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HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. announced it would include Allot Communications’ products in its broadband wireless solution offerings. Tessco said it would present Allot’s NetEnforcer and NetPolicy products to competitive …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Just in time for the busy holiday season, buy.com and AT&T Wireless Services announced a partnership to offer buy.com’s online store to wireless customers through AT&T’s Digital PocketNet …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant”nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also said mobile telephony has a penetration …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice is pointing to contracts it signed with four manufacturers to show it is cost-effective for telecom carriers to add additional capabilities to their networks to enhance …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.’s AirBoss technology. The deal will allow all devices operating on …

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong) is negotiating with China Telecom to cut the leased-line fees it pays by one-half. About 90 percent of China Mobile (Hong Kong)’s transmission lines are leased …

In a move that the company said would strengthen its New World strategy and its ability to deliver next-generation wireless networks using the IEEE 802.11a standard, Cisco Systems Inc. agreed …

Leap Wireless Inc. has acquired new wireless operating licenses in Omaha, Neb., and signed a definitive agreement to acquire other licenses in Peoria, Ill., as part of the company’s effort …

NEW YORK-The major players’ rankings reflect the dynamic environment of telecommunications as some stalwarts held their ground, some newcomers joined the group, while still others showed substantial rises or falls …

LONDON-Empower INteractive Group Ltd. said it will introduce a Java-based WAP Gateway to the open source community this week, following a trial with an unnamed Scandinavian mobile operator. The gateway …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The strategic importance of Bluetooth seems to have been recognized within Ericsson, the company that invented the technology. Ericsson has decided to pull the unit responsible for developing …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority has withdrawn from the third cellular license case. Addressing a stakeholders briefing held in Sandton, South Africa, ICASA Chairman Mandla Langa said it …

Verizon Wireless bought up the last bits of the Sacramento Valley L.P., which covers about 3.8 million people in Northern California and Nevada and operates under the Verizon brand. Centennial …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. forecast its fully diluted fourth-quarter earnings from current businesses would range between 60 cents and 63 cents per share, with year-end fully diluted results returning between …

The wireless Internet’s influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when hooked to a wire from a …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-In a US$40 million deal, Vodafone Group will use Sycamore Networks’ intelligent optical switching and transport products and services. Sycamore will supply its SN 16000 optical core switch, SN …

SINGAPORE-StarHub Chief Executive Terry Clontz said end users would draw the short end of the stick because of the Singapore government’s decision to use the auction method of awarding third-generation …

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless formed another strategic alliance, but this time it’s not with another business-it’s with the City of San Diego. Verizon is the city’s official wireless partner, and will …

Wireline technologies continue to trump broadband wireless in the journey to the last mile. In a new study on multidwelling units, Washington-based market research and consulting firm The Strategis Group …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced it will offer $500 million of its convertible debentures, which are due 2005, to certain institutional investors. The debentures can be turned into common stock …

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the past year alone. Among them is …

Psion USA, a manufacturer of personal productivity handheld computers, has agreed to use ReturnsPort.com’s full suite of services to track and manage the comings and goings of its inventory in …

MADRID, Spain-The Spanish government said it will tender two additional GSM licenses by 2002, according to international press reports. The country’s four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license winners are …

BEIJING-At an extraordinary general meeting on 10 November, China Mobile (Hong Kong) shareholders approved the company’s plan to purchase seven networks from its parent, China Mobile Communications, for US$32.84 billion. …

The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association moved to set the standard for location-based services privacy principles by laying out its own guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission. CTIA said it …