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WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. is getting a slice of the $34 million contract held by WorldCom Inc. to provide mobile phone service to U.S. civilian and military officials in Baghdad, even as …

NEW YORK-Tele2 AB said it signed a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Radiolinja, the Finnish mobile operator. Tele2 recently purchased 100 percent of Finnish 3G Suomen 3G, its Finnish …

Motorola Inc. said the Court of Appeals of England and Wales dismissed a number of appeals brought by Cem Uzan and Aysegul Akay, members of Turkey’s Uzan family, upholding Worldwide …

MEXICO CITY-Nokia Corp. reported that Mexican wireless operator Telefonica Moviles Mexico has selected the infrastructure provider to supply at least 50 percent of the radio-access system and all of the …

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa has launched legal action against partner KPN Telecom for refusing to contribute a loan for the two companies’ third-generation U.K. business, Hutchison 3G U.K., which operates under the …

The GSM Association reported that Kuwait-based wireless operator MTC-Vodafone deployed a GSM-based network in southern Iraq designed to support the reconstruction efforts and non-governmental organizations delivering humanitarian aid. The network …

SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it has won a series of deals to supply GSM/GPRS infrastructure equipment to China Mobile, the country’s largest carrier. The contracts, valued at $30 million, will cover …

Telecom Italia Mobile has become the first European operator to publicly state its commitment to EDGE technology, according to international press reports. The reports said the largest Italian mobile operator …

MOSCOW-LogicaCMG said it reached an agreement with Russian operator Mobile TeleSystems to deploy multimedia-messaging services in the Moscow region. MTS will use LogicaCMG’s MMS center as part of its MMS …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 …

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T …

Japan’s second-largest wireless operator KDDI Corp. led its bigger and smaller rivals in customer additions last month as the carrier said it added 162,000 net customers in May, ending the …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. launched its latest youth-oriented advertising campaign this week titled “Live Without a Plan.” The mobile virtual network operator said the campaign, which debuted during the 2003 …

LISBON, Portugal-Portuguese mobile operator Optimus said it will include Opera Software’s mobile Web browser on Optimus Zone, its new multimedia service supported by the Nokia 3650 and 7650 smart phones. …

LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. will slash prices for its third-generation services beginning Monday. The two new service packages offer up to a 50-percent savings compared with similar plans on …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Western Wireless International Corp. reported an agreement to sell its 19-percent interest in Croatia’s largest GSM wireless operator VIPnet d.o.o. to Mobilkom Austria Aktiengesellschaft & …

LONDON-U.K.-based telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless said it will cut 1,500 U.K. jobs, exit the U.S. market and suspend its dividend for a year. The announcements came after the operator …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 …

Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total operational …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported growing revenues and earnings in its full-year results. Sales were up 14 percent to $55.7 billion, and free cash flow more than doubled to $8.5 billion …

Just as it blazed the third-generation trail, NTT DoCoMo is hedging its bet on fourth-generation wireless technology with a field trial in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, the center of its research …

German vendor Siemens AG said it has signed two contracts, one for EDGE technology. Siemens announced a deal with Malaysian mobile operator DiGi Telecommunications to supply it with GSM, GPRS …

SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it will launch a video streaming service Monday for its users with Nokia 3650 phones, making it the first operator in Singapore and one of the first in …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Japan Airlines announced a partnership that will see the companies test applications operating on DoCoMo’s third-generation system and a wireless local area network for Japan Airlines’ …