow. Specialized mobile radio operator Pacific Wireless Technologies Inc. announced plans to offer iDEN technology in central …

Nextel Communications Inc. finally found another vendor willing to manufacture handsets incorporating Motorola Inc.’s proprietary iDEN technology. Nextel and Kyocera Corp. signed a letter of intent last week calling for the Japanese vendor to produce a small high-end integrated Digital …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Iridium North America announced the availability of a broad array of maritime-specific communication devices suitable for virtually any vessel. The single- and multi-channel equipment offers boaters various configurations from multiple manufacturers, including Motorola Inc. and Kyocera Corp. Handheld and …

While the bankruptcies of Iridium L.L.C. and ICO Global Communications have cast doubt on the mobile satellite services market, fixed satellite services provider Teledesic L.L.C. believes it may find a way to benefit from these difficulties. Teledesic is wireless visionary …