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NASVILLE, Tenn.-The State of Tennessee has chosen Cingular Wireless to provide high-speed wireless data services to all state agencies. The deal calls for Cingular to deploy Sony Ericsson GC-83 PC …

SAWBRIDGEWORTH, United Kingdom-The number of third-generation/W-CDMA subscribers increased 46 percent during the first four months of this year, according to the latest GSM/3G Market Update survey by the Global Mobile …

PETACH-TIKVA, Israel-ECI Telecom signed a definitive agreement to acquire Laurel Networks, which provides IP/MPLS multiservice edge routers. ECI said the acquisition will add edge routing and IP service capabilities to …

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access network launch until sometime later next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world’s bleeding …

NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access launch until next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world’s bleeding edge of wireless. DoCoMo’s announcement …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available from Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. for use on the company’s newly launched EDGE network …

Sony Electronics Inc. said it will include embedded EDGE modems on its T-Series VAIO notebooks configured to operate on Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s nationwide network. The notebooks will also include Wi-Fi …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s move to pull several members off a U.S. telecom delegation because they contributed to Democrats is not necessarily a new policy, and the tack could undermine U.S. …

Mobile phones have evolved into the focal point of electronics innovation. Indeed, the handset industry sits on the bleeding edge of novelty, and players now introduce new phone technologies at …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has launched service in Americus, Ga., as part of a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Georgia network. The new coverage includes eight cell sites covering more …

HONG KONG-Chinese wireless company Tom Online Inc. announced plans to sell 18 percent of its holdings in Indiagames Ltd. to Cisco Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. The two California-based companies …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. launched a package of integrated wireless remote access options for its virtual private network portfolio that the company said would help business travelers access network applications …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has launched service in Americus, Ga., as part of a multi-million dollar expansion of its Georgia network. The new coverage includes eight cell sites covering …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor reported net sales of $1.44 billion compared with net sales of $1.43 billion in the fourth quarter and $1.4 billion during the first quarter of 2004. Net …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available to Telfort customers in the Netherlands. The card has quad-band operation for global roaming …

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s position as the nation’s fourth-largest wireless operator, as well as one of the industry’s fastest growing, might not be enough to guarantee its long-term prospects. Several industry …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Wireless chipset vendor RF Micro Devices Inc. lowered its profit forecasts due to efforts to reduce the company’s inventories. The company also blamed greater-than-expected development expenses for its Polaris …

TEMPE, Ariz.-New research shows that in wireless, it’s out with the old and in with the new. According to a study from research and consulting firm Forward Concepts, handsets running …

PARIS-French wireless operator Orange S.A. said it will launch EDGE services geared toward business customers beginning April 18 with plans for a consumer launch scheduled for this summer. The carrier …

PARIS-French wireless operator Orange S.A. said it will launch EDGE services geared toward business customers beginning April 18 with plans for a consumer launch scheduled for this summer. The carrier …

PARAMARIBO, Suriname-Telesur, a service provider in Suriname, has selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to expand and upgrade its nationwide wireline and wireless networks to increase capacity, improve quality of service and …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its new 8801 for the Americas market, a sleek, sliding-style EDGE camera phone that features a stainless steel body, specially reinforced glass for the front display, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-3G Americas elected Andrew Corp. to its board of governors. The company said it will be represented on the board by JC Huang and Ray Butler. Other board of …

NEW YORK-Nearly half of the nation’s 10- to 18-year-olds own mobile phones and a vast majority are interested in handsets that double as music players or cameras, according to a …

Mobile video providers continued to target users in the Far East with two new announcements Tuesday. RealNetworks Inc. and mobile operator Hong Kong CSL launched a mobile media service enabling …