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Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and L.M. Ericsson all announced infrastructure contracts Monday. Nokia said it will supply High-Speed Downlink Packet Access gear to Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya Telecom. Nokia said …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Orange Dominicana has awarded L.M. Ericsson an expansion contract for its GSM/GPRS network in the Dominican Republic. Ericsson said it is the sole supplier under the agreement, but it …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed a $150 million contract with Russia’s largest mobile operator, OAO Mobile TeleSystems, to expand its GSM network capacity and coverage in six regions. Ericsson will …

The Unlicensed Mobile Access group is shuttering its doors after getting its specifications included in the Third Generation Partnership Project’s Release 6. “It has always been the intent of the …

Struggling to shore up decreasing revenues from voice usage, U.S. carriers agreed last October to a set of messaging guidelines they said would allow them to be MMS-interoperable by the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has formed a strategic alliance with China’s ZTE to collaborate on TD-SCDMA solutions for China. TD-SCDMA is a Chinese-developed technology expected to be used for …

L.M. Ericsson announced it has formed a strategic alliance with China’s ZTE to collaborate on TD-SCDMA solutions for China. TD-SCDMA is a Chinese-developed technology expected to be used for third-generation …

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 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it was selected by Vivo, the largest mobile operator in Brazil, to manage Vivo’s field operations in more than 2,000 sites in the states of Distrito …

BOSTON-Verizon Wireless trumped all other telecommunications providers in the latest online customer respect survey conducted by research and consulting firm The Customer Respect Group. TCRG said the index was a …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that received ratings changes from financial services companies this week. JP Morgan lowered its rating on SpectraLink from neutral to underweight. The firm …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a UMTS license agreement with Sagem that calls for Ericsson Mobile Platforms to supply its U100 platform to Sagem for its 3G/W-CDMA devices. “This is an …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and 3 Scandinavia said they have performed successful demonstrations of enhanced uplink, also known as HSUPA technology, being standardized in Third Generation Partnership Project Release 6. Ericsson …

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 …

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business, a move that coincides with the shuttering of its CDMA headquarters in San Diego. Ericsson said …

Less than a month ago, I wrote a column about how the recent lull in wireless activity (mergers, etc.) was just the calm before the storm. Boom! Did you hear …

KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera …

Infrastructure giant Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business and will not seek any new customers. The company will instead focus on its line-up of existing …

Siemens AG announced it intends to shave off its ailing mobile-phone business by spinning it out as a “separate legal unit.” The news comes amid a 35-percent drop in Siemens’ …

Following is a list of debt and credit upgrades and downgrades for wireless companies by financial and investment firms this week. Merrill Lynch upgraded its rating on Freescale Semiconductor from …

LONDON-BT, the leading U.K. fixed-line carrier, said it selected eight telecom equipment suppliers for its next-generation network that will see phones that work over both fixed and mobile networks, among …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it believes none of its current employees are guilty of wrongdoing in response to charges of tax evasion leveled against the company by Swedish public prosecutors. The …

Ericsson managed to rev up both net sales and income in its first quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago, news that pushed investors to send the company’s …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it believes none of its current employees are guilty of wrongdoing in response to charges of tax evasion leveled against the company by Swedish public prosecutors. The …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported a drop in its companywide first-quarter sales and an 86-percent dive in its net profits compared with the same quarter a year ago. …