LUCENT, MOBICOM TO BUILD HANDSETS

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Mobicom Corp. said they are working together to build and deliver wireless handsets to China’s Global System for Mobile communications market, estimated at more than 29 million subscribers. Lucent will supply for Mobicom’s handsets its Sceptre GSM chipset, which includes a digital signal processor-based mixed signal chip, a microcontroller chip and a radio-frequency chip. The handsets are expected to be available in November, said the companies.