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WASHINGTON—Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to free up spectrum held by the Pentagon and other federal agencies for third-generation wireless systems. …

CAMBRIDGE, England—Mitsubishi Electric says it has agreed to license the ARM926EJ-S core processor to run wireless applications on mobile phones and personal digital assistants. “The ARM926EJ-S core contains ARM Jazelle …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having sold two third-generation (3G) licenses for 619 million euros (US$538.8 million) each last year, the French government looks unlikely to attract more than one interested party for …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwe is a country on the threshold of total anarchy and economic collapse. With the recent elections, the world is collectively holding its breath to see if the …

LONDON—Symbian announced six semiconductor companies have joined its Semiconductor Partner Programme, showing support for Symbian OS and ARM core-based chipsets. The six new partners—Agilent Technologies; Epson; Parthus; Philips Semiconductors; Samsung …

NEW YORK—Under the terms of a service bureau agreement announced Feb. 7, Convergys’ Geneva Active Revenue Management software is providing billing and customer care support for Compaq Computer Corp. iPAQ …

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 …

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 …

LAS VEGAS, United States—In his keynote at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates detailed his company’s new wireless strategies, which include …

BEIJING—China’s Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced that China will set up four integrated telecom operators that will provide fixed-line, mobile, data and basic telecom services. In addition to …

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Disposable-phone maker Hop-On announced another customer, evidence that its prepaid, easy-to-use and fully recyclable mobile phone product may be catching on. Wakefern Food Corp., the merchandising and distribution …

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and e-Payment technology provider iPIN have joined to offer a new solution covering rating, billing and e-payments. Convergys’ Geneva ARM software will be integrated with the iPIN e-Payment …

HELSINKI, Finland—PTS, Sweden’s telecom regulatory organization, has warned telecom companies that secured third-generation (3G) network licenses that they risk losing these licenses in the event that they stall development plans …

BEIJING—China Unicom, which will launch commercial operations of its CDMA network early next year, hopes average revenue per user (ARPU) will be more than the 92 yuan (US$11.11) generated on …

BEIJING—China Unicom is expected to announce in the coming days that it will start CDMA services in January. The listed arm of the China Unicom Group is expected to lease …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The much troubled German e-commerce developer Brokat Technologies has agreed to sell its mobile business unit to EOne Global, a U.S. company specializing in payment solutions via the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Three Spanish mobile operators are expected to make an appeal before Spain’s National Court over a government-imposed fee for using cell-phone spectrum. The three firms, Vodafone’s Spanish unit …

Audiovox Communications Audiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of …

A new study by marketing research firm BWCS claimed that more than 90 percent of U.K. business travelers with laptops are interested in using wireless local area network (WLAN) services …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The grand plans by Royal Philips Electronics to become a worldwide player in the cell-phone market have all but disappeared with the announcement that China Electronics Corporation (CEC) …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sonera Zed Ltd., the wireless Internet arm of Finnish telecommunications company Sonera Corp., will add a unique mass messaging function to its Wireless Entertainment Network offering through a deal …

WCities Location-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users’ cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company’s chief executive officer, with …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hi3G, the 3G license holder owned jointly by Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and the Swedish Investor group, has emerged as the most likely bidder for the bankrupt Norwegian …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software company Be Inc.Palm is buying the …