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Royal Philips Electronics and Lucent Technologies Inc. last week said they will dissolve the consumer communications joint venture they established just more than one year ago. At the time of …

While Nextel Communications Inc. remains the darling of the wireless industry these days, other specialized mobile radio operators are beginning to build successful businesses on plain old two-way dispatch voice …

WASHINGTON-Frustrated with failing to make progress after months of negotiations with European officials, Qualcomm Inc. last week declared war by formally invoking intellectual property rights to five third-generation wireless standards …

Nextel Communication Inc.’s third-quarter operating results indicated it reached the financial milestone of achieving domestic positive operating cash flow, but investors clearly focused on other aspects of the financials, as …

Count one less player in the specialized mobile radio game. As of Oct. 18, Geotek Communications Inc. will be but a memory of yet another start-up with a good idea …

ORLANDO, Fla.-To paraphrase a Bell Atlantic commercial, “wild things are happening” in dispatch radio, according to speakers at the recent PCS ’98 show. Just outside the spotlight, which is focused …

Sources indicate Ericsson Inc. may be preparing to enter the cdmaOne handset business. Ericsson, the only major vendor that has yet to license Interim Standard-95 technology from Qualcomm Inc., has …

WASHINGTON-Last week’s annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund ended with a blueprint-but not a bold solution-for containing a worsening global financial crisis that is taking a …

Changing times are requiring some infrastructure vendors to reorganize their businesses and better align themselves with their customers. Siemens AG of Germany is the latest vendor to realize this. The …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said the Justice Department has made initial queries regarding Nextel Communications Inc.’s request to lift a 1994 antitrust consent decree so the nation’s largest …

Motorola Inc., remaining cautious about its financial outlook for 1998, said it likely will reach $7.9 billion in sales with earnings per share around 22 cents for the fourth quarter. …

NEW YORK-At least in the short run, prospects for deployment of large-scale Code Division Multiple Access networks in the People’s Republic of China are on hold. However, the longer-term outlook …

Electronic Data Systems said it signed a five-year systems management agreement with Motorola Inc., under which EDS will manage the technology infrastructure for Motorola’s Systems Solutions Group and Satellite Communications …

WASHINGTON-After months of delay, oral arguments are set for the week of Nov. 30 on legal challenges to radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in late …

Motorola Cellular Service Inc. announced it achieved operational and marketing certification to become a North American service provider of Iridium L.L.C.’s satellite communications services. MCSI will offer Motorola Satellite Series …

Motorola Inc.’s recently formed Internet and Connectivity Services Division introduced a new application programming language that allows consumers to access the Internet using their own voice. The VoxML Voice Markup …

Japan A large Japanese carrier in the Asia-Pacific region selected Brite Voice Systems to provide voice-activated dialing services to its markets throughout Japan, said Brite. The company values the contract …

Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer L.M. Ericsson released details of a reorganization plan that signals an increased focus on markets and customers, said the company. The new organization is expected to …

Paging carriers looking to provide airtime for telemetry and off-the-hip paging applications received a big boost when Motorola Inc. introduced its first-generation ReFLEX chipset solution. The chipset includes a ReFLEX …

BELLSOUTH BellSouth Corp. appointed Nancy Humphries vice president of investor relations. For the past seven years, Humphries served as executive director of investor relations for BellSouth, responsible for communicating the …

Paging carriers are showing signs that they have taken to heart analysts’ warnings that information services must be customizable and have real value in order to convince customers to pay …

WASHINGTON-Pekka Tarjanne, outgoing secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, predicted last week a family of third-generation wireless standards will emerge by year’s end and that family will include a …

CHS Electronics Inc., an international distributor of microcomputer products, announced an agreement to purchase BrightStar Corp., a start-up wholesale distributor of cellular phones and accessories, the companies said. CHS will …

INTERDIGITAL Gerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase and deploy Excel Switching Corp.’s EXS infrastructure and switching platform as a network interface unit in certain wireless local loop markets …