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HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has completed a location-based technology trial test, which it claims was successful. Nokia and mobile carrier Radiolinja used Nokia’s enhanced observed time difference positioning technology in Radiolinja’s GSM …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand Consult, an independent consultancy based in …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Malaysia’s TimeCel recently launched an interactive short message service (SMS) quiz promotion. The promotion, called Juara Lagu 2001 SMS Quiz, runs from 1 to 14 December. Juara Lagu is …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Finnish company Nokia decided to manage its South American business from its office in the United States, therefore moving Paul Murdock, regional manager, from Buenos Aires to Dallas …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of GPRS offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand Consult, an independent consultancy based in Denmark. The lack of …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said sales of its next-generation mobile phones indicate it will beat its fourth-quarter estimates, an indication the company is enjoying the Christmas boom. The company said it …

DENVER, United States—Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens said they signed long-term contracts with U.S. carrier Cingular Wireless to supply significant portions of the carrier’s GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)/Enhanced Data Rates …

HELSINKI, Finland—German mobile operator Viag Interkom launched its prepaid service for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), using a Nokia solution for processing charging data for second- and third-generation (3G) services. …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. introduced downloadable ring tones of popular music and high-resolution graphics that appear on the handsets display area for its SunCom subscribers suing Nokia 5165, 3360 and …

HELSINKI, Finland—German mobile operator Viag Interkom said it has launched its prepaid service for GPRS, using a Nokia solution for processing charging data for second- and third-generation services. The contract …

BEIJING—Nokia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Zhejiang Provincial Government of China to establish a new research and development (R&D) center to focus on software development and platform …

HELSINKI, Finland—The research and development (R&D) divisions of Nokia and France T

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Nokia claims it will see solid sales growth of 15 percent next year as new mobile devices trigger an upsurge in the mobile market. The company predicts things …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed an agreement with Omnitel, a Lithuanian GSM operator, for the supply and installation of additional switching capacity to expand Omnitel’s network capacity and modernize its switching …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed an agreement with Omnitel, a Lithuanian GSM operator, for the supply and installation of additional switching capacity to expand Omnitel’s network capacity and modernize its switching …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has allied with companies with banking and financial expertise to produce and market software for mobile and online financial services using open standards. The companies are 3I, …

JACKSON, Miss.—Air2Lan has named Osmo Hautanen, former Nokia Corp. executive, to its board of directors. “Working with Air2Lan’s board of directors presents an opportunity to apply my knowledge in the …

NEW YORK—Nokia Corp. says it expects annual growth sales of handsets to between 420 and 440 million in 2002, slightly lower than other industry forecasts. The comments caused its stock …

BEIJING—There is some controversy over which foreign vendor has sold the most handsets in China so far this year. According to International Data Corporation, Nokia held the number-one position in …

TORONTO-Nokia Corp. said it has unveiled its Nokia 6360 phone for enterprise users with such features as built-in calendar notebook, calculator, browser, voice-dialing and e-mail support. “The Nokia 6360 is …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator’s wireless local area network (WLAN) networks. “With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can provide …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says Finnish transport and communications minister Olli-Pekka Heinonen has placed “the first inter-continental UMTS phone call’ to Finland. “This was the first of its kind between two …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says that it has won a contract with Vodafone Hungary to supply its complete GPRS core network as well as the upgrade of both the existing radio …

LAS VEGAS-Texas Instruments threw its support behind the open mobile architecture initiative launched by Nokia Corp. and other industry leaders. “TI is pleased to support Nokia and other industry leaders …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Nokia Corp. launched a joint action plan to accelerate the development of the open mobile architecture initiative announced by wireless companies earlier this week. The two …