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WASHINGTON-In potentially a major breakthrough in the gridlocked third generation mobile phone controversy, U.S. and European wireless executives here last week agreed to pursue a framework for an umbrella Code …

The Finnish government said it will be the first European country to grant third-generation mobile phone licenses by spring, and one company’s bid to use cdma2000 technology remains. Finland’s Ministry …

WASHINGTON-In an embarrassing political blunder that lends insight into the tricky third-generation wireless debate, Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Va.) last week joined two fellow Finance Committee members in urging the Clinton …

WAYNE, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. announced Advanced Mobile Phone Service/Code Division Multiple Access modules are expected to be available for trials with the series 2 TruePosition Wireless Location System in the second …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access chip that uses technology with origins in the airline industry to make it easier to understand cellular phone …

NEW ORLEANS-International Telecommunication Union members did not reach any consensus in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, on harmonizing the various radio transmission technology proposals received by the ITU for third-generation technology. The …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced at Wireless ’99 two new wireless intelligent network applications-Calling Name caller ID and a short messaging solution that allows originated transmissions on handsets, for Time …

Its vision of future wireless telecommunications, which includes the naming of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, previously the company’s ASIC Products division, which develops and produces semiconductors and software. Next-generation radio-frequency and …

NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. last week announced an infrastructure package that should reduce costs and increase efficiency for Global System for Mobile communications carriers, now will be available in the United …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced new hardware and software options to provide cdmaOne wireless operators investment protection with an evolution path to cdma2000 third-generation wireless services. Lucent said a …

The CDMA Development Group and Qualcomm Inc. are in the minority in asking the International Telecommunication Union to stop work on third-generation technology development because of the intellectual-property-right standstill between …

A Finnish Internet service provider will test the European Commission’s claim it has not shut competing mobile phone technologies out of Europe. Clari Net Oy, wholly owned by Finnish ISP …

WASHINGTON-The President’s Export Council, confronting the Clinton administration on third-generation wireless policy, urged the White House against endorsing convergence of wideband mobile phone technologies being evaluated by the International Telecommunication …

PARIS-Alcatel and Motorola Inc. announced a global agreement to work together to develop, market and deliver integrated Code Division Multiple Access network infrastructure to customers worldwide. The companies also have …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. plans to introduce a new series of Code Division Multiple Access phones this week at Wireless ’99 in New Orleans, including the company’s first CDMA tri-mode …

NEW ORLEANS-The CDMA Development Group reported close to 23 million global Code Division Multiple Access technology subscribers for 1998 after adding about 15 million customers during the year. In North …

LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group announced it has posted a report on the Web, authored by the International Telecommunications Standards User Group, on “Global System for Mobile communications Intellectual Property …

February 8-10 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842. Post-CTIA ’99 February 10-12 Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. …

The third-generation technology debate is beginning to have a negative impact on the valuation of the world’s largest wireless carrier, Japan’s NTT Mobile Communications, which plans to become the first …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s renewal last week of a potent trade weapon-known as Super 301-could become a vehicle for prying open markets closed to U.S. wireless technologies. Super 301, a multistep process …

The 3G debate these days could be characterized as a global poker game-no one is quite sure who’s bluffing, who holds the winning cards or who plans to fold. Whether …

Zetron Zetron Inc. launched the Model Z907 PCS Fault Finder, which provides fast notification of power amplifier and antenna problems at personal communications services sites. The PCS Fault Finder monitors …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, invoking powerful references to the World Trade Organization, competition and convergence, last week said the European Commission’s response to U.S. concerns about potential trade barriers to third-generation …

The union of AirTouch Communications Inc. and Vodafone plc could be a pinnacle event in the third-generation technology debate, industry experts say. The new company’s economic decisions could weigh heavily …

Motorola Inc. said it expects to meet Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the first quarter, though it remains cautious in light of last week’s currency devaluation in Brazil and the …