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MADRID, Spain-Spain’s Telefonica plans to spin off its mobile-phone business before the fall, published reports indicate. Analysts value the unit at as much as $71.3 billion. Telefonica reported about 9 …

SEATTLE-Lucent Technologies Inc. and TeraBeam Networks are entering into a venture to develop and deploy TeraBeam’s fiberless optical networking system, which sends data through the air using invisible light, the …

There seems little doubt the wireless Internet is going to be a reality, but what remains unclear is exactly who will use it, on what devices and using which technology. …

ANKARA, Turkey-Italy’s Telecom Italia SpA and a leading Turkish bank, Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, won a license to operate Turkey’s third mobile telephone network with a bid of more than …

WorldCom Wireless became the latest-and most high-profile-company to fall victim to the climbing bids for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in the United Kingdom last week. WorldCom withdrew from …

Boy, you take a few months off to have a baby and the world changes. I don’t think RCR had used the term m-commerce when I left in early February …

LONDON-The European Union Commission notified Vodafone AirTouch plc last week it received Phase 1 clearance for its acquisition of Mannesmann AG, moving the companies one step closer to creating a …

Japan Vodafone AirTouch plc, together with its partners Japan Telecom and British Telecom, has agreed to restructure its interests in Japan ahead of the start of the third-generation license application …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is joining with MCI Worldcom Inc. to urge the Federal Communications Commission to establish by declaratory ruling nationwide standards of review of adopted interconnection agreements. …

Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success. First to …

Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five licenses that now have a combined …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Solutions de Mexico S.A. de C.V. entered into an agreement with Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. as the sole authorized distributor of Nextel-branded accessories to Nextel de Mexico’s …

A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as one entity, committed to achieving common …

Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services …

Centennial Puerto Rico Corp., a subsidiary of Centennial Communications Corp., Neptune, N.J., plans to raise $250 million in eight-year notes to help finance its Caribbean expansion. Centennial’s personal communications services …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced its DSP56311 digital signal processor is now available in production volumes, allowing companies to build next-generation networking infrastructure systems for wireless communications and Internet Protocol telephony …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc. announced a nonexclusive agreement to enhance connectivity between mobile and Internet Protocol backbone networks. The agreement calls …

As my plane left San Jose International Airport for the friendly skies last Monday, I looked down and saw what appeared to be a massive plume of smoke, mushroom-shaped, rising …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported an agreement with ComSpace Corp. to purchase and test market ComSpace’s digital technology, DC/MA, in a selected market. DC/MA is a digital air interface …

PHILADELPHIA-ConneXus Corp. reported that its *CD technology, which lets listeners find out what song is playing on the radio with either a call from any phone or via the Internet, …

NEW YORK-After first admonishing all attendees to turn off their cell phones, William T. Lake, a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., convened a recent Practising Law Institute …

An incorrect picture appeared with the story titled, “Senators ask: What is broadband?” (April 3, pages 1 and 10). Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) should have been pictured rather than Sn. …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear …

WASHINGTON-With a U.S.-Cuban custody battle and U.S.-China trade dominating business in the nation’s capital these days, the question arises: What are the prospects for future U.S.-Cuban telecom trade? The answer …

The Federal Communications Commission has approved 35 bidders to participate in this Wednesday’s auction of licenses for the 39 GHz band. The 39 GHz band is located at 38.6-40 GHz. …