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CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc. saw its stock take a 20-percent plunge on the Toronto Stock Exchange Thursday after the designer and manufacturer of wireless global positioning systems products announced that …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced two deals this week. The company’s Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary entered an agreement with Samsung Telecommunications America L.P. that calls for Brightpoint to distribute a …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. plans to step up its competition with the likes of Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. by introducing more mid- and low-end phones in …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided another round of updates on the progress it is making in integrating the former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. operations. An executive Wednesday said the integration …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and newly formed SeaMobile signed a three-year contract to bring wireless voice and data communication services to the seas. Ericsson said it will supply a complete wireless …

SINGAPORE-The GSM Association announced its successful completion of six months of network interoperability trials in Europe and Asia with Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technology. Many operators …

MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom’s network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico. …

The GSM Association signed an agreement with NeuStar Inc. to offer Root Domain System services to more than 680 global GSM mobile operators. NeuStar’s Root DNS will manage a global …

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced a deal with Research In Motion Ltd. in which RIM will use Intel technology in future BlackBerry devices that will run on EDGE networks. RIM is …

SINGAPORE-The GSM Association Tuesday said it will begin offering handsets for less than $30 as the second phase of its program to bring affordable handsets to emerging markets. Additionally, the …

With the wireless industry’s six largest operators now serving more than 90 percent of the country’s wireless subscribers, regional players continue to scramble for their pieces of the pie. Many …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-CTI Movil is moving ahead with its GSM wireless network expansion in Argentina using Nortel Networks Ltd. broadband solutions. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Phase …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. debuted its UMTS RailLink, offering high-speed broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi access on fast-moving trains. IPWireless said that during a 24-mile demonstration in Europe, its UMTS RailLink …

Verizon Wireless is on track to post another record quarter of net additions driven by back-to-school and family-plan additions, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. Based on more than …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted T-Mobile USA Inc. a short extension of time to comply with last Friday’s deadline for national mobile-phone carriers to begin making hearing-aid-compatible handsets available to …

HAMBURG, Germany-Two European airlines announced plans to trial in-flight mobile-phone use using technology from OnAir, a joint partnership between airplane maker Airbus and SITA Inc. U.K.-based airline Bmi said it …

SAN DIEGO-Chipmaker Sequoia Communications today released an RF transceiver for mobile phones that supports W-CDMA, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM technologies. The company said the transceiver will lower the cost …

Facilities-based telecommunications provider IDT Corp. unveiled its TuYo Mobile prepaid wireless service targeting the rapidly growing-and increasingly targeted-Hispanic community. IDT said the TuYo Mobile service will offer a bilingual customer …

U.S. wireless carriers ultimately want to get every American on their networks. In this utopian dream, everybody would be a paying customer. Subscribers would make all their voice calls from …

Verizon Wireless has tapped into the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless’ CDMA2000 …

LONDON-The number of worldwide wireless subscriber connections is expected to reach the 2 billion mark Sept. 18, according to estimates from Wireless Intelligence, a venture between Ovum and the GSM …

Verizon Wireless has tapped the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless’ CDMA2000 1x …

Dobson Communications Corp. reported that its American Cellular Corp. subsidiary has acquired the non-licensed wireless assets of Endless Mountain Wireless L.L.C. covering Pennsylvania Rural Service Area 4 for $12.2 million. …

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. unveiled its TuYo Mobile prepaid wireless service targeting the rapidly growing-and increasingly targeted-Hispanic community. IDT said the TuYo Mobile service will offer a bilingual customer experience, international …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has tapped SmartTrust AB’s over-the-air technology to simplify Cingular’s third-generation network rollout, the companies said Tuesday. The software developer will manage the activation process both on users’ …