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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 …

Qualcomm Inc.’s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its “Buy” rating of the company’s stock, which has seen …

TOKYO-Seven regional companies of KDDI Group on 1 November merged to form a new company called “au.” KDDI decided to merge these regional companies to better compete with giant NTT …

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 …

GIVATAYIM, Israel-Under a signed agreement, Nexus Telocation North America and Xypoint Corp. made their first steps toward creating a working relationship to deploy location-based services globally. Nexus said it hopes …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Slovakian operator Globtel prefers a “beauty contest” process of licensing the country’s third-generation (3G) licenses. Eva Forraiova-Guttlerova, the company’s public relations manager, said the beauty contest system is more …

Not one operator around the world has rolled out third-generation services yet, but discussion of fourth-generation technology is already under way. An industry that began offering a basic communications tool …

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 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Sprint PCS awarded a contract to Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector to provide the company with CDMA equipment through interoperability specifications and third-generation cdma2000 1x packet data. …

ITHACA, N.Y.-Cornell University announced it will open a laboratory to design and test radio-frequency integrated circuits, including those in cellular phones and wireless devices. The Cornell Broadband Communications Research Laboratory …

LAS VEGAS-The once-sleepy tower industry revealed its flashier side last week at the third annual 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show here, as industry executives touted the growing demand for …

TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier’s mobile-phone business. NTT DoCoMo has said repeatedly …

NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of “coopetition,” said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International. Banks, …

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Silicon Radio selected the ARM core for the applications programs that run above the existing CSR BlueCore, Bluetooth hardware and firmware in its range of programmable Bluetooth devices. …

WASHINGTON-Either the specialized mobile radio industry has ceded the 800 MHz band to Nextel Communications Inc. or there are very few companies willing to take on the giant. Auction results …

NEW YORK-MCI WorldCom Inc. sees an opportunity to transform its wireless resale business into one of full-fledged virtual network operation, said Bernard J. Ebbers, president and chief executive officer. Resale …

If you were to ask most wireless subscribers what they wanted out of their wireless service, you would get a variety of answers that led to one overriding desire-more. If …

LONDON-Ericsson launched its new T20 mobile phone, available in November, which features Swatch Internet time and WAP mobile chat. The company said the Swatch Internet time feature will help customers …

WASHINGTON-As the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal rules. The fine, which was agreed …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Gravitate Inc. has partnered with Oven Digital to cooperate on developing location-based wireless Internet gaming based on Gravitate’s Location Precise software platform. Under the agreement, Gravitate will license …

WASHINGTON-Qwest Communications International Corp. was able to emerge from the union negotiating table without agreeing to allow the Communications Workers of America to have access to its wireless employees, something …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Five Motorola Inc. employees and one executive from Cellport Systems Inc. in Boulder, Colo., were killed in the crash of Singapore Airlines’ flight SQ006 in Taipei, Taiwan, last week. …

Tri-County Communications Systems sold an unspecified number of its telecommunications towers in northern New York state to Pinnacle Holdings Inc., said David Abraham & Co., which represented the seller. Details …

ST. LOUIS-In an effort to maximize the use and revenue potential of its 1,200 telecommunications towers nationwide, Charter Communications Inc. plans to launch a nationwide tower licensing campaign throughout the …

NEW TRIPOLI, Pa.-Revenues for semiconductor processing equipment will rise 76 percent this year and another 46 percent next year, according to a new report. The report, published by market research …