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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet vendor Openwave Systems Inc. reported increasing revenues and a narrowing net loss in its slow march toward profitability. “Openwave delivered a strong quarter as the second …

MEXICO CITY-Mexican carrier America Movil this week released first-quarter 2004 financial results for its U.S.-based prepaid subsidiary Tracfone Wireless Inc. During the quarter, Tracfone gained 395,000 new subscribers, bringing its …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile Internet services that advance U.S. business …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it settled a major wireless trade disagreement with South Korea that could have locked Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW technology out of a key Asian market. “We …

NEW YORK-Turkey’s Uzan family, which has been battling wireless suppliers in legal challenges regarding vendor financing arrangements to Turkish mobile operator Telsim, said a panel of the U.S. Court of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced two new contract wins for GSM technology. Nokia will extend its contract to Russia’s VimpelCom for GSM/GPRS equipment under a $60 million agreement for 2004. The …

Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation works, according to a series of …

After facing harsh criticism over the sluggish introduction of its camera phone line-up, the world’s No. 2 phone-maker Motorola Inc. is hoping to regain the industry’s cutting edge by placing …

LAHORE, Pakistan-Space Telecom and Telenor will pay $291 million each for GSM licenses in Pakistan. The new licensees will join Pakistan’s four existing mobile operators. The country has a total …

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it launched a GSM network in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The Swedish-based operator now offers GSM services in 10 out of the 11 Russian regions where …

MIRAMOR, Fla.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed three contracts worth several million dollars with major Latin American carriers, including Andinatel, Hondutel and MoviStar. MoviStar, however, is the only purely …

SINGAPORE-Connexion by Boeing said Singapore mobile operator StarHub will add the company’s real-time, high-speed Internet service to StarHub’s wireless broadband services. As part of a memorandum of understanding, the two …

LONDON-Optimism prevails in the mobile communications industry, according to the ARC Group’s new “3GSM 2004 Industry Survey.” In fact, according to the survey, 85 percent of industry professionals believe their …

On both technology and adoption fronts, EDGE technology is forging ahead. While the protocol contends with handset challenges, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association puts the number of network operators that …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysian operator Maxis Communications began a trial of UMTS third-generation technology last week. The eight-month test will use 3G spectrum assigned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission …

NEW YORK-Tele2 said it obtained 100-percent ownership in Russian GSM operator Sankt-Peterburg Telecom with the purchase of the remaining 14-percent stake in the company that Tele2 previously did not own. …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Malaysian operator Maxis Communications began a trial of UMTS third-generation technology Wednesday. The eight-month trial will use 3G spectrum assigned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission in …

TOKYO- Operator KDDI Corp. said it has launched a card that complies with the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO standard at a 2 GHz frequency band. It was expected to hit the …

NEW YORK-Mobile virtual network operator and prepaid wireless services provider STi Mobile has appointed Don Cunningham national vice president of sales. Cunningham joins from T-Mobile USA Inc., where he was …

HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli operator Cellcom will roll out Nokia’s Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) service. Commercial PoC service is scheduled for the second quarter 2004. Nokia says its carrier-grade PoC …

Neither edgy nor solitary, Nokia Corp. has all the hallmarks of a conservative company. As a leading player in both the handset and infrastructure businesses, the Finnish vendor always has …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $32 million contract with a Ghanaian carrier to supply what it describes as the first EDGE equipment in Africa. The deal also …

ATLANTA-Roamware Inc. has implemented its Roaming Replicator solution with India’s mobile operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), enabling visitors to and travelers from India to use GSM services provided by …

ATLANTA-Mobile content delivery and Internet access technology provider Access announced that Mexican wireless operator Radiomovil Dipsa S.A. de C.V., known as Telcel, will use technologies and services from Access, including …

BEIJING-Convergys Corp. completed its first product deployment in China. The company implemented its Infinys software for China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd. The project will work …