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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier in the week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel Group announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Hungarian operator Pannon GSM have signed an agreement for the expansion of Pannon’s GSM network and an upgrade to EDGE technology in greater Budapest. The contract …

Mforma Group Inc. is branching out from the wireless gaming arena and waltzing onto the crowded dance floor of mobile music. The Bellevue, Wash.-based entertainment publisher this week is expected …

The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Alltel Corp.’s pending acquisition of Western …

Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to 137 million. The move is not …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The migration of fixed-line traffic to mobile networks is expected to create a $200 billion revenue opportunity for mobile networks as well as Internet Protocol technologies, according to an …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Tower operator SBA Communications Corp. announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $41.8 million, or 66 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $52.8 million or 98 …

HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world. Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network …

Phone makers released a variety of high-tech wares in conjunction with the CeBIT show. Among those making announcements were: Motorola Inc., which showed off a range of new handsets. The …

NEW YORK-Once again, the tower operators are postponing their earnings releases for the fourth quarter. The major players, American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International and Global Signal Inc., said they …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc and Japanese handset maker Toshiba announced a strategic partnership to market a range of exclusive third-generation handsets in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. The relationship marks …

The wireless carrier trade association agreed to produce guidelines for managing wireless porn, even as porn giant Larry Flynt announced plans to enter the U.S. wireless market. CTIA said Tuesday …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has unveiled a payment solution that simplifies the business model among content providers, mobile operators and consumers. Known as Internet Payment eXchange, the company said …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today extended truth-in-billing rules to mobile-phone carriers and said regulatory recovery fees cannot be disguised as government-mandated taxes. But the agency also ruled state regulations governing …

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. said it has added direct dialing international calling services to its Uphonia prepaid mobile virtual network operator offering. Uphonia customers previously had to use 1-800 …

NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. reported that regional wireless operator Triton PCS Inc. selected its Comverse Mobile Data Gateway Version 4.0 to expand the carrier’s WAP services. Comverse noted the MDG …

Danger said it plans to put “fixes in place” to restore Sidekick users’ data functions, Danger and carrier partner T-Mobile USA Inc. said in a statement. “Danger and T-Mobile regret …

KINGSTON, Jamaica-Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier this week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel today announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations in eight …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it will postpone its 2004 earnings release for the second time to enable it to complete the year-end audit of the company. The company had earlier …

LONDON-Wireless carriers Vodafone Group plc and Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said they are in discussions regarding the possible sale of TIW’s wireless interests in Eastern Europe. Vodafone said any offer …

Kodiak Network’s rapidly expanding Real-Time Exchange System and accompanying Advanced Voice Services applications received another set of updates, which the company said further advances the platform beyond a push-to-talk offering. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Citing the pending completion of a review of its accounting for operating leased towers, Western Wireless Corp. said it is delaying the full release of fourth-quarter and year-end 2004 …

SEOUL, South Korea-Wireless data behemoth WiderThan expanded its mobile music offerings Wednesday, launching a global service to deliver ringtones, ring-back tones, music videos and streaming tunes. The sister company of …

A startup company today released a mobile phone designed specifically for 8- to 12-year-old children. “Why aren’t parents buying cell phones (for their children)? They’re such practical tools,” said Fred …

WASHINGTON-The City of San Francisco and a consumer group asked the California Public Utilities Commission for a rehearing of the agency’s decision to suspend the telecom consumer bill of rights …