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HELSINKI, Finland-Sonofon became the first operator in Denmark to complete a General Packet Radio Service data call in its live Global System for Mobile communications network using Nokia Corp.’s GPRS …

Nokia Nokia Corp. unveiled its new 8260 wireless phone that the company says blends colorful and stylish options into a small digital handset. The 8260 is Time Division Multiple Access …

BUDAPEST, Hungary-Hungary’s Pannon GSM said it began a data service that allows users to download data at 43.2 kilobits per second free using High Speed Circuit Switched Data technology. The …

Nortel Networks increased its presence in the European mobile-phone market last week, garnering a $700 million third-generation equipment contract with BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom and displacing several of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. unveiled Nokia Activ for its Wireless Application Protocol Server 1.1, a one-button solution enabling Web sites to send WAP service settings to WAP-enabled mobile phones wirelessly. The …

Bad news hit the cdmaOne community last week as the South Korean government put a stop to cdmaOne handset subsidies and uncertainty lingered about China Unicom’s plans to deploy the …

Qualcomm Inc. garnered more support for its High Data Rate solution, announcing Samsung Electronics Ltd.’s support for the technology and technical trials with Japanese operator Nippon Idou Tsushin Corp. (IDO) …

Nokia Corp. captured almost 28 percent of the world wireless handset market, shipping more than 25 million units, according to a recent Dataquest report. More than 90 million wireless handset …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced several solutions designed to improve the services available from the company’s third-generation and Internet Protocol product offerings. Based on Open Service Architecture standardized by the 3G …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure division of Nokia Corp., and TRW Inc. agreed to cooperate on the design and development of current and third-generation base station products for mobile networks. …

Wireless high-speed solutions didn’t garner much thought just a year ago. Qualcomm Inc. seemed to be the only company in the industry touting a high-speed megabit solution for the cdmaOne …

Canada Newbridge Networks Corp. said the holders of its common shares, options and warrants have approved the plan of arrangement involving its merger with Alcatel S.A. Before the merger can …

WASHINGTON-A comprehensive proposal by European and Arab states covering third-generation mobile phone spectrum and other issues appeared to be disintegrating late last week at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, …

WASHINGTON-As the World Radiocommunication Conference opens today in Turkey, trade and spectrum issues governing third-generation mobile-phone technology remain heavily mired in controversies that are likely to play out in coming …

WASHINGTON-Worldwide cellular and personal communications services handset sales reached 96 million in the fourth quarter of 1999, led by Nokia Corp. with 27 percent of the global market share, according …

HELSINKI, Finland-Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, and Nokia Networks have agreed to deliver carrier-class infrastructure software to mobile network operators. According to Nokia, the deal will …

MOSCOW-Three nationwide Russian wireless carriers, which control close to 75 percent of the market, have launched a fierce battle for new clients as mobile phones become more common communications tools …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Anatel, Brazil’s telecommunications regulatory agency, will not divulge the frequency band-either 1.8 GHz or 1.9 GHz-that band C cellular telephony operators will use until after the World Radiocommunication …

NEW YORK-Sony Corp. has licensed the Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processing engine and Symbian’s EPOC software platform for Sony’s next generation of wireless handsets. Sony selected the two technologies …

Phone.com Inc. fired the first shot against Geoworks’ claim that it holds intellectual property rights to Wireless Application Protocol technology by suing the company. Geoworks claims its patent concerning a …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by their respective strengths in network infrastructure and mobile handsets, the Scandinavian giants, Ericsson Inc. of Sweden and Nokia Corp. of Finland, reported strong quarterly results last week. …

Just when the third-generation evolution path for CDMA operators was looking convoluted, a new proposal drafted by these carriers may unify a single path to megabit data speeds. Code Division …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has delivered more than 30 General Packet Radio Service core networks around the world. “An investment in GPRS infrastructure is an investment in future services,” …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected shortly to rule on Motorola Inc.’s 911 call processing-telematics waiver request, a filing that attracted industry support and sharp criticism from consumer and public-safety …

Content is king. That’s the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be …