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TOKYO—Vodafone Group announced that its Spanish and Japanese subsidiaries completed what it called the world’s first third-generation (3G) roaming call. The call was made between an executive of Vodafone Spain, …

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 …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) equipment for several new networks in India. The first networks are scheduled to …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said Bharti Cellular has selected it to supply GSM and GPRS equipment for several new networks in India. The first networks are scheduled to start operating this month. …

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Vodafone New Zealand selected Nortel Networks to provide a packet backbone network that will connect Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and allow the carrier to offer new secure services …

BEIJING, China—China Mobile has awarded Nortel Networks a contract of about US$78 million to expand its GSM cellular network in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, and execute software upgrades in Xinjiang …

TORONTO—Com Dev International announced it is divesting its wireless division. The Cambridge, Ontario-based developer of wireless infrastructure and satellite hardware subsystems said it took a non-cash C$57.8 million (US$36.5 million) …

LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology, according to a statement. Nortel Networks said both companies …

LISBON, Portugal—Portuguese mobile carrier Optimus and equipment vendor Nortel Networks have completed live calls using UMTS Third Generation Partnership Project technology, according to a statement. Nortel Networks said both companies …

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LONDON—The London-based Investors International consortium has been named the preferred bidder for a 51-percent stake in Nigeria’s state-run Nitel. The consortium is backed by Portugal Telecom, Nortel and KPN. According …

BEIJING—Nortel Networks said it won an approximately US$18 million contract to provide optical long-haul backbone networks to enhance the speed of China Mobile’s GSM coverage and speed. “China Mobile plans …

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BUCHAREST, Romania—Hungary’s Westel began commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to its clients throughout country. Westel’s GSM network is based on Ericsson system elements in about 70 percent of the …

BRAMPTON, Ontario—Nortel Networks has named Frank A. Dunn to succeed John A. Roth as president and chief executive officer of the company effective November1. Dunn was the company’s chief financial …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks has slashed 20,000 jobs as it announced that it expected a $3.6 billion third-quarter loss, bringing its total loss for the current fiscal year to $20 billion. The …

DALLAS, United States, and STOCKHOLM, Sweden—VoiceStream Wireless signed contracts with both Nortel Networks and Ericsson for its next-generation services. Nortel said it signed a US$300 million GSM contract to upgrade …

PLANO, Texas—Cyneta Networks, a company developing a resource-aware adaptive switch, released information about its executive team, which includes former executives from Taleria Ventures, Nortel Networks and IntegraTRAK. Doug Smith, a …

DALLAS—Nortel Networks has signed a $300 million GSM contract to upgrade VoiceStream Wireless’ national networks for deployment in the first quarter of 2002. Under the pact, Nortel Networks will supply …

TORONTO—Nortel Networks Inc. said it has agreed to outsource its remaining printed circuit board assembly activities to contract electronic manufacturer SCI Systems, Inc. Nortel said the North American end of …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and colocation services. A separate agreement with Nortel Networks will provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense wave division …

LONDON-Hutchison 3G UK reported an agreement with 186k to provide a nationwide fiber optic network and co-location services, and a separate agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to provide 10-gigabits-per-second-per-channel dense …

SAN DIEGO—In an attempt to alleviate investor concerns, Cricket Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., amended its vendor-financing agreements with Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments has begun commercial shipments of its TMS320C64x Digital Signal Processor core, which operates at up to 600 MHz and consumes less than one watt of power, said …

Even as vendors grab news pages with reports of successful live calls over their third-generation networks, one piece is often left out: behind every live call is a test. And …