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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson’s stock soared more than 10 percent on the company’s appointment of Carl-Henric Svanberg to replace Kurt Hellstrom as chief executive officer and president. The new helmsman, who …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge sent back to state court a lawsuit to stop Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS from listing charges on mobile-phone bills that Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon …

MIAMI, Fla.-Wireless device maker E-Rex Inc. said it will delay the release of its ambitious wireless e-mail, Internet and printing device-dubbed Dragonfly-due to lack of available funding. “Due to the …

NEW ORLEANS-Proxity Digital Networks Inc. said it will begin using personal digital assistants to protect railways, ports and borders with its On Alert Gunshot Detection System (GDS) technology. GDS, currently …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The virus protection business of Network Associates Inc. said it will jump into the wireless industry in order to protect wireless users from the potential threat of wirelessly …

PARAMUS, N.J.-Penton Media Inc. said Intel Corp.’s Gadi Singer and Philips Electronics’ Paul Marino will give the keynote addresses at the 2003 Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo later this …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Danish technology and handset accessory company GN announced it will be the original equipment manufacturer of Bluetooth headsets for Motorola Inc. The company said its first shipment is expected …

SAN DIEGO-Ethertronics is entering the Chinese market via a sales agreement with King Horn Enterprise, a semiconductor ASIC distributor with offices in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, through which King …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported $21.1 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 48-percent increase compared with the $14.3 million the company reported for the fourth …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘CCC-‘ corporate credit rating on AirGate PCS Inc. and removed the Sprint PCS affiliate from its CreditWatch list, where its was placed …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless reported a strategic agreement with Microsoft Canada to provide mobile access to the full suite of Microsoft Office applications from wireless devices. Under terms …

LONDON-Acotel, the Italian wireless application service provider, has acquired Info2cell.com, the Middle East’s first wireless applications service provider. Acotel’s first acquired a 33-percent stake in Info2cell.com in 2000. Following the …

NAIROBI, Kenya-The Kenyan government has released a tender for a third GSM license in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. Award of the tender is expected in July. Interested …

WARREN, New Jersey, United States-Virgin Mobile USA said it has added more than 350,000 net subscribers since it launched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service on Sprint PCS’ network …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released additional details on its previously announced N-Gage video game platform/mobile phone, reporting the support of a range of major video game developers and sales timelines. In …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported $601.9 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 25.7-percent increase compared with the $478.7 million the carrier reported for the same quarter of …

WASHINGTON-Maryland State Sen. Brian Frosh (D) and two other lawmakers have introduced legislation to step up regulation of mobile phone carriers, continuing a growing trend of state activism throughout the …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The speech technology market is poised to grow from $677 million in revenues in 2002 to $5.3 billion by 2008, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence. …

JACKSON, Miss.-Cellular South has licensed and deployed the two modules of eaSuite from Edocs, Natick, Mass., into online customer care offerings to subscribers in its territory, which covers parts of …