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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Although Chile has more cellular users than fixed lines, cellular traffic is at almost 100 minutes per month per client in contrast to the 650 minutes monthly used …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator MTN and fixed-line operator Telkom announced they have renegotiated aspects of their interconnection agreement, which is expected to translate into a reduction of …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless enterprise company Aether Systems Inc. said it scored $29.5 million in revenues for its fourth quarter, up slightly from the $25.2 million it reported in the same …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. said Vincent Kelly will replace William Collins as the carrier’s president and chief executive officer. Metrocall wasn’t immediately available to comment on …

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Wireless technology company Calypso Wireless Inc. said it will sell broadband video phones to China Telecom under a newly signed three-year, $500 million deal. Calypso said its phones …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-The Nasdaq Stock Market notified US Unwired Inc. that its common stock was subject to delisting at the opening of business on Feb. 10 due to its failure …

SAN DIEGO-Law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach L.L.P. said it filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on behalf of …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Notify Technology Corp., which sells wireless e-mail products as well as voice mail solutions, announced a loss of nearly $100,000 on revenues of $2.3 million. The company said …

OSLO, Norway-Having taken a share-price beating early in the week, Ericsson’s stock soared Thursday on the company’s appointment of Carl-Henric Svanberg to replace Kurt Hellstr

TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said it will be difficult for the mobile carrier to clear its own sales target for its third-generation (3G) FOMA service. NTT …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The new Nokia N-Gage gaming terminal, launched in a blaze of hype and game developer partnerships, has been poorly received by analysts. The device has been labeled an …

NEW DELHI, India-Two Indian companies, Data Access and Reliance Communications, have been awarded carrier licenses in the United States, enabling them to offer long-distance connectivity to Indian mobile companies. The …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-The recent docking of the Progress cargo spaceship with the International Space Station (ISS) switched off the first Russian cdma2000 network in St. Petersburg. The network has been …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The potential for more intimate cooperation between cell-phone operators MmO2 and T-Mobile seems likely following the announcement that MmO2 has extended a third-generation (3G) network sharing agreement with …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If cell-phone users are a little uncertain about the complexities of using their e-mail or voice mail services, Vodafone has just made things worse. The company recently sent …

NEW DELHI, India-Hong Kong-based Hutchsion Telecom plans to buy a license to operate GSM services in Punjab from New Delhi-based Escotel, according to media reports in India and Hong Kong. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Zimbabwean mobile network operator Econet Wireless announced subscribers on its prepaid platform Buddie will soon be able to have their accounts recharged by relatives and friends living or …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The mobile network operators in South Africa will be expecting a boost in traffic as the Cricket World Cup 2003 gets under way. MTN South Africa, one of …

TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group business unit in Japan, announced it would launch a new prepaid phone service in mid-February. The new prepaid service “enjorno” will charge up to 40-percent lower …