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SEOUL, South Korea—CDMA operators LG Telecom of South Korea and Japan’s KDDI Corp. said they have set up a “worldwide CDMA belt” through a technology and marketing cooperation.Under the plan, …

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SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working on LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …

SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working over LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-In its semi-annual update, the CDMA Development Group said it believes that thus far, 2001 has been a successful one for CDMA technology, as proven by rapid subscriber …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Telecom and Hanaro have ended a dispute to jointly bid on South Korea’s third and final third-generation wireless license based on cdma2000 technology. LG Telecom plans to …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The number of global CDMA subscribers grew by 58 percent during the past year to 90 million customers worldwide, according to the CDMA Development Group. The Asia Pacific …

GENEVA-How the mighty have fallen. British Telecommunications (BT), once ranked among the world’s most powerful carriers, is finding itself buckling under a crippling mountain of debt in a climate where …

Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses. With the battle for market share boiling up over the next …

NEW YORK-The recent “Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo” brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy. …

SEOUL, South Korea-As South Korea postponed plans to select a third and final third-generation (3G) mobile service operator, the government’s enthusiasm for a viable bidder is greater than ever. But …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea awarded much-coveted third-generation (3G) mobile service licenses to SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier, and state-run Korea Telecom on 15 December. The race, however, is …

HONG KONG-“Third-generation services are here,” proclaimed the advertisements from Qualcomm at International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2000. “The wait is over.” Korea’s SK Telecom was the first operator to …

SEOUL, South Korea-The South Korean government awarded two third-generation (3G) licenses out of a total three-one to SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile provider, and one to sate-run Korea Telecom. …

SEOUL, South Korea-Four South Korean telecom companies have applied for one of three third-generation (3G) licenses. The licenses, to be awarded through a modified beauty contest by the end of …

Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) will use a “hybrid” method-a prequalification followed by an auction-to allocate four third-generation (3G) mobile services licenses early next year. …

Korea-based LG TeleCom Co. Ltd. moved one step closer to Java-enabled handsets last week, announcing a collaboration with AppStream Inc. to use AppStream’s Java software technology solution in its next …

SEOUL, South Korea-The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication has extended the deadline for third-generation mobile licenses until the end of October, one month later than its original deadline. …

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band. As recently as late June, Y.D. Hong, KT …

NEW ORLEANS-A standoff over 1XRTT technology enhancements began to brew at last week’s Wireless 2000 show, as Motorola Inc. challenged the business case of Qualcomm’s proprietary High Data Rate technology, …

Finland. Sonera began offering High Speed Circuit Switched Data services to its data customers 6 September, but without available handsets. Sonera said it wanted to be ready when handsets are …

SEOUL, South Korea-Despite the financial crisis in Asia, the wireless telephony market has performed better than expected in South Korea. The number of cellular and PCS subscribers in the country …

SINGAPORE-Over the last few months, British Telecommunications plc has been on a buying spree that would put any seasoned shopaholic to shame-chalking up a bill of more than US$1 billion …

Telecom companies from around the world are dashing to the Asia Pacific region as they begin to find willing sellers that need cash to expand their telecommunications services. “It’s definitely …