LONDON—The GSM Association reported more than 600 million people around the world use GSM phones, and expects to exceed 630 million by the end of the year. The association noted …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands’ AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and service solutions for AIS’ GSM 900 …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted quarterly losses, while warning of more losses in the next quarter.TI posted a net loss of $117 million, or 7 cents a …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—WatchMark Corp., a provider of service assurance products, said it will begin working with Motorola Inc. to provide Verizon Wireless with service assurance software designed to help the carrier …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments has unveiled a power supply solution that offers low noise for personal digital assistants and other handheld devices.The new 1.8-volt input low dropout regulators will make system design …

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.—Schema launched its UMTS OptiPlanner network planning product as part of its network optimization solution designed to allow operators to plan third-generation networks.Schema said the solution enables the …

ATLANTA—Some of the top companies in the wireless space are planning a nationwide series of seminars to educate business leaders on the critical components of a successful mobile computing solution.The …

ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the proxy statement for its proposed merger with fellow Sprint PCS Network Partner iPCS Inc.AirGate said it has set …

STAMFORD, Conn.—SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless SMS application to a major wireless service provider in Hong Kong.SmartServQ provides subscribers with services including access to equity …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Infowave Software announced that Mentor Graphics has purchased its Infowave Wireless Business Engine and will deploy it in its European operations.Mentor Graphics will use the business engine on WAP-enabled …

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and Logica plan to demonstrate an integrated prepaid and postpaid billing system this week at the 2001 UMTS Congress in Barcelona.According to the companies, the demonstration will show …

NEW YORK—Sirius Satellite Radio said David Margolese has stepped down as chief executive officer of the company and his duties will be assumed on an interim basis by John J. …

NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe, the sixth largest handset maker, this month will introduce its new Trium series of mobile phones, incorporating into two models the voice-activated dialing software of …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—nGame Ltd. announced a new partnership with Telus Mobility to provide eleven wireless games for Telus subscribers with web-enabled mobile phones.The games are: Rat Race, Air Aces, Alien Fish …

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year NTT DoCoMo Inc., Tokyo, plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of $825 million in of 10-year, …

NEW YORK—Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. have halted their joint-venture talks for now, according to the Wall Street Journal.The report says no significant announcements will be made this year.

TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. have announced a joint venture for liquid crystal display and next-generation display businesses for personal digital assistants and other appliances.Both companies will …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AG has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of what it describes as its efficiency program in response to the slowdown in the telecom market.The company said 1,300 …

BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company’s gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum’s specifications for the second generation of Wireless Application Protocol technology, and said it …

LONDON—Vodafone Group said it will cut about 600 jobs in the United Kingdom by January. The world’s largest mobile carrier said it does not plan cuts in its numerous operations …