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Nokia Corp. captured almost 28 percent of the world wireless handset market, shipping more than 25 million units, according to a recent Dataquest report. More than 90 million wireless handset …

BEIJING-Sina.com, an Internet media and services company geared toward the Chinese community, signed separate memoranda of understanding agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Siemens in China to deliver content …

Interactive Solutions Teltronics Inc. announced its subsidiary, Interactive Solutions Inc., developed a new product offering, the MentisSoft iCommunicator system, which makes verbal communications possible between the hearing world and a …

SignalSoft Steven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer …

Canada Newbridge Networks Corp. said the holders of its common shares, options and warrants have approved the plan of arrangement involving its merger with Alcatel S.A. Before the merger can …

WASHINGTON-A comprehensive proposal by European and Arab states covering third-generation mobile phone spectrum and other issues appeared to be disintegrating late last week at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, …

PARIS-Ericsson France and FinGO are working together to develop mobile Internet solutions dedicated to finance and e-brokerage services and to jointly prepare their evolution toward General Packet Radio Service and …

WASHINGTON-As the World Radiocommunication Conference opens today in Turkey, trade and spectrum issues governing third-generation mobile-phone technology remain heavily mired in controversies that are likely to play out in coming …

WASHINGTON-Worldwide cellular and personal communications services handset sales reached 96 million in the fourth quarter of 1999, led by Nokia Corp. with 27 percent of the global market share, according …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. pulled out of an agreement that would have resolved a class-action lawsuit filed by former employees resulting from the sale of the assets of the company’s infrastructure …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. replaced BellSouth Mobility’s existing Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure in Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, La. The five markets are the …

In March 1999, when Ericsson and Qualcomm ended their intellectual-property-rights deadlock over CDMA patents and jointly agreed to support approval in standards bodies of the tri-mode CDMA third-generation standard, industry …

LONDON-The wireless sector in the Middle East is still widely accepted as a vibrant and growing market, with the wireless Internet and several wireless trade shows coming on the scene. …

Israel Riots and injuries occurred during protests against the installation of cellular masts in a Druze Arab village in March, according to international press reports. Reports said seven police officers …

NEW YORK-Sony Corp. has licensed the Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processing engine and Symbian’s EPOC software platform for Sony’s next generation of wireless handsets. Sony selected the two technologies …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swisscom Mobile chose L.M. Ericsson as the sole supplier of its packet-based General Packet Radio Service solution, allowing data services and Internet applications over the existing digital Global System …

TORONTO-Wysdom Inc. is acquiring Evolucom Inc., which designs and manages large-scale e-commerce and Wireless Application Protocol projects for such firms as Ericsson Inc., Hewlett Packard Co., Phone.com Inc. and Laurentian …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by their respective strengths in network infrastructure and mobile handsets, the Scandinavian giants, Ericsson Inc. of Sweden and Nokia Corp. of Finland, reported strong quarterly results last week. …

Personal communications services operator Powertel Inc. reached positive operating cash flow in the first quarter and added a company-record 110,000 subscribers. The Southeast PCS company, which analysts suspect soon may …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected shortly to rule on Motorola Inc.’s 911 call processing-telematics waiver request, a filing that attracted industry support and sharp criticism from consumer and public-safety …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson agreed to sell its 25-percent share in Across Wireless to Sonera SmartTrust Ltd., with plans to invest in the upcoming initial public offering of Sonera’s common stock. …

NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson unveiled details of its upcoming 4-for-1 stock split, which was approved at the company’s annual general meeting on March 31. Holders of Ericsson American Depository Receipts automatically …

Adicom Wireless Inc., a Silicon Valley-based provider of wireless access equipment, said it received technical certification of its advanced Code Division Multiple Access technology with the Chinese Radio Regulatory Directorate. …

LONDON-A new study by Strategy Analytics reports that players in Western Europe’s cellular handset market will survive only if they develop product lines offering a well-segmented approach to the customer …

With concerns rising over the need for enhanced security in future wireless e-commerce, several firms in both the wireless and security industries launched efforts last week aimed at designing secure …