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HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a contract to supply carrier Ben Nederland B.V. with GSM 1800 MHz and GPRS equipment in the Netherlands. The contract involves second-generation core …

TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group operator in Japan, announced it will postpone its third-generation (3G) service launch until December to provide “global standard service.” J-Phone had previously planned to launch its …

BEIJING—The boom times in China’s mobile telecom sector seem to be over. While the country still added 5.9 million new mobile-phone subscribers in February, more than any other market, both …

NEW YORK—British wireless operator MmO2 launched two initiatives in a move to provide mobile data and products to customers in Western Europe. The carrier said it plans to build a …

LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation (3G) networks in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Germany and Ireland. Each …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said it plans to perform a testing program to confirm if its MMS Client, MMS server and its WAP Gateway interoperates with Nokia’s MMS-enabled handsets …

LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia Corp. and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation networks in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Germany and Ireland. Each …

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MELBOURNE, Australia—Optus is likely to delay the rollout of its $A900 million (US$478 million) third-generation (3G) mobile network beyond its proposed date of November 2002, according to Lee Hsien Yang, …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia is laying off 55 to 75 people from its production plant in Espoo, Finland, the company said. “The needs at the factory have decreased as the production process …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. says it plans to offer a BlackBerry reference design program that will allow manufacturers to use a hardware and software platform to build advanced wireless …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to stem growing concerns about interoperability, Nokia has indicated that it might take on some of the responsibilities to ensure its Open Mobile Architecture (OMA) …

DALLAS—In what might trigger a series of monster consolidations in the wireless equipment space, Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks are in talks to merge their network divisions, according to a …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish operator Sonera plans to offer commercial UMTS services by Sept. 26, once terminals for the new services become available, the operator announced. If the carrier meets the deadline, …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and AT&T Wireless said they have completed their joint MoU to develop and test advanced enhancements supporting the evolution of an All-IP network. “The finalization of this agreement …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced two third-generation contract wins this week, the first with Germany’s E-Plus Mobilfunk and the second with T-Mobile International. Nokia will be the main supplier for E-Plus’ …

NEW YORK and HANOVER, Germany—Lucent Technologies and Nokia cut their estimates, owing to what the network equipment makers described as weak demand for telecom equipment. Nokia cut its estimates just …

TORONTO and LONDON—Several vendors say negative downgrades and estimates from analysts this week. Nortel Networks suffered a debt downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service barely a day after the company announced …

HANOVER, Germany—Nokia formed an alliance to integrate RealNetworks’ digital media technology on its mobile devices and network solutions. “Under the alliance, Nokia will include the mobile version of the RealOne …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Following the success of the Make a Connection program in South Africa during 2001, the Youth Development Trust and Nokia announced the launch of the second phase of …

HANOVER, Germany—Nokia Corp. formed an alliance to integrate RealNetworks’ digital media technology on its mobile devices and network solutions. “Under the alliance, Nokia will include the mobile version of the …

LONDON—Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has pared down its estimates of Nokia Corp. and Ericsson, citing a slow take-off in infrastructure equipment and next-generation handset sales. The report comes just ahead …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it added the Sony Ericsson T68 and the Nokia 8390 handsets to its portfolio of GSM/GPRS devices. The T68 has a color screen and …

HELSINKI—Nokia introduced the Nokia D211, a multimode radio card that allows for wireless Internet access within GPRS, HSCSD and wireless LAN coverage areas. The card is designed for laptop users …

In an effort to hasten the rollout of third-generation networks, Nokia has announced an initiative by inviting other 3G infrastructure developers to share and standardize open specifications for all IP-based …