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TOKYO-DDI Cellular Group is set to kick off its cdmaOne IS-95 service in mid-July in western Japan. The service gradually will spread across the nation. Once IDO Corp. kicks off …

The highly competitive wireless market in the Republic of the Philippines-with five carriers serving some 70 million people-is perhaps the most ripe for consolidation compared with all Southeast Asian countries. …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. Chairman Gary Tooker called China “our second home” as he inaugurated a new 18-story office building in Beijing 19 June. P.Y. Lai, president of Motorola (China) Electronics, added …

Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) …

“If we delivered the same quality as in the U.K. or Germany, we would have zero subscribers in two weeks,” said Hakan Uzan, chief executive officer of Turkey’s second GSM …

DENVER, United States-U.S.-based Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. announced in June they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic’s global broadband “Internet-in-the-Sky” satellite communications system. The Boeing …

DUBLIN, Ireland-As mobile phone technology continues to develop rapidly, users continually are encouraged by operators and manufacturers to upgrade their phones to the latest models to take advantage of advanced …

Alcatel Telecom will acquire U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction, according to a definitive agreement announced by the companies. The deal is thought to give Paris-based Alcatel a …

Botswana Mascom launched the first phase of its GSM 900 network with equipment provided by L.M. Ericsson. The total value of the Ericsson contract is about US$10 million and includes …

DENVER, United States-L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and United Kingdom-based Psion Computers plc conditionally have agreed to form a joint venture called Symbian, and Motorola Inc. has signed a memorandum of …

BOSTON-Cellular and personal communications services have entered the mainstream U.S. market in earnest, with a presence in 35 percent of all households in the nation, according to the Yankee Group’s …

WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky rejected China’s latest proposal to open its telecommunications service market, further complicating China’s bid to become a member of the World Trade Organization. It appears …

Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Access Group introduced its next-generation interactive two-way messaging device, called the AccessLink II. Based on Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX two-way paging protocol, the AccessLink II is an …

After more than seven years of investigation and litigation, Frequency Electronics Inc. has settled all outstanding criminal and civil cases brought against it by the U.S. government with a guilty …

WASHINGTON-The State Department, amid a flurry of high-level lobbying and an unsuccessful last-minute move to withdraw U.S. support for the European-based mobile phone technology used by carriers here and abroad, …

CTIA FOUNDATION The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation for Wireless Telecommunications announced Stan Hamm, group president of mobile systems for BellSouth Personal Communications, is the new chairman of its board …

CDMA Development Group SINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December. …

SINGAPORE-The International Telecommunication Union has some difficult work ahead of it to harmonize the various third-generation proposals standards bodies around the world will submit by tomorrow. While most of the …

WASHINGTON-As House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) negotiate funding federal cancer research with revenue from E911 legislation, a major effort is underway in Europe …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.’s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG’s paging infrastructure products. Metasys’ software includes Oracle …

WASHINGTON-In an unexpected development that could further complicate President Clinton’s China visit this week and hurt him when he returns home, U.S. officials last week disclosed security concerns prompting them …

Wireless companies heavily involved in the Asia-Pacific region have renewed confidence that China will not succumb to devaluing its currency. As the Japanese yen dropped last week to an eight-year …

Paging Network Inc. announced a strategic agreement with Computer Associates Inc. to jointly develop and market a monitoring product that integrates PageNet’s wireless information delivery abilities with CA’s Unicenter TNG …

Enhanced specialized mobile radio operator Nextel Communications Inc. is offering landline long-distance service to its existing customers in several markets. The nationwide carrier, which targets work groups because of its …

NEW YORK-Like comets flashing across the sky, one vendor that topped the 1996 revenue charts dropped significantly on the 1997 charts, while another that was absent from the major players …