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By Mike Dano Motorola scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic …

Motorola Inc. scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic cost-reduction efforts …

OSLO, Norway-Despite growing speculation that owner France T

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Among the key issues worrying investors and wireless protagonists surrounding European third-generation (3G) in Germany and France includes the question of how many operators the markets can support. …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia’s Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent on the previous year, the organization’s …

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WASHINGTON-The wireless market is competitive so the Federal Communications Commission should not impose exit regulations on mobile-phone carriers, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association told FCC Chairman Michael Powell on …

MINNEAPOLIS-Following ADC Telecommunications Inc.’s earlier announcement it intended to lower its quarterly break-even sales point toward $250 million per quarter from its original goal of $300 million, the company has …

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REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless reported 417,000 net customer additions for the second quarter, well below previous guidance and analysts’ estimates of around 550,000 net additions for the quarter. The carrier blamed …

BEIJING-Ningbo Bird, China’s largest manufacturer of pagers, phased out its pager production this month. When the paging business was at its peak in 2000, Ningbo Bird’s market share was second …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a wireless logistics and distribution services provider, reported July 9 a net loss of $5.91 million, or 49 cents per share, on revenues of $573.26 million for …

ROME—Telekom Austria has acquired Telecom Italia Mobile’s 25-percent stake in mobile operator Mobilkom Austria for $676 million, of which $651.5 is the purchase price and $24.5 million is the dividend …

NEW YORK-CellStar Corp., a Carrollton, Texas-based distribution and logistics provider to the wireless communications industry, said June 5 it plans to exit Argentina, Peru and the United Kingdom “as soon …

CLINTON, Miss.—Following weeks of speculation, WorldCom Inc. officially announced it is exiting the wireless resale business and laying off about 2,200 related employees. “After carefully assessing our business and the …

CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom will reportedly exit the U.S. wireless resale business during the coming months. The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom’s general counsel to several key …

CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Inc. will reportedly exit the wireless resale business during the coming months. The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom’s general counsel to several key …

DENVER, United States—A potentially important deal between Motorola and Multitone Electronics has fallen through, Motorola confirmed, which leaves the paging and messaging landscape still more uncertain. Last year, Motorola announced …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—A potentially important deal between Motorola Inc. and Multitone Electronics has fallen through, Motorola confirmed, which leaves the paging and messaging landscape still more uncertain. Last year Motorola …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—News from the nation’s paging and messaging companies continues to fly, as one announced its plan of reorganization was approved by its bankruptcy court and another said it will …

BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems Inc. laid off about 80 employees and plans to exit the hands-free car kit manufacturing business. Company spokeswoman Lori Pidick told The Denver Post that all the …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Korean wireless device maker HuneTec Co. Ltd., which licensed Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX two-way paging technology, is the latest in a string of companies seeking to fill the gap …

NEWARK, New Jersey, United States—IDT said Winstar Communications will exit the wireline resale business entirely, exit its fixed-wireless business in certain of its smaller markets and consolidate certain facilities and …

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it showed a net loss of 83 cents per share on revenues of $409 million for the fourth quarter of 2001, compared with a year-ago net income …

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