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OSLO, Norway-Norwegian telecom operator Telenor said it has had talks with SBC Communications Inc. concerning SBC’s stake in TeleDanmark, the Danish telecom operator, and such talks may or may not …

SAN FRANCISCO-According to a recent Telephia study, although consumer satisfaction with wireless data and Internet services is increasing, existing service problems hinder the growth of wireless m-commerce. The April 2001 …

Wireless local loop continues to make a strong showing in its “classic” form in various parts of the world, particularly in India and South America, but in the United States, …

Dear Editor, As a former telecom magazine editor-in-chief, a wireless executive and a resident of the state of Florida, I wanted to comment on Jeffrey Silva’s lack of objectivity in …

NEW YORK-Unplugged Games Inc., founded last year with $2 million in venture financing, made public May 15 an agreement reached last month to supply AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital PocketNet …

NEW YORK-With the personal computer sector maturing, CIBC World Markets views “communications applications as the next driver of the semiconductor industry,” notwithstanding the current but temporary slowdown, said N. Quinn …

GoBeam Inc. GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible …

BRAZIL Transcrypt International Inc.’s subsidiary, EFJohnson Co., has been awarded a $2 million contract to supply its LTR-Net communication system to the State of Santa Catarina Police Department in Brazil, …

Intel Corp. may be one of the newer chip players in the wireless space, but it already is attracting a green eye from the older mainstays. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. …

NEW YORK-Wireless data is like a diamond in the rough, waiting for ways to smooth out its rough edges into sparkling facets that will attract growing numbers of consumers into …

WASHINGTON-President Bush is expected to appoint wireless lawyer Nancy Victory to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, according to administration and industry sources. Victory is a law partner at …

NEW YORK-The Wireless Advertising Association released the first few parts of its standards and measurements for mobile advertising, which the association hopes will become accepted as industrywide guidelines. The standards …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Parthus Technologies plc, which designs mobile platform-level technology, said it acquired Chicory Systems Inc. for $41.4 million in cash and stocks, a move which coincides with the company’s release …

ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. has acquired CI Wireless Inc., a supplier of wireless signal distribution products, including repeaters. With the acquisition, EMS Wireless plans to extend indoor RF coverage with indoor …

LONDON-U.K. cable company NTL and France Telecom’s Orange announced a partnership, whereby Orange will provide mobile-phone services to NTL’s 3 million residential customers. A contract is due to be signed …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc has offered to acquire all outstanding shares of Digital Island Inc. at $3.40 per share, which would make Digital Island a wholly owned subsidiary of Cable …

LONDON-In yet another setback for third-generation technology, Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of British Telecommunications plc, has postponed its mid-May launch of 3G services on the tiny Isle of Man. The …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Tality Corp., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems Inc., has developed a GSM/GPRS handset design solution, a platform that Tality said will accelerate the way to GSM/GPRS handsets. …

WHEATON, Md.-According to a new study by The Shosteck Group, we may not be as ready for location-based services as many would like to think. “Standards are not defined, interoperability …