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BELLEVUE, Wash.-Trade groups 3G Americas and the CDMA Development Group released technical specifications to allow GSM subscribers to send picture messages to CDMA users. The groups’ new “Americas MMS Inter-carrier …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Roamware Inc. has supplied its Roaming Replicator solution to Iraqna, the new GSM mobile carrier in Iraq, to enable instant international connectivity. With Roaming Replicator, Iraqna can access the …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, said it welcomed the 10 new member countries of the European Union, which it said represent some of the fastest-growing …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense today refused to say whether its inspector general is investigating a high-level official who allegedly attempted to convert a project to build a nationwide first-responder network …

While its products still entice carriers, Nortel Networks Ltd. is down in the dumps on Wall Street. The question looms whether the company’s technology will prevail over its financial woes. …

Wireless vendors are reaping contract dividends as carriers loosen their purse strings. L.M. Ericsson announced three contracts today, while Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp. announced one each. Ericsson said it …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-In 2004, UMTS technology is poised to grow more than 200 percent from 2003, according to a report from ABI Research. The group notes that the growth points …

The financial woes of Nortel Networks Ltd. plunged the company’s stock price 27 percent as the firm announced it has fired its chief executive officer, chief financial officer and controller. …

Although market leader Nokia Corp. stumbled in the first quarter, most of the rest of the world’s handset makers managed to cash in on what analysts predict will be the …

NextWave Telecom Inc.’s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to …

With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry watchers see as better times ahead. …

Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name or understand the business, over the …

GLASGOW, United Kingdom-Handset-maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola’s A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser. “Motorola believes that having …

L.M. Ericsson edged out market expectations in its fiscal first-quarter results with a net income of $387 million, showing not only the resilience of the infrastructure business but the company’s …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted disappointing first-quarter results, highlighted by the loss of 367,000 customers during the quarter and a 3.7-percent customer churn rate, which the carrier said were the …

URBANDALE, Iowa-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $15 million deal to supply GSM equipment for carrier I Wireless, formerly known as Iowa Wireless Services. Under the deal, Nokia will …

Handset maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola’s A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser. “Motorola believes that having Picsel …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced two new contract wins for GSM technology. Nokia will extend its contract to Russia’s VimpelCom for GSM/GPRS equipment under a $60 million agreement for 2004. The …

SEOUL, South Korea-Handset maker Sony Ericsson narrowly regained the No. 5 global market share slot from rival LG Electronics Co. Ltd. in the first quarter, as LG reported shipments of …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported 554,000 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year, which was a nearly 200-percent improvement compared with the 189,000 subscribers the carrier added during …

WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a long struggle, important progress is being …

With what it describes as the first clearinghouse of its kind, LightSurf Technologies Inc. hopes to raise the bar on how wireless operators will do business by democratizing the ebb …

Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, “I’m not dead yet,” AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to …

Privately held wireless carrier Cellular South, which controls spectrum licenses covering more than 5 million potential customers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, said it recorded a 23-percent improvement in …

LAHORE, Pakistan-Space Telecom and Telenor will pay $291 million each for GSM licenses in Pakistan. The new licensees will join Pakistan’s four existing mobile operators. The country has a total …