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Canada Cell-Loc Inc. announced it expects to receive funding from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program to assist in continued research and development of a Code …

Teklogix Teklogix introduced the Teklogix 9150 Wireless Gateway, which features dual Personal Computer Memory Card International Association radio card slots that help it support mixed radio configurations. The 9150 allows …

China News reported merger plans in Taiwan’s paging arena, with Taiwan Paging Network announcing its intention to buy Express Telecom and Ever Glory Telecom, as well as three mobile data …

The International Telecommunication Union’s 31 December deadline passed without resolution in the intellectual-property-right stand-off over third-generation technology, but the ITU has indicated it may push ahead anyway. The ITU warned …

SINGAPORE Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract valued at $23 million to upgrade M1’s digital wireless telephone network in Singapore. In addition to its SC 4852 base transceiver …

SEATTLE-Go to any trade show where mobile phone operators congregate, and you will hear grumbling about how AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate pricing plan has wreaked havoc on …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna Systems, a privately held Internet Protocol telephony company of Kanata, Ontario, for about $90 million. Vienna Systems designs and manufacturers …

NEW YORK-The boundaries between internal and external computer networks are disappearing due to the warp-speed incursion of the Internet, raising security concerns within enterprises that want to exploit this promising …

Research companies predicting wireless handset market share have ruffled a few industry feathers. Qualcomm last week issued a statement disputing Dataquest research that had Qualcomm’s market share dropping from 17.4 …

Sweden-based L.M. Ericsson said it will cut roughly 10,000 employees as economic problems in Asia and Latin America squeeze some of the company’s operations. Ericsson head Sven-Christer Nilsson announced last …

NEW YORK-Denmark-based Bosch Telecom Inc., which introduced the World 718 phone in June, has decided to close its Dallas office for U.S. sales and marketing, although it will continue selling …

Slovenia, Romania Omnipoint Communications Inc. said it signed roaming agreements in Slovenia and Romania, with Mobitel d.d. Slovenia and Mobilrom S.A., respectively. Both countries are new territory for Omnipoint’s roaming …

Canada Research in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.’s fleet management and communications systems. GMSI’s systems …

A move by the Chinese government is sure to develop a new wireless telecommunications landscape in China but also may create an uncertain future for foreign wireless infrastructure and handset …

Ever since Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced the first in a new class of mobile phones with its Nokia 9000 Communicator, the excitement surrounding the idea of devices that combine …

Nearly a year in the making, Geoworks Corp. has introduced a long-awaited software solution that allows carriers to add enhanced data services to otherwise voice-only phones. Called Premion Interface+, the …

WASHINGTON-A critical European Parliament vote last week, which could effectively mandate a third-generation mobile phone standard dominated by Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia Corp. and lock out American technology, …

This holiday season will see an unprecedented number of mobile phone competitors in the market, but carriers still seem unwilling to compete with break-neck pricing as they aim to keep …

In a surprising letter to the International Telecommunication Union, Europe’s standards body said it will consider harmonizing all CDMA-related third-generation proposals sent to the ITU, including cdma2000. The move is …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Mobile Phones announced a new mobile phone for Japan’s PDC market. Nokia said the phone is the first in Japan to have built-in infrared connectivity and a slide …

United Kingdom CellPoint Systems AB and its partner Wasp International of South Africa demonstrated a Global System for Mobile communications phone positioning system at the 2nd International Conference on Mobile, …

BEIJING-Six wireless operators with 11 networks is the daunting choice offered to Hong Kong’s techno-savvy consumers. The mobile phone scene here is a lot brighter than one would have expected …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration will brief the Senate Finance Committee this week on mobile phone trade and standards policy, a meeting prompted by intensified lobbying by Global System for Mobile communications …

China has been considered a mountain of opportunity for mobile phone infrastructure vendors, but signs today indicate a bleaker outlook as Chinese officials seem to have soured on cdmaOne technology …

The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has …