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WASHINGTON-With only eight months before the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, U.S. spectrum policy for third-generation wireless systems is on the verge of meltdown as the Clinton administration and industry …

The popularity of wireless may be contributing to an industrywide shortage of some components used in mobile devices, although device manufacturers may not be feeling the effects just yet. After …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The first official mobile call on the Global System for Mobile communications 400 frequency band was made during a GSM 400 conference in Budapest, Hungary, according to L.M. Ericsson. …

Lucent Technologies Inc. will be noticeably absent when the Personal Communications Industry Association kicks off its 2000 showcase next September in Chicago. The infrastructure vendor has told PCIA it plans …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it began its first shipments of the 7110 Wireless Application Protocol handsets. The GSM 900 and 1800 handsets are WAP version 1.1 compliant, according to a …

Swedish sub-system and component supplier Arkivator agreed to acquire 64 percent of the shares of LGP Telecom Inc., a subsidiary of Stockholm-based LGP Telecom AB, and offered to acquire the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia and the Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission signed a cooperation agreement to further the development of third-generation mobile communications in China. Under terms of the agreement, RITT and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Most cellular operators now recognize that to ensure their businesses continue to experience breakneck growth, they must compete more directly with fixed operators. According to industry analysts, this …

After months of denying any plans to sell its wireless handset division, Qualcomm is publicly relenting to the pressures of severe competition from Asia and the likes of Nokia and …

NEW YORK-Cellular terminals have come a long way in the quarter century since Motorola introduced its handheld Dyna TAC mobile phone, a clunky device that weighed nearly 0.9 kilograms and …

Nokia believed that it was alone at Telecom ’95 in promoting cellular data and demonstrating Internet Protocol (IP)-based technology. Olli Oittinen said that while it was not pushing IP with …

NMT 450 operators are to decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include CDMA technology, which could give cdmaOne technology its first entrance …

Nokia and Reuters signed a global cooperation agreement to develop and deliver financial, sports and general news services based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The new service is optimized …

NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. announced an agreement with IBM Corp. and Sabre for a pilot project designed to provide a travel interactive service for users equipped with Wireless Application Protocol phones. …

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will begin a Wireless Application Protocol trial with customers in some of its Global System for Mobile communications markets next month in a partnership …

After months of denying any plans to sell its wireless handset division, Qualcomm Inc. is publicly relenting to the pressures of severe competition from Asia and the likes of Nokia …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration this week is expected to respond again to the European Commission’s plan to deploy third-generation mobile phone service in all 15 member states, using technology favored by …

HELSINKI-Nokia Wireless Business Communications announced its participation in the new HiperLAN2 Global Forum to promote the HiperLAN 2 standard worldwide. The standard will enable high-speed connectivity for mobile communications in …

The U.S. cellular adoption level is fast approaching 30 percent-not bad. However, it’s also a long way from the penetration rates we see in Europe, particularly in the benchmark countries …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Nokiterra Oy merged, giving Nokia approximately 64.3 million of its shares, corresponding to approximately 5.3 percent of the total share capital and voting rights of Nokia, said …

This analysis explains why initial terminal forecasts for 1999 averaged 55 million units below what will likely be 260 million terminals shipped. It reveals that between 1996 and 1998 the …

Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz operators will decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include Code Division Multiple Access technology, which could give …

WASHINGTON-Telesta Inc. said it will offer mobile text phone service in the United States later this year, a development that will enable hearing- and speech-impaired people to use small wireless …

Transcrypt Transcrypt International Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary launched a new line of mobile and portable radios designed to operate on Motorola Inc.’s Smartnet and SmartZone systems in the 800 …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Someone is just settling into a film or play, conversing intimately in a restaurant or addressing the ball at the first hole-and a mobile phone ring interrupts. While usually …