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TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest mobile carrier in Japan, and Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest operator in France, announced they reached a license agreement over i-mode services in France. Following the …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—The second- and third-largest U.S. wireless operators are in talks to merge their operations according to a report from Bloomberg. While neither AT&T Wireless nor Cingular Wireless …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless launched its consumer-oriented mMode service offering designed to provide customers with access to a number of communication, information and entertainment services using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network. AT&T …

TORONTO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd.’s new GPRS BlackBerry wireless e-mail/mobile phone device is now available throughout Canada through the company’s deal with Rogers AT&T Wireless. “This advanced wireless communications tool …

NEW YORK—Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered the speculative-grade ratings of American Cellular Corp. to CCC-plus from B because the company’s annual report indicated it is likely to exceed the debt …

ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Following on a meeting of operators and vendors with an interest in Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology at the 3GSM World Congress in France …

MobileSpring Inc. and InphoMatch Inc., rival vendors for short message service interoperability solutions, have been working together during the past few months to ensure their cross-carrier messaging systems are themselves …

WASHINGTON—A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed against the mobile-phone industry in early January and promptly withdrawn two weeks later is expected to be refiled today in Manhattan federal court, according to …

BOGOTA, Colombia—3G Americas, the recently announced trade organization that will advocate TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS technologies, launched Spanish and Portuguese Web sites at www.3gamericas.org Founding members of the …

TORONTO—Canadians are not getting too excited about the possibilities for short message service (SMS), according to a report released by the Yankee Group in Canada. Its research claims only 5 …

TORONTO—Canada’s four national wireless carriers launched commercial availability of inter-carrier mobile text messaging. The four operators, Bell Mobility, Microcell PCS, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility, are all using technology …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement with AT&T Wireless PCS L.L.C. to exchange six licenses in Lakeland, Fla., and portions of other spectrum in Pueblo, Colo., and …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Consumer cell phone service rates have fallen to about 10 cents per anytime minute over the past six months, according to a recent study by ARS Inc. The …

KINGSTON, Jamaica—A fourth cellular operator is expected to enter the Jamaica market on 1 March, 2003. The Jamaican government announced plans to award a license for mobile communications, saying the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, is reportedly going to post a 1 trillion yen (US$7.5 billion) special loss in its fiscal 2001 financial results mainly from an …

WATERLOO, Ontario—The BlackBerry is going to Asia under a deal between the maker of the wireless e-mail and mobile-phone device, Research In Motion Ltd., and Hong Kong wireless carrier Hutchison …

RESTON, Va.—America Online Inc., continuing its wireless strategy of partnering with carriers to distribute its content, announced a deal with Nextel Communications Inc. to offer its popular AOL instant messaging …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and AT&T Wireless said they have completed their joint MoU to develop and test advanced enhancements supporting the evolution of an All-IP network. “The finalization of this agreement …

ORLANDO—Sierra Wireless announced at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 show that it will provide Rogers AT&T Wireless with the AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS PC Card. Now with the AirCard 750, wireless …

ORLANDO—AT&T Wireless made several announcements to bolster its presence at CTIA Wireless 2002. The carrier announced it will install Adaptive Multirate Vocorder (AMR) technology that could more than double the …

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—3G Americas, a new trade organization representing five principal wireless technologies in the Americas, launched to help unify the U.S. wireless industry. GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE and …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS said it plans to introduce an Intercarrier Messaging feature of its Sprint PCS Short Mail service, allowing customers to send and receive messages from customers of …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm’s BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games. Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—VoiceStream Wireless now offers inter-carrier text messaging to all its subscribers, regardless of handset type or service plan, the company announced.VoiceStream is using InphoMatch Inc.’s InphoXchange technology platform. VoiceStream …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless updated its guidance for this year following the recently completed acquisition of former affiliate TeleCorp PCS. The nation’s third-largest wireless operator said it expects mid-teen-percentage growth in …