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Expand coverage. Reduce interference. Increase capacity. Enable higher bandwidth. These are the four corners of Conductus Inc.’s philosophy in rolling out its ClearSite solutions for first-, second- and next-generation air-interface …

ESPOO, Finland-Mobile phone giants L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group today announced yet another standards initiative, this time aimed at the mobile gaming …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has expanded its cross-license contract with Qualcomm Inc. to make and sell infrastructure equipment for all CDMA wireless systems while Qualcomm can market and sell Nokia’s CDMA …

NEW YORK-Voice Signal Technologies Inc. will begin commercial sale later this summer of its VoiceTag wireless communications speech- recognition solution, designed to be embedded in the device instead of relying …

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-Vizario Inc. announced a new software technology designed for widespread deployment in mobile phones, personal digital assistants and PCs. The company said its consumer technology features a client/server …

CellStar Corp. said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has informed it that the investigation into its compliance with federal securities laws has been terminated. “We are pleased to put …

Each time the death knell sounds, Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to rebound. Last week was a metaphor of what might be the roller coaster ride the Murray Hill-based telecom equipment …

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets. ARM, which has about 75 percent market share …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks said it will prune about 1,000 jobs as part of its efforts to improve efficiency and optimize its structures to meet changing market needs. The layoffs of …

SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Most of the major telecommunications carriers to have successfully bid at the recent Australian 2 GHz spectrum auctions plan to adopt wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) for third-generation (3G) services. Cable & …

NEW DELHI, India-Though a late starter, the Asia-Pacific region may steal a march over Europe in rolling out third-generation (3G) networks. On May 30, NTT DoCoMo became the first operator …

DENVER, United States-The third-generation (3G) hype is much less intense than a year ago, as executives and engineers get down to the nitty-gritty of making the new technology-and their business …

By outsourcing their handset and network equipment production, major vendors may be unwittingly yielding enormous influence to contract electronics manufacturers that could acquire enough expertise and experience to develop their …

DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans …

IBM Corp. announced plans to bring its considerable weight to the world of wireless instant messaging, a service that is quickly gaining additional users and big-name players. The equipment giant …

As the thermometer of the phone sales market, Nokia Corp.’s situation indicates the market is cooling. Yet, market research group Wit SoundView believes while this may be true of the …

Portugal Oni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated billing solution. The solution includes …

NEW YORK-A group of seven network infrastructure and software systems developers have joined forces in what they are calling an “initiative” to explain and promote multimedia messaging service in advance …

SINGAPORE SAMSys Technologies Inc., a company that provides radio frequency identification (RFID) reader hardware, and Tunity Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, an Asia-Pacific RFID channel development firm, said they plan to …

The economy cast a pall over the vendor space last week with major equipment makers wallowing in job cuts, negative credit ratings, earnings forecast reviews and downgrades. The companies involved …

WASHINGTON-The White House, in the first official expression of wireless trade policy, said it supports technology neutrality but did not signal it planned to take as aggressive a stance as …

The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that some industry observers believe will be …

Timing is everything. As European wireless markets face saturation, the rollout of next-generation services becomes even more essential to the continued growth of the industry. “Ultimately, the potential is there, …