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NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services and L.M. Ericsson said they completed the first live UMTS voice call in the United States as part of a testing process to help ensure AT&T …

Regardless of not having a product portfolio, the Sony Ericsson joint venture has declared that it aims to take the top market position for handset sales by 2005. The company’s …

CANNES, France—IBM Corp. unveiled its Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE), an open-standards-based framework that telecommunications service providers can use to introduce new voice, text and Internet-based services to customers faster, …

CANNES, France—The GSM Association presented several awards at the 3GSM World Congress this week. “Once again, our industry has surpassed itself,” said Rob Conway, chief executive officer of the GSM …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson AB said it has won a multi-year contract to supply wideband CDMA radio network solution for Swiss operator Sunrise. The agreement, whose amount was not disclosed, will …

BOSTON, United States—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even …

LONDON—The Wireless Village standards group released its version 1.0 specifications for wireless instant messaging, prompting a range of new product and service announcements from Wireless Village members. The standards group …

BOSTON—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts …

GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months …

LONDON—Logica announced it scored a US$2.3 million sale through its reselling deal with Ericsson. Under the deal, Ericsson sold Logica’s Telepath short message service (SMS) product to a Latin American …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having suffered more than its rivals in 2001, Siemens is claiming that 2002 will see a change in the cell-phone business that will enable it to regain market …

LONDON—Symbian said it has secured another funding round from its shareholders, which include Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Psion. “Symbian’s development to support next-generation wireless standards on Symbian OS …

SAN DIEGO—Ericsson AB signed a contract to deploy cdma2000 equipment throughout Verizon Wireless’ 1xRTT Express network for services such as high-bandwidth Internet access and e-mail. Ericsson said it will provide …

BEIJING—Ericsson’s joint venture in the East China city of Nanjing, Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications, signed contracts worth US$120 million with Jiangsu Mobile to expand its GSM network. The contract is …

DENVER, United States—Verizon Wireless became the first nationwide U.S. carrier to commercially launch cdma2000 1x services this week as it unveiled its Express Network in a select number of markets. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $332.3 million compared with a net profit of $210 million in the same period last year. “Our strength in the market …

BEIJING—Ericsson has set up Dalian Ericsson Short-Range Wireless Connection Technology in China’s northeastern province of Liaoning to provide products and services based on Bluetooth technology, the short-range wireless protocol for …

HELSINKI, Finland—The three major mobile-phone and equipment makers Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola Inc. are expected to announce their fourth-quarter reports that fell short of market estimates and hint at a …

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LONDON—Vodafone Group signed a global agreement with Ericsson to supply multimedia messaging software, which Vodafone plans to use to introduce its Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) later this year. Vodafone said …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor Ericsson said it will slash up to 1,000 jobs in its mobile , as well as its research and development operations, worldwide by the end of the …

KABUL, Afghanistan—Ericsson has set up a mobile telecommunications system to support the World Food Program of the United Nations humanitarian operations for the next six months. “Ericsson provides a complete …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it has licensed its handset technology to LG Electronics of Korea for 2.5 generation and UMTS. “The agreement gives a boost to the 3G handset market …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license to Ericsson. The deal covers Ericsson’s …