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DALLAS—In what might trigger a series of monster consolidations in the wireless equipment space, Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks are in talks to merge their network divisions, according to a …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As a result of the Argentine crisis, company Impsat Fiber Networks reached an agreement with its creditors to transfer all its shares to them in exchange for renegotiating …

NEW YORK—Celerica Inc., a start-up wireless infrastructure provider based in Morristown, N.J., said it has commenced a beta trial of its technology for rapid cell site deployment with Cellcom, a …

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MADRID—Telefonica Moviles SA selected Nortel Networks to supply radio access equipment for its UMTS rollouts in Germany and Spain in a contract valued at about $250 million over three years. …

ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless signed a $500 million supply agreement with Nortel Networks for GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) infrastructure upgrades in the United States, including Puerto Rico. The agreement …

NEW DELHI, India—Pak Telecom Mobile Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation offering GSM 900 MHz services under the Ufone brand in Pakistan, announced an expansion plan, including …

OTTAWA—Sprint PCS and Nortel Networks completed trials using Nortel’s CDMA smart antenna technology, which Nortel said is designed to provide double the voice capacity of Sprint’s current antenna technology using …

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless signed a supply agreement with Nortel Networks for GSM/GPRS infrastructure upgrades in the United States, including Puerto Rico. Under terms of the $500 million agreement, Nortel will continue …

OTTAWA—Sprint PCS and Nortel Networks completed trials using Nortel’s CDMA smart antenna technology, which the company said is designed to provide double the voice capacity of Sprint’s current antenna technology …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Nortel Networks said it won a $60 million GSM 900 MHz contract from Ufone in Pakistan. The expansion will increase capacity for Ufone, which has operated one year, to …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks said it has dissolved the “office of chief executive” comprising current chief executive Frank Dunn, former CEO John Roth and board executive chairman Lynton Wilson, as Roth steps …

CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial downturn the industry is currently enduring …

TORONTO—Microcell Connexions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications, signed a three-year GSM supply agreement with Nortel Networks valued at approximately $100 million for upgrades to its Canadian wireless network. …

CANNES, France—A new initiative, “European Friends of 3GPP” (EF3), was founded at this week’s 3GSM World Congress to fund the organization and support of 3GPP meetings in Europe. Alcatel, Ericsson, …

CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in France. The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it said simplifies the development of …

BERLIN—The mobile division of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, has forcefully indicated that it plans to be the first to launch third-generation (3G) services in Germany. The company announced plans to deploy …

SEOUL, South Korea— Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera’s chief executive, said his company will settle its patent dispute with Nortel Networks without rancor. “We have violated some of Nortel’s technology patents, and …

PLANO, Texas—MetaSolv Inc. announced it will purchase for $35 million in cash portions of Nortel Networks’ service commerce operation support system business. The transaction includes software assets of Architel Systems, …

HELSINKI, Finland—The three major mobile-phone and equipment makers Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola Inc. are expected to announce their fourth-quarter reports that fell short of market estimates and hint at a …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular operator Smartcom PCS has launched its 2.5-generation (2.5G) service in the city of Santiago de Chile using 1XRTT technology. Thus, Smartcom PCS follows the path initiated by …

DALLAS—Nortel Networks has filed a lawsuit accusing Kyocera Corp. of infringing on four patents covering ways wireless communications are transmitted. The lawsuit, filed Jan. 4 in the U.S. District Court …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. expects to post a pro forma net loss for the fourth quarter of 16 cents per share and an overall net loss per share from continuing operations …

MADRID, Spain-Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone’s operations in Madrid, Spain, and J-Phone in Tokyo. The calls were made with …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Corp. expects to post a pro forma net loss for the fourth quarter of 16 cents per share and an overall net loss per share from continuing operations …