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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download service could soon pop up in Russia through a new agreement between the technology giant and Delta Telecom, a cellular operator in the northwest …

Although Nextel Communications Inc. has announced no clear commitment on its next-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.’s trial of its push-to-talk solution, known as QChat, has made CDMA2000 hotter on the carrier’s …

KPN Mobile and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. reached an agreement on their disputed U.K. third-generation operator business. KPN Mobile will sell its 15-percent stake in Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. to Hutchison …

HONG KONG-Hutchison 3G HK Ltd. and Nokia have been working together to deploy the core network equipment for Hutchison’s 3G W-CDMA network in Hong Kong. Nokia said it is supplying …

GENEVA-WAP browser company Access announced more than 100 million devices have shipped with its NetFront WAP browser. The company counts AT&T Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom, Handspring, Hutchison 3G Group, …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Continued delays in the launch of third-generation services in Western Europe could boost opportunities for GPRS technology, according to new research from U.K.-based consultancy Analysys. Analysys expects revenue …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced it has completed an amended $1.6 billion credit facility and made certain changes to its capital structure. “This leverage-neutral transaction simplifies our capital structure and …

LONDON-Vodafone U.K. said it and rival operator 3 have jointly secured the FA Premier League mobile rights in a three-season deal. The rights begin with the 2004/2005 season and run …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64 kilobit per second data transmissions to …

GOTEBORG, Sweden-Speaking from one of L.M. Ericsson’s major design headquarters in the company’s home base of Sweden, Hakan Eriksson pronounced Ericsson’s massive cost-cutting and reorganization efforts a success, while at …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-U.S. company Anystream said its broadcast video encoding software is in use by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.’s third-generation subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Australia, along with Mobilkom Austria. Anystream …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a third-generation license to Hi3G Access Norway …

TOKYO-Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a mobile operator in Thailand, and Japan’s KDDI entered an agreement to construct a global positioning system service in Thailand based on the gpsOne system KDDI …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a third-generation license to Hi3G Access Norway …

CHICAGO-Motorola and 3 together introduced the Motorola A920 third-generation handset featuring a full-color widescreen display designed to showcase 3’s person-to-person video calling capabilities and video content. The companies said the …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., the conglomerate that operates several third-generation subsidiaries around the world along with real estate, retail, manufacturing and other businesses, reported a 2-percent increase in its first-half …

VIENNA, Va.-Cramer Systems will provide Chile’s Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A. with an inventory management solution to manage its nationwide network and to automate delivery of services. “Cramer has had an …

Like ’70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude. In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet …

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. has added a fourth handset to its phone line-up with a new NEC model. The operator, which offers service under the brand name …

Orange plc formed an alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The …

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN is looking to sell its 15-percent …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. released further details and expanded their previously announced agreement to cooperate on the development and promotion of third-generation W-CDMA services. Under …

LONDON-Hutchison 3G has inked a deal with sports content distributor Extreme International under which some of Extreme’s sports video clips will be delivered to third-generation mobile handsets. Under the terms …

For those who serenade wideband CDMA as the authentic third-generation protocol, Qualcomm Inc.-inspired cdma2000 is no more than a counterfeit David dueling the shadow of the giant to come. When …

LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa has launched legal action against partner KPN Telecom for refusing to contribute a loan for the two companies’ third-generation U.K. business, Hutchison 3G U.K., which operates under the …