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Deutsche Telekom expects to obtain approval of its proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by the first quarter of next year, according to a report in German daily newspaper Frankfurter …

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WASHINGTON-Beijing appears to be thumbing its nose at wireless provisions of the landmark U.S.-China trade agreement, posing potential problems for American mobile-phone firms and the next administration. The move comes …

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $24.2 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with a loss of $30.9 million, or 68 cents per share, reported after …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Vast Solutions Inc., the soon-to-be-spun-off unit of Paging Network Inc., have signed a strategic agreement to support interoperability between Glenayre’s @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module …

TURIN, Italy-Vehicles across China may soon be wirelessly tracked, eliminating the need to manually collect information on vehicle registration, examination, emissions, taxation or traffic records. Systems integrator Sichuan NeoSource Intel-Tech …

LONDON-France Telecom’s Orange, a United Kingdom mobile-phone provider, decided to standardize on Nortel Networks’ Alteon Web switching products to support the expansion of its infrastructure. Orange is deploying ACEdirector 3 …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Under a plan that would more fully integrate the two companies, Sprint PCS network partner US Unwired Inc. announced it would outsource most of its customer care and …

NEW YORK-It is all too easy to get “starry eyed” about the prospects for new generations of wireless services. As a counterpoint, a reality check is required about deployment and …

NEW YORK-Loral Space & Communications today reported its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30. Loral’s bookings before intercompany and affiliate eliminations for the quarter …

The specialized mobile radio industry is quickly becoming a fractured market divided between the traditional small SMR carriers, which are focused on providing dispatch services to customers at reasonable prices, …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. released two new carrier-class solutions for delivering virtual private network services. The solutions, from the company’s Carrier Networks Business, are media independent and can be delivered …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, in a major blow to the wireless industry, last week said it would not hear an appeal of a lower court’s antenna-siting ruling favoring a Pennsylvania town. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the European Patent Office upheld the validity of one of the company’s patents, which comes after two years of opposition from Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. Qualcomm’s …

NEW YORK- FindWhat.com announced today it teamed with ThinkersGroup.com to make its search engine results-including its search advertisements-available to users of Web-enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants. The company …

Computer and telephony infrastructure provider Cisco Systems Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter profits just above analyst expectations, but the company also revealed its inventory levels increased 59 percent during the quarter, …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Although Alltel last week announced it will sell 20 of its personal communications services licenses to Verizon Wireless, it will keep another 42 licenses. The company also plans …

MUNICH, Germany-Blue Impact AG, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen. The Tellmen module is compatible with CellPoint’s location platform …

WASHINGTON-While most believe the specialized mobile radio industry seems to be disappearing along with its companion regulatory issues, one SMR operator believes that if this is true, it is the …

MUNICH, Germany-Webraska and Blue Impact announced today they will team up to develop personal navigation services on wireless personal digital assistants. Their objective is to offer Internet-based distributed navigation on …

BERNE, Switzerland-Only five bidders will compete for four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Switzerland, as three contenders dropped out late last week, down from an original 10 interested companies. …

Arch Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $66.2 million, or $1 per share, compared with $68.2 million, or $1.42 per share, reported for the last third-quarter period. Arch …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has received some competition -albeit minor-in the ongoing auction of licenses for the lower 80 channels of the 800 MHz band. At the end of round 24, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday began a process that it hopes will lead to a secondary market for spectrum, and it put the private-wireless industry on notice that it …

Dear Chairman Kennard: I want to commend your recent statement urging that Congress provide incentives for broadcasters to meet the 2006 “deadline” for conversion to Digital Television (DTV). Any delay …