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SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS ’97. In this muggy Emerald City, they found …

LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined …

Following intense negotiations with the United Kingdom’s mobile phone operators, the country’s telecommunications regulator extended to Jan. 1, 1999, its number portability requirement for the mobile phone industry. In August, …

SEOUL-In a city where a mobile phone is as common as kimchi and coffee shops must provide a landline phone at every table in order to draw in customers, Seoul, …

Ameritech Corp. announced it will invest $3.2 billion to become a strategic partner in Tele Danmark, helping the company speed up its domestic and international growth. Through a two-step transaction, …

WASHINGTON-If statistics and probability are indicators, the auction of 525 800 MHz specialized mobile radio services licenses that began last Tuesday could be over sometime this week, with Nextel Communications …

NEW YORK-In a notable exception to anti-cloning laws, a Georgia statute enacted last year permits authorized owners of analog cellular phones to have extensions made, said John Doumont, president of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed agreements with voice processing specialists Brite Voice Systems Inc. and Vocalis Group plc to integrate voice-activated dialing services into Ericsson’s total solutions for its …

SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference. Since SK Telecom launched the country’s …

Telecom Personal, a cellular service provider in northern Argentina, announced a consortium it is part of has been granted the B-band license to provide cellular service in Paraguay. On Oct. …

DALLAS-Mobile Systems International announced it received a contract to supply software and services to Indian network operator Escotel Mobile Communications Pvt. Ltd. MSI plans to help Escotel extend its Global …

Beating other U.S. personal communications services carriers to the punch, Western Wireless Corp. announced Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd.’s intention to invest about $248 million in its Global System for …

PanaVise Products Inc. introduced a combination mounting kit designed to keep cellular phones secure while driving, but quickly release the phone for easy removal from the vehicle. The PortaGrip 2000 …

The personal communications services industry saw its second top management change in less than a month as Pacific Bell named John Polumbo president and chief executive officer of its PCS …

L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in China. The first contract, signed with …

To clarify the cost of airtime for Global System for Mobile communications subscribers who use their phones to roam on foreign networks, the GSM MoU Association’s global membership voted to …

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs said it won a contract to supply its MartisDXX managed access and transport network solution to EuroTel Bratislava, which provides Global System for Mobile communications, Nordic Mobile Telephone …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded a contract to expand the Code Division Multiple Access cellular network in Peru, the company said. Valued by Motorola at $350 …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced two projects with Telebahia, the A-band cellular operator in Bahia, Brazil. Qualcomm announced a pioneering project with Nec Do Brasil S.A. and Telebahia to deploy a …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. and Panafon S.A. formed an agreement calling for Boston to supply its Access NP Network Services Platforms, software and value-added services to Panafon. The agreement with …

TORONTO- Bell Mobility launched its PCS Plus personal communications services network in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. Subscribers can use dual-mode analog/digital phones, by Sony Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. …

BATON ROUGE, La.-C-block license holder Meretel Communications L.P. is expected this week to launch personal communications services in Baton Rouge, La., using dual-mode, dual-band Code Division Multiple Access handsets. Eatel …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it will replace the existing analog cellular telephone network in Culiacan, Sinaloa and Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico, according to a contract it signed …

MILAN-Omnitel Pronto Italia, a private Global System for Mobile communications operator in Italy, introduced a rechargeable GSM Subscriber Identity Module card that will allow users to make international calls from …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Telecom Towers Inc. and Cox Enterprises announced they have formed a joint venture, called TeleCom Towers L.L.C, and through it bought Vista Telecom Ltd., a wireless tower operator in …