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Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

Finland L.M. Ericsson will supply a fully integrated solution for a third-generation Global System for Mobile communications system, including the company’s General Packet Radio Service system, to Finish operator Alands …

SAUDI ARABIA L.M. Ericsson and Saudi Telecommunications Co. signed a letter of intent for a major expansion and upgrade of STC’s existing Global System for Mobile communications network in the …

Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its definition, applications and implications elusive to …

NEW|ORLEANS-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. said it has purchased the Jambala Mobility Gateway from L.M. Ericsson to complement its Interim Standard-41 to Global System for Mobile communications message conversion, which is …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson unveiled its first Code Division Multiple Access phone, the A1228c, delivering access to the Internet, e-mail and other information and communications services. According to the company, the …

MONTREAL-PCS Innovations Inc. reported it has obtained investments of $2 million from Innovatech du Grand Montreal and $200,000 from Le Fonds Regional de Solidarite-Ile de Montreal. PCS said the investments …

America Online Inc. took its AOL Anywhere strategy further into the wireless space last week with the introduction of its AOL Mobile Messenger service, created through several strategic deals with …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave Motorola Inc. more time to comply with new 911 call-processing rules that took effect Feb. 13. New regulations set minimum requirements for expediting the processing …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-Telia, the Swedish telecom company, said it formed a joint company with L.M. Ericsson and Volvo to deliver mobile e-services to the automotive industry. WirelessCar Corp. will develop and …

There’s an ancient Japanese custom in which a man wooing a woman leaves romantic haiku poems tied to flowers or branches on her front lawn every day for as long …

BEIJING-China Unicom and Qualcomm signed a landmark agreement in February, paving the way for Chinese manufacturers to get CDMA production licenses. Unicom wants to build a 10 million-line CDMA network …

JERUSALEM-Bezeq Israel Telecom Ltd., the state-owned telecommunications company, announced a plan to allow cellular telephone users to route incoming calls through either their mobile phones or the nearest fixed-line phones. …

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm is putting a financial stake in the ground to push CDMA technology in Europe. Qualcomm announced plans to acquire U.K.-based Tellit Communications, a cellular handset design and …

TOKYO-Three Japanese carrier groups are gearing up their efforts to launch IMT-2000 services-earlier than any other wireless carriers in the world. The three players are NTT DoCoMo Group, Japan Telecom …

British Telecom and AT&T said they are beginning trials to test roaming services for high-speed Internet phones. The tests will involve General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology and partnerships with …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American data-transmission industry has been surprised at the unusual technological and financial display of Diginet Americas, which plans to offer fixed-wireless broadband communications in some of …

Things are going well for most mobile companies around the globe. Penetration rates are increasing, subscriber numbers are reaching all-time highs and wireless data holds future promise for the industry. …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A change in the Argentine cellular telephony scene will take place in April when the current regional duopoly model is replaced by national competition among four operators. In …

MONTREAL-The transmission was delayed 20 minutes because the test PC had crashed. And the picture quality, to put it kindly, was choppy. Nevertheless, in February, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Ericsson …

Handsets Philips Philips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon …

Motorola and Psion agreed to build products, expected to be released in the first half of 2001, using a new platform from Symbian. Symbian announced a wireless computing platform for …

CANNES, France and HANNOVER, Germany-Visitors at the ever-expanding GSM World Congress, held in February in Cannes, France, could have mistaken the huge exhibition as focusing exclusively on Wireless Application Protocol …

L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point of access for various Internet-enabled devices, …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications announced a new direction in its corporate strategy, forming a mobile Internet business segment dedicated to developing proximity-based wireless technologies and services. In support of the move, …