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TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change in billing is expected to help …

WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced a partnership with Australian carrier Telstra Mobile to sell wireless e-mail and voice-capable BlackBerrys to the carrier’s corporate customers. Telstra is …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Harris Corp. RF Communications Division, Rochester, N.Y., has demonstrated a software-defined radio that complies with the Joint Tactical Radio System architecture, which the U.S. Department of Defense has named …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Columbitech announced that Kongsberg Finans, the financial division of Norwegian technology and defense contractor Kongsberg Group, has bought the Columbitech Wireless Suite to ensure security on its corporate IT …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, announced that in cooperation with SK Telecom in Korea it launched an image data transmission service between users of the two operators. It is …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Vodacom Congo announced that it has built an 88-base station GSM mobile cellular network in Africa’s fourth-largest country in less than three months. The network is composed of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having conducted a public “discussion” about its relative financial obligations, France Telecom has now admitted to conducting secret negotiations with Mobilcom’s four main lenders about solving some of …

MANILA, The Philippines—Smart Communications, considered the Philippines’ leading mobile-phone service provider, plans to go public next year and list one-third of its outstanding shares in the local stock exchange. A …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—After offering free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services since last November, Indonesia’s IM3 finally decided to release its GPRS price plan commencing in June. At first, IM3 decided …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South Africa’s third mobile cellular operator Cell C has reported that it has broken through the 500,000 subscriber mark and is on track to meet its revised target …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The numbers of cellular phones in Colombia will have 10 digits as of 1 June in accordance with new Ministry of Communications regulations. Therefore, three digits will be …

PARIS—Alcatel said it was awarded a contract from Kenya’s KenCell for local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) equipment. Alcatel will provide the mobile backhaul for KenCell’s GSM 900 MHz mobile network. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Just after the close of trading on Wall Street, Palm Inc. dropped its revenue expectations for the quarter by about $70 million and said it would not turn …

WHEATON, Md.—The Shosteck Group believes the replacement rate for handsets will increase from its low point this year, but will remain below peak levels experienced in 1999 and 2000. According …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. announced dismal fourth quarter results, showing a 39-percent drop in revenue compared with the previous quarter due to the company’s new business focus, and Geoworks also hinted …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Performance Technologies Inc. introduced its SEGway IP-STP, an SS7 signaling router that allows carriers to perform traditional STP functions over IP networks. “Our SEGway IP-STP can concentrate SS7 traffic …

RESTON, Va.—Wireless data carrier Motient Corp., proving that it’s still a viable company after recently emerging from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, announced Fox Filmed Entertainment deployed an initial batch …

WATERLOO, Ontario—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. announced a partnership with Australian carrier Telstra Mobile to sell wireless e-mail and voice-capable BlackBerrys to the carrier’s corporate customers. Telstra is the …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. announced it formally emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and that its stock will begin trading under the new AWIN symbol. “Numerous operating …