MONTREAL—Mitec Telecom Inc. said it has closed a deal to buy part of Com Dev International Ltd.’s wireless division. Mitec will pay cash, which it will raise through a $13.4 …

BOCA RATON, Fla.—DatumCom Corp. announced it will join with Movilnet to provide AVL/GPS location services in Venezuela. The companies plan to combine a systems platform and operational services and support …

SAN DIEGO—Ericsson AB signed a contract to deploy cdma2000 equipment throughout Verizon Wireless’ 1xRTT Express network for services such as high-bandwidth Internet access and e-mail. Ericsson said it will provide …

TOKYO—NEC. Corp. reported a net loss of $2.26 billion, blaming softening demand for its telecommunications gear.The company also announced plans to cut 14,000 jobs, including 8,000 in Japan. “These are …

SINGAPORE—Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. announced it is selling its new Treo PDA/mobile phone device through SingTel and IT stores in Singapore. The company is also working with GrandTech …

HONG KONG-SmartServ Online Inc. announced it has joined with Hutchison Telecom to introduce Hong Kong’s International Finance Express SMS service, which allows wireless users to access real-time U.S. and U.K. …

HAMAMATSU CITY, SHIZOUKA, Japan—Yamaha Corp. announced it will begin providing a polyphonic cellular phone ring tone download service for Spain’s Telefonica Moviles at the end of February. Yamaha said the …

BEIJING—A group of Chinese content providers announced a joint effort aimed at protecting and defending intellectual property rights in a move to support the country’s growing Internet and wireless industry. …

MILPITAS, Calif.—Contract electronic manufacturer Solectron says it is negotiating a deal to buy Lucent Technologies Inc.’ specialized equipment and usable inventory for between $250 million and $290 million. In a …

BOSTON—The Salt Forum, a group of companies working to create an independent markup language for speech-enabling applications, announced 18 additional contributors have joined to further the group’s goal. Compaq, Glenayre …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Under a deal with international wireless infrastructure provider Netsize, TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it expanded its short message service system to allow customers to send messages across the Atlantic …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC announced it has implemented its Singl.eView convergent billing solution for Appiant Technologies Inc. Singl.eView was launched in conjunction with Appiant’s unified communication service, inUnison, which offers unified messaging with …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. announced Canadian carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless will sell voice and data-integrated BlackBerry wireless devices for its GPRS network. The carrier deal is the latest in …

REDMOND, Wash.-Action Engine Corp. announced its Mobile Services Framework will work on Texas Instruments’ OMAP wireless application processors, a move the company said will allow wireless carriers, device makers and …

PARIS—Telecoms equipment maker Alcatel said it suffered its second deficit in its history with a $4.27 loss in 2001, although the French supplier looks forward to a profitable 2002. In …

ANKARA—Turkish wireless operator Telsim denied the fraud charges filed against it earlier this week in a $3 billion lawsuit by Motorola and Nokia and said it will countersue for compensation.

LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe. The system uses …

BEDFORD, Mass.—TechOnLine Inc. has launched Communicationsnet, an online technical resource dedicated to communications-related engineering content, including wired and wireless communications, connectivity and networking. The site will feature technology and member …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Iospan Wireless Inc. received a patent for optimizing the use of multiple antennas in a wireless system, the company said January 28. The United States Patent and Trademark …

ATLANTA—RF Solutions Inc. said it has developed a chipset technology that converges cellular networks with wireless LAN, including 802.11a,b and g. The announcement of the multiband, multistandard solution covers GSM, …