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HELSINKI—Endwave Corp. and Nokia Corp. entered a joint initiative to accelerate the development of the U.S. market for broadband solutions in the 58 GHz unlicensed frequency band, the companies announced. …

HELSINKI, Finland—Carriers and vendors across the world continue to refine and define their strategies for offering multimedia messaging services, which many in the industry hope will open the way for …

DUBLIN, Ireland—The imminent launch of the XDA, an O2-branded mobile device manufactured specifically for that operator, is clear evidence that European operators are demanding more input into handset development. However, …

WHEATON, Md.—The Shosteck Group believes the replacement rate for handsets will increase from its low point this year, but will remain below peak levels experienced in 1999 and 2000. According …

HELSINKI, Finland—Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), the Italian mobile operator, has met its May deadline for the launch of multimedia messaging services (MMS) over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network …

SAN JOSE, California, United States—Worldwide mobile-phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001, according to Dataquest, a unit of …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it signed an agreement to buy a 10-percent stake for US$35.8 billion in Redback Networks Inc., with an option to increase its shares in the future. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Worldwide mobile phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it signed an agreement to buy a 10-percent stake for $35.8 billion in Redback Networks Inc., with an option to increase its shares in the future. …

HELSINKI, Finland, and BERLIN—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to collaborate in creating and driving open standards-based mobile software, part of which will allow Siemens to license Nokia’s software …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Wireless giant Ericsson continued to lead the multimedia messaging service infrastructure industry through its new deal with T-Mobile. T-Mobile will use Ericsson’s MMS center to launch services in its …

DUBLIN, Ireland—In a further indication of the necessity of closer cooperation between previously fierce rivals, Nokia and Siemens have announced plans to collaborate on mobile terminal software. Open standards is …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia and Ericsson said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of multimedia messaging service (MMS) technology with leading Chinese operators. Ericsson demonstrated …

SAN DIEGO—Advanced mobile device maker PC-EPhone Inc. announced it will form a joint venture with Whitelite Communications Ltd., a division of Process Control & Automation Systems, to sell its devices …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia Corp. and Ericsson AB said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of Multimedia Messaging Service technology with leading Chinese operators. Ericsson …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has teamed with other companies to release the application programming interface for operations support system initiative in the wireless arena. The other companies include BEA, …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, the Helsinki-based Finnish wireless equipment supplier, is predicting a dramatic concentration on the vendor side of global telecommunications, believing that the number of major vendors will diminish by …

MEBOURNE, Australia—The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted federal court proceedings against mobile operator Virgin Mobile Australia for allegedly “engaging in false, misleading and deceptive conduct in advertising …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. is advocating a 5-percent cap on wideband-CDMA royalty rates to encourage greater third-generation growth and innovation. The company said the cap will “further promote the growth of …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Following similar deals signed earlier this year with Nokia and Siemens, T-Mobile International has chosen Nortel Networks to supply Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment for its third-generation (3G) …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson has dismissed market speculation in Sweden that its latest swing of the downsizing ax is driven by a need to attract a takeover suitor. Nokia is being linked …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $50 million deal to supply GSM infrastructure equipment to Thailand operator Advanced Info Service Plc.“Under the agreement, Nokia will supply to AIS …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said it won a contract as the sole supplier of Hutchison 3G Austria’s third-generation network. The value of the contract was not disclosed. Nokia will supply its 3G …

SAN DIEGO—Trexta announced it will manufacture and distribute carrying solutions for Nokia phones in the Americas. Trexta carrying case accessories, which will be designed and packaged with the Nokia OK …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it signed a GSM expansion agreement with Chinese mobile operator Zhejiang Mobile Communications Corp., as well as equipment for trials of it multimedia messaging system and …