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MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell said its customers can now send short message service messages to rival operators Telecel’s and Unefon’s handsets in the United States, Canada and Peru. …

FT. MYERS, Fla.-NeoMedia Technologies Inc. said it has signed a non-binding letter to acquire Triton Global Business Services Inc. and its parent company, BSD Software Inc. NeoMedia said the acquisition …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a third-generation expansion contract with Taiwanese mobile operator FarEasTone Telecommunications as its sole supplier for a W-CDMA network. The value of the contract was …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it agreed to sell its stake in Danish wireless operator Sonofon for just more than $600 million to Telenor. BellSouth will receive about $501 million for its …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won multiple mobile expansion contracts from China Unicom valued at $40 million. Under the terms of the contracts, Alcatel will provide CDMA network gear to help …

As the holiday season approaches, the industry’s mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters. First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which …

DUSSELDORF, Germany-Vodafone Germany began UMTS tests for business customers using data cards for PCs. The operator plans to launch commercial third-generation service next year. Vodafone said the participants of the …

Pakistan Telecom Mobile, which offers mobile service under the Ufone brand, contracted Siemens to expand its network under a $26 million deal. Siemens will set up a new GSM network …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile-phone operator broke federal labor laws by denying call-center workers overtime pay, litigation that comes …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will upgrade Malaysian operator Maxis Communications’ second-generation network with a third-generation deployment, including GSM/GPRS/EDGE/W-CDMA technology. The contract will include both 2G and 3G core and …

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic-Dominican Republic mobile operator Codetel commercially launched its Flash Movil CDMA2000 1x network using equipment from Lucent Technologies Inc. The network offers voice and data services at …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the closing of its sale of Vesper S.A. and Vesper Sao Paulo S.A., including their holding companies Vesper Holding S.A. and Vesper Holding Sao Paulo S.A., …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile-phone operator broke federal labor laws by denying call-center workers overtime pay, litigation that comes …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. said it will add all of Concourse Communications Group’s Wi-Fi hot-spot locations at major U.S. airports to the Boingo Roaming System. Concourse operates hot spots …

TORONTO-Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which operates under the co-brand Rogers AT&T Wireless, reported that its board of directors has authorized an agreement with AT&T Corp. to transition the …

Nextel Communications Inc.’s youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. subsidiary lost its top executive last week as Peter Adderton, former chief executive officer and founder, said he was leaving the venture due …

France Telecom said it has granted Qualcomm Inc. a worldwide license to its Turbo Code patents for both CDMA2000 and W-CDMA chipsets. The Turbo Code, which enjoy the supports of …

BOSTON-MessageVine said Thai mobile operator Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia will use its technology to deploy instant messaging and presence services on its CDMA2000 1x network. Hutch is offering the IM …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom said it closed with five banks a $1 million syndicated credit facility, which it will use to purchase the 49-percent stake in mobile operator Eurotel Praha …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said Cable & Wireless will offer its Hiptop mobile-phone device through its Cayman Islands mobile operation. Cable & Wireless is the first Caribbean operator to launch …

LAS VEGAS-PalmSource Inc. announced the launch of the Palm Powered MobileWorld program for mobile operators, infrastructure providers and software developers focused on the smart-phone market. The program’s purpose is to …

Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming-video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, …

With much fanfare at this year’s Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming …

With the blessing of its parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is reportedly set to acquire one of its competitors as early as next year, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said Cable & Wireless will offer its Hiptop mobile-phone device through its Cayman Islands mobile operation. Cable & Wireless is the first Caribbean operator to launch …