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BEIJING-Amiosonic’s new range of GSM mobile phones will be able to interoperate with Lucent Technologies Inc.’s GSM network infrastructure under a deal announced by the two companies. Mobile operators in …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. will port Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java 2 Platform Micro Edition onto its Open Multimedia Application Platform in an attempt to expand the adoption of TI’s OMAP architecture …

Sprint PCS expanded its all-digital network into Huntsville, Ala., and opened two new Sprint PCS Centers for consumers and businesses in the city. The new centers are at 700 Airport …

NEW YORK-Applied Digital Solutions Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., hopes its Digital Angel will take commercial flight within 12-18 months, providing an on-body gauge of vital signs transmitted wirelessly to medical professionals. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Corporate and private investors such as Motorola Inc. and Commtouch invested $19 million in OpenGrid Inc., a wireless transactions provider, the company said. Led by Motorola Inc., companies …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association’s GlobalXChange trade show drew more than 18,000 attendees to Chicago in September, according to figures released by the industry group. Included in the attendance …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc. posted a 39-percent increase in subscriber revenue for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, to go along with a 31-percent increase in …

NEW YORK-As viewed through rose-colored glasses, selling over cellular phones presents an enticing opportunity for advertisers and carriers to extend their reach and revenues. Clearly however, there are many potential …

Following a trend set recently by rival AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc. last Wednesday announced plans to realign its businesses with the customer bases they serve in an attempt to bolster …

Africa Stratos Global completed its Mount Kilimanjaro educational expedition using its remote communications network. Stratos provided the expedition team with an Inmarsat-M4 terminal, allowing the team to send and receive …

MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers, which this year considerably expanded their client bases thanks to radically decreased prices, registered a major average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease from more than US$215 two …

NEW DELHI, India-India is set to witness an explosion in wireless services during the next few months, with the decision to end the duopoly of GSM operators and to allow …

HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators will not even reveal subscriber numbers …

China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals. However, Frost …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Pay phones may not be the panacea to Africa’s need of extending telephony, but in rural areas where there is little or no fixed infrastructure, wireless-and specifically GSM-pay …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, in October granted the government’s request for more time to …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Israel is determined not to be shaken from its pristine position of having one of the highest cellular penetration rates in the Middle East by the current unrest …

WASHINGTON-The chief wireless regulator in the United States has been spreading the message of auctions as a key licensing tool in various overseas trips during the last year. “You are …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government has raised just more than A$112 million (US$58.7 million) from the first of its third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions. The auction, conducted by the Australian Communications Authority …

China Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard. In June, the company had still ruled …

Mobile satellite services will shortly be available across the Middle East via the Thuraya network. United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications has announced the launch of its Thuraya-1 satellite. The …

SINGAPORE-The once sleepy telecommunications market in technology-centric Taiwan is finally stirring from its slumber. Having taken a back seat to the country’s more well-known semiconductor industry until now, Taiwan’s mobile-phone …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic’s third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use. The …

Baron von Munnigrabber was furious. He was so angry he stormed out of his own dinner party before the end of the first course. All his guests were sent home. …