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WASHINGTON-Telecom and high-tech sectors, beaten down and eager for an economic revival, last week found themselves forced to pick and choose among competing tax-cut packages in Congress after the GOP-led …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a $300 million, four-year contract to upgrade the networks of T-Mobile USA Inc. with GSM/GPRS/EDGE and packet core data gear. The deal …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. signed GSM/GPRS roaming agreements with T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and said it was in discussions with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. regarding similar agreements. …

TORONTO-In a surprise turnaround, Nortel Networks posted a profit, a quarter ahead of its forecast and a result stronger than market expectations. The company enjoyed a first-quarter profit of $54 …

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a “technical launch” of its UMTS network …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said Reliance Telecommunications awarded it a 1x contract worth US$145 million for a nationwide network in Nigeria. The operator is expected to launch 1x wireless local loop (WLL) …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Two of Australia’s national mobile carriers will do battle for third-generation (3G) subscribers by mid-year. Telstra introduced its cdma2000 1x network, an upgrade of its CDMA network, to consumers …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a budget of US$54 million to install a national GSM network, Siemens has won the contract with the new cell-phone operator in Colombia. The German company will …

HANNOVER, Germany-Nortel Networks issued separate announcements with two carriers, T-Mobile International and MmO2. T-Mobile selected the Brampton-Ontario-based vendor as a preferred supplier to deliver GPRS across it main markets in …

NEW DELHI, India-Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia, a joint venture of Hutchison and the Thai government’s Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), has formally rolled out its CDMA mobile-phone service in Bangkok …

The issue with U.S.-based Qualcomm has never been whether it has great technology, but whether its technology can make great market strides. Stalked by what industry watchers call either envy …

CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. …

CANNES, France-With the infrastructure market continuing to remain in the doldrums, most of the major infrastructure vendors are turning to ‘managed services’ as a fresh source of urgently needed revenue. …

DALLAS, Texas-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has demonstrated a 30-fold increase in UMTS radio capacity, using new multiple input, multiple output and multibeam smart antenna technologies. “Using these innovations, Nortel …

China’s homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry’s subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players. The Chinese government recently allocated the …

BERLIN-The wireless industry may not witness any mergers among the big vendors, according comments Rueters attributed to Frank Dunn, Nortel Networks Ltd. Chief Executive. “I don’t expect consolidation in the …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With the appointment of Mauricio Mesa Londo

LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. said European operator Connex has deployed its Passport 2000 multiservice switches, enabling convergence of its voice and data traffic onto “one, cost effective network.” The vendor described …

WASHINGTON-A coalition that has consistently fought against rules allowing for ultra-wideband technologies has fired another salvo in the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to relax …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has settled its patent dispute with Ciena Corp. in which the Brampton-Ontario-based company sued the defendant for infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. The infringement …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-According to Jaime Gros, general manager, Chilean cellular operator Smartcom PCS increased its client base and income by 50 percent during 2002 compared with the previous year, capturing …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has been selected by Asian Pacific Broadband Wireless to build what it describes as Taiwan’s first cdma2000 1x and 1xEV-DO voice and data network. …