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Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe this week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various …

Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition notwithstanding. Now it is a near …

Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced a new certification program to provide a single testing process for all Symbian-based applications. The move is an effort to smooth out the creation …

LONDON-State-run Saudi Arabian operator Saudi Telecom Co. is set to be joined by a competitor in the GSM market by July. The license for the country’s second GSM operator will …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Israeli wireless operator Pelephone said Nortel Networks will be the exclusive provider of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO wireless network. The value of the two-year agreement was not disclosed. …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles, one of the leaders in the Latin American wireless industry, said it will acquire 100 percent of the shares of Chilean operator Telefonica Movil Chile from Compania …

Qualcomm Inc. announced its BREW application download service will be available in Europe through a new deal with CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp in Romania. “Zapp is proud to be …

Mobile virtual network operator agreements sprung up on both sides of the Atlantic this morning, with two wireline providers overlooking their former wireless subsidiaries for the partnerships. AT&T Corp. reported …

BEIJING-In a move that will ramp up its market share in CDMA technology, Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed contracts worth more than $120 million with China Unicom. The deal will …

In what amounts to a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering the CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA technologies. The U.S. supplier made two announcements regarding the first …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, the largest mobile operator in Australia, said it will launch push-to-talk services in June following a trial that included 12 Telstra business and government customers using 60 handsets. …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. and Vivato Inc. have partnered to provide wireless networks operators with a Wi-Fi solution. The companies plan to jointly market, install and service their solution, which …

NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. said it has successfully completed EDGE trials with wireless carrier Hutchison Max Telecom and will deploy the technology later this year. “We were the first operator …

Nokia Corp. said it will divest a part of its multimedia messaging service technology to wireless services vendor 724 Solutions, a move 724 said will help it reach profitability by …

Openwave Systems Inc. announced it will acquire messaging software provider Magic4 for a sizable $82.6 million in cash and stock. The deal marks Openwave’s further moves to expand its handset …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular dealers asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support …

Dennis Strigl did not have to be a diligent student to become a first-rate manager. “I disliked school,” recalls the chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless Inc., the biggest carrier …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Roamware Inc. has supplied its Roaming Replicator solution to Iraqna, the new GSM mobile carrier in Iraq, to enable instant international connectivity. With Roaming Replicator, Iraqna can access the …

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Group Inc., an operator of Wi-Fi hot spots and retail wireless locations that market wireless products and services, announced it will acquire a privately held prepaid company based …

Sprint Corp. launched its Sprint Relay Wireless service powered by GoAmerica, which the telecommunications provider said would allow deaf or hard-of-hearing users to connect to Sprint Relay Online from virtually …

DENVER-Following a slower-than-expected transition of its wireless customers to Sprint PCS’ network as part of a mobile virtual network operator agreement announced last year, Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched consumer-focused third-generation services in two European countries, with other countries to follow in coming months, the global mobile operator said. Vodafone customers in Germany and Portugal …

When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation’s largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier’s subscriber base by mobile-phone …

LONDON-Virgin Mobile said it has 4 million U.K. customers, adding 1 million clients since August 2003. The mobile virtual network operator cited its “attractive services, excellent customer care and motivated …