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TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, on Wednesday announced it would launch a new FOMA handset that has tripled waiting time compared with current handsets starting 18 January. …

BEIJING-Tang Ru’an, chief executive officer (CEO) of Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company, told the China Daily newspaper that this year will be of crucial importance for commercializing TD-SCDMA, the third-generation …

TORONTO-Rogers Wireless will pay Swedish telecom supplier Ericsson up to C$465 million (US$302 million) as part of a three-year extension to an existing contract. Under the exclusive agreement, Ericsson Canada …

BEIJING-China’s number-two fixed-line carrier, China Netcom Communications Group, has ordered US$114 million worth of PHS equipment from California-based UTStarcom to expand its Little Smart or Xiaolingtong service in the provinces …

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. reported $137.2 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of last year, more than double the $63.2 million the Sprint PCS affiliate reported for the same quarter …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Harris Corp. said it has won a $17 million contract to supply wireless broadband network infrastructure to Odu’a Telecoms, which plans to provide services in five states in …

TORONTO-Ericsson Canada Inc. said it had renewed an agreement with Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. to provide network equipment for the carrier’s GSM and TDMA networks. The three-year deal includes Ericsson’s …

TOKYO-Worldwide sales of chipmaking gear dropped 37.4 percent in November from a month earlier to $1.27 billion, according to the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. The claim contradicts some signals …

BEIJING, China-STMicroelectronics said it has agreed to license Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. Ltd.’s intellectual property rights of TD-SCDMA, China’s 3G air-interface protocol. ST will develop system-on-chip products based on …

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics reported total sales for the year of about $34 billion, with total year sales in its mobile phones and network hardware division reaching $10.4 billion. The company …

NEW YORK-Text messaging interoperability provider MobileSpring Inc., along with partner VeriSign Inc., announced it signed up nine new wireless operators in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent weeks to …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has joined forces with Network365, headquartered in Wicklow, Ireland, to offer what the companies call “an end-to-end mobile payment solution that helps generate additional revenue for mobile operators.” The …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The World Wide Web Consortium, which sets many of the technology standards for the Internet, released new specifications for graphics for handheld computers and mobile phones. The group released …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-AMD, a supplier of integrated circuits, and M-Systems Inc., a Newark, Calif.-based developer of Flash-based data storage products, will expand their existing collaboration in order to develop hardware and …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Zyray Wireless will take part in a panel on third-generation wireless at the ChinaTech 2003 Conference taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 18 and 19. “Migrating to next …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse said Israel’s Matav Digital has chosen its e-mail server to replace and expand its current unified communication services offering. Matav Digital’s users with messaging services supported by the …

MONTREAL, Canada-Instant messaging company OZ Communications Inc. said its suite of products has again been tested officially compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance’s Instant Messaging and Presence Services 1.1 specifications.

ESSEX, United Kingdom-Music groups collected $71 million from ring tone sales last year, a 58-percent increase from the previous year, according to an executive briefing from research firm Baskerville. The …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. introduced a dual- band 850/1900 MHz version of its W-CDMA Scanning Receiver for network testing in the United States. “The product has been tested successfully in …