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BARRIE, Ontario-Expertech Network Installation Inc. acquired the Canadian installation team of the Nortel Networks Global Customer Care Services organization. In addition, the companies have signed a multi-year service agreement whereby …

CANCUN, Mexico-The big push to interoperate GSM and TDMA standards is well under way, allowing customers using either standard to roam around the world and giving U.S. TDMA operators a …

BCE Inc., Canada’s largest telecommunications company, finished the spinoff of its stake in telecommunications equipment supplier Nortel Networks Corp., closing a transaction valued at approximately $59 billion. BCE distributed its …

Chile Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. formed a joint-venture company in Chile to deploy communication and location services. The new company, Ubinet Telecom S.A., will offer two-way messaging, car and personal …

GENEVA-Despite the best efforts of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General Yoshio Utsumi, the reform process designed to drag the 135-year-old telecommunications standardization body into the 21st century has once …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-In early January, by starting operations as a “mirror” company of fixed-line carriers Telefonica and Telemar, Vesper faced a challenge in the Brazilian market. The company planned to …

As the thought of delivering multimedia services on wireless devices gains more attention, the Wireless Multimedia Forum aims to ensure interoperability among wireless multimedia protocols. PacketVideo Inc. last month established …

Verizon Wireless, now the country’s largest operator, said it will begin field trials of cdma2000 1XRTT technology with Lucent Technologies Inc. in June, and follow with a rollout of the …

WASHINGTON-Acknowledging that equipment is not widely available, the Federal Communications Commission is giving carriers advice on how to file for extensions if they cannot meet the June 30 deadline to …

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks Corp. reported company revenue increased during first-quarter 2000,. from $4.2 billion in 1999 to $6.3 billion. Including acquisition-related costs and one-time gains and charges, Nortel recorded a …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks announced an agreement to acquire all of the common shares of Architel Systems Corp., a provider of software systems to Internet service providers, for an estimated $395 million …

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc, signed a letter of intent to purchase $500 million in wireless and optical equipment from Nortel …

The FBI, Bell Atlantic Network Services and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a set of agreements to help facilitate the deployment of the digital wiretap act. The FBI signed a similar …

WASHINGTON-With prospects uncertain for securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference next month in Turkey and apparent concerns about the Clinton administration’s commitment on that score, U.S. wireless …

ATIS The members of Standards Committee T1, a telecommunications network standards development organization sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, chose leaders for its full committee and six technical …

Sprint PCS last week announced its first voice call over 1XRTT technology, a third-generation solution for Code Division Multiple Access technology operators. The call is the first phase of a …

Aether Systems Inc. launched a $15 million national television and print advertising and branding campaign last week in support of its growing wireless data systems and services business. The “Wireless …

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show. PCIA …

The Personal Communications Industry Association stands at a huge crossroads, once again trying to reinvent itself. Though it may have had its best fiscal year in history in 1999, PCIA …

One press article after another has asserted that the European Union’s single standards regime for wireless services has given Europe an enormous “lead” over the United States. These stories, however, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless broadband network provider Nextlink Communications Inc. announced at the 2000 Broadband Wireless World Forum held in San Francisco last week that it has selected Nortel Networks’ Reunion ATM-based …

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 1,600 people converged on San Francisco last week to confirm what most attendees already knew-wireless broadband is going to be big. The Second Annual Broadband World Wireless …

Star One AG, a Germany-based wireless broadband telecommunications company, received $72 million in its second round of funding from investors headed by Incepta International. Star One was awarded 158 license …

NEW YORK-Last May, 25 technology companies established the ASP Industry Consortium, Wakefield, Mass., to accomplish a delicate but important mission. Bring some order to the burgeoning and somewhat chaotic application …

Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its definition, applications and implications elusive to …