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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The …

KINGSTON, Jamaica- Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier in the week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel Group announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Hungarian operator Pannon GSM have signed an agreement for the expansion of Pannon’s GSM network and an upgrade to EDGE technology in greater Budapest. The contract …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless distributor CellStar Corp. said its Latin American operations have adopted a new strategy that focuses on GSM product distribution in the region. “In the past, we have primarily …

The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Alltel Corp.’s pending acquisition of Western …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced its OneBase Cell Extender, a high-power multicarrier power amplifier that extends coverage and increases capacity of wireless base stations. The company is showcasing the product …

HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world. Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network. The announcement underlines Nokia’s commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless networking company Helicomm announced it acquired WirelessPlug, which makes wireless machine-to-machine modems working over GPRS, GSM and CDMA technologies for the Asian market. Terms of the deal were …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas. In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The …

Numbers show that the worldwide mobile-phone market increased to 674 million units in 2004, a 30-percent increase from sales in 2003. The research comes from Gartner Inc. and mirrors similar …

In conjunction with the CeBIT trade show in Germany, Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson showed off their new phone wares, which included mid-range devices, high-end camera phones and music-focused gadgets. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas. In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is …

Proving wrong rumors of an imminent shutdown of its handset business, Siemens released three new low-end phones in an effort to trump low-cost vendors like Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. …

LONDON-Skype is testing a free service that allows users to send text messages to any GSM handset, the Voice over Internet Protocol provider said Thursday. The new offering lets users …

Sprint said it will begin selling a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phone that will work on both CDMA and GSM networks. Verizon Wireless already sells a similar device. Sprint said …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements Thursday. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service …

MUNICH, Germany-Wireless investment group Siemens Mobile Acceleration said it completed its first investment in the United Kingdom with 3DiS, which specializes in machine-to-machine communications for fleet operators. SMAC is the …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of …

Motorola Inc. leapt into the high-volume, low-cost mobile phone business-a space dominated by the likes of Nokia Corp. and Siemens-with plans to sell millions of new phones in emerging wireless …

In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful. But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their …

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance …