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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has agreed to expand VoiceStream’s national GSM wireless network and deploy EDGE infrastructure in a deal that could exceed $300 million over a three-year period, according to …

DALLAS, United States, and STOCKHOLM, Sweden—VoiceStream Wireless signed contracts with both Nortel Networks and Ericsson for its next-generation services. Nortel said it signed a US$300 million GSM contract to upgrade …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The boards of Sony and Ericsson have both approved their mobile-phone joint venture, first announced in April. The joint company, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, is slated to begin operations …

NEW YORK—Ericsson received mixed reviews this week from Moody’s Investors Service, which confirmed the company’s investment-grade A3 long-term debt ratings, but changed the ratings outlook to negative from stable. “The …

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong telecom regulator announced the initial results of the first phase of its third-generation (3G) license auction. The successful bidders are Hong Kong CSL, a company jointly …

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KISTA, Sweden—Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, founders of the Wireless Village initiative, said they have successfully demonstrated interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services. The companies said that in the demonstration, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has agreed to supply Hong Kong carrier SmarTone with an end-to-end W-CDMA solution, including handsets, core network, radio access network, network management solutions and other related …

KISTA, Sweden—Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, founders of the Wireless Village initiative, said they have successfully demonstrated interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services. The companies said that in the demonstration …

BOSTON—Mobile network infrastructure developer WaterCove Networks has released its FlowCore mobile data architecture, which integrates service intelligence and transport capabilities to allow for conducting high-value transactions. According to WaterCove, FlowCore …

BEIJING—Ericsson’s joint venture Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications will deliver US$100 million of GSM mobile network equipment to China Mobile’s subsidiary in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.

Even as vendors grab news pages with reports of successful live calls over their third-generation networks, one piece is often left out: behind every live call is a test. And …

DALLAS, United States—In a memorandum of understanding, L.M. Ericsson said it has agreed to combine Texas Instruments’ semiconductors with its mobile platforms. “TI’s wireless digital signal processor and analog products …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has won contracts to build out the provincial Internet backbone networks for Chinese carriers Shandong Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Inner Mongolia Mobile, all of them …

BEIJING—Jan Malm, President of Ericsson (China) has confirmed that China has become Ericsson’s top market in the first half of this year with sales of US$970 million, 12 percent of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Kurt Hellstrom, Ericsson CEO, has given a downbeat view on the cell-phone market claiming there are no clear signs of a recovery. The company, which holds a dominant …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has won contracts to build out the provincial Internet backbone networks for Chinese carriers Shandong Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Inner Mongolia Mobile, all of them …

DALLAS-L.M. Ericsson said it has agreed to combine Texas Instruments’ semiconductors with its mobile platforms in a memorandum of understanding. “TI’s wireless digital signal processor and analog products and proven …

BEIJING, China-Amid slowing subscriber growth worldwide, China still shows a healthy increase in mobile-phone users. The country’s two mobile-phone operators are each offering new services-one General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), …

KIEV, Ukraine-Ukraine has witnessed a wireless market boom during the past 18 months, with the number of subscribers jumping from 300,000 to 1.35 million and GSM taking a firm lead …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The joint cell phone venture between Ericsson and Sony could, according to the executives of the Swedish telecoms giant, see the Ericsson brand name fade from prominence. Sony …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—For the first time in recent memory, the worldwide sales of cell phones dropped as operators cut subsidies and consumers stopped purchasing.Gartner Dataquest said that worldwide shipments of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Like rival Motorola, L.M. Ericsson said it has started licensing its GPRS and third-generation handset technologies to other manufacturers of mobile phones and wireless devices.“Ericsson technology platforms will include …

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden—Flextronics said it has signed an agreement to make Elanders a preferred supplier of Ericsson mobile phones in Europe.“Elanders will set up a production facility in Hungary connected to …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched it Cricket wireless service in Boise, Idaho, allowing customers to make unlimited local wireless calls for a fixed price each month. Ericsson provided wireless …