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MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra has conducted preliminary trials of its new Nortel Networks-designed CDMA mobile network amid nagging disquiet and confusion in some rural quarters about the closure of the analog network. …

Germany InterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany. According to the …

Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding that, if fulfilled, will license Glenayre to manufacture all Motorola’s paging infrastructure-effectively heralding Motorola’s exit from the paging infrastructure …

WASHINGTON-House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) last week sternly questioned the Federal Communications Commission’s consideration of cost as a factor in arbitrating a long-running dispute between the Justice …

NEW YORK-Despite the current slowdown in Asian, Latin American and Russian markets, the United States has taken a commanding lead in industries most important to the global economy during the …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-On March 31, Omnipoint Corp. received $100 million from Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. and $25 million from Nortel Networks after signing an agreement with the two …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is stalling on a lawsuit against the federal government over the implementation of the digital wiretap act. Briefs in the case were due today, but late last …

Sandwiched between ads meant to tempt consumers into buying everything from vitamins to sport utility vehicles, new TV ads from Nortel Networks are meant to attract anyone but consumers. The …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The Integrated Network Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks announced plans to deliver enhanced voice messaging and call management services by combining Nortel’s DMS-10, DMS-100 and DMS-500 …

AO PAULO, Brazil-Samsung in mid-March opened its first manufacturing operations for cellular handsets outside of South Korea. The company began manufacturing a Code Division Multiple Access handset for the Brazil …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. said it successfully demonstrated circuit-switched wireless data delivery at a connection speed of 14.4 kilobits per second on its Global System for Mobile communications network …

WASHINGTON-Nortel Networks last week confirmed it signed a letter of intent with the Department of Justice to develop a Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act-compliant solution. Attorney General Janet Reno …

NEW YORK-RadiSys closed March 1 on a $28 million purchase of IBM Corp.’s Arctic business, the first of up to 10 acquisitions the Hillsboro, Ore., company plans during the next …

OTTAWA, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it has developed and demonstrated an order of magnitude increase in the coverage radius of 800 MHz cdmaOne base stations to improve the economics of rural …

WASHINGTON-Just when it appeared the United States and China were on the verge of a major trade agreement promising huge wireless export opportunities and Chinese membership in the World Trade …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice has signed a letter of intent with a telecommunications manufacturer to buy software and give it to carriers to implement the digital wiretap act, Attorney General …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc., among others, have joined to create a standard that will allow users to access Web-based information via mobile or landline …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Several technology companies announced they have created an alliance to develop an interface connecting consumer and small-business appliances to Internet services, called the Open Service Gateway specification. Its backers …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University is working to set a research agenda that will facilitate deployment of General Packet Radio Service, a new wave in wireless …

U.S. Global System for Mobile communications carriers took a financial beating in 1998, but analysts expect 1999 to look brighter for these carriers as they look to butter up their …

CANNES, France-ESAT Digifone of Ireland announced it signed a $45 million supply agreement with Nortel Networks to expand the capacity, coverage and services of its wireless network. Nortel Networks will …

NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, announced a new services initiative designed to help large enterprises “rapidly transform their existing networks into adaptive, next-generation networks necessary for … a global, Internet-driven …

NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., parent of personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc., began a second round of serious discussions in January with potential strategic equity investors, said the corporation’s chairman …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications …