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BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Wireless operator UbiquiTel Inc. posted what it called “extremely productive” second-quarter results, after launching initial services earlier this year. The company reported total revenue for the quarter of …

TOKYO-Japan’s dominant wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, is in talks with SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. about taking a minority stake in the combined mobile venture between the two U.S. …

In a surprise ending, six groups walked away with Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Germany at a total cost of $45.85 billion, the largest amount raised yet in a …

A long list of investors led by J.P. Morgan Capital Corp., FirstCall Telephone Corp. and the management team from former operator Triton Cellular Partners have formed a new wireless carrier. …

Austria Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria launched wireless packet data service using a GPRS core network infrastructure solution provided by Nortel Networks through its local distributor, Austria Telecommunication GmbH. Nortel …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Finnish government said it is in negotiations to sell its 52.9-percent stake in Sonera, the former state telecom monopoly, which operates the country’s largest mobile-phone network. Speculation has …

Bids in the German auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses have jumped substantially during week two, with the total bid amount standing at around $22 billion at the end …

Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls on their prepaid mobile phones when …

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. last week reiterated its confidence in its merger with German operator Deutsche Telekom as both companies’ stock values dropped since the merger announcement. By press time, the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. has taken a stake in Minnesota operator HickoryTech Corp., according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The rural carrier bought 936,110 shares, or 6.78 percent, of …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish GSM operator Telsim launched a commercial General Packet Radio Service network, four months after successfully completing technology trials. Motorola Inc.’s Network Solution Sector, along with Cisco Systems Inc., …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …

MILAN, Italy-Italian communications group Tiscali is said to be looking for a partner for its consortium to bid for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in Italy later this year. …

Just yesterday, it seems wireless carriers and resellers were at legal odds in front of the Federal Communications Commission. Resellers fought for mandatory access to carriers’ networks, while carriers battled …

The speculation started in late June. Analysts began questioning whether the mobile-handset market was going soft. Their suspicions appeared justified when the world’s largest handset vendor, Nokia Corp., said third-quarter …

NEW YORK-The Legislature of Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled a public hearing today on a bill to ban handheld wireless phone use by anyone, except emergency services workers, driving on …

NEW YORK-Global System for Mobile communications operator NetCom AB offered $3.1 billion for the total issued share capital of Societe Europeenne de Communication. The offer values each SEC B share …

MOSCOW-CDMA technology has been battling for a spot in Russia’s mobile market for two years, but it lost the war as Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, an opponent of the technology, …

WirelessNorth Personal communications services carrier WirelessNorth named David Charles president of the company. Charles served as director of operations with Montana Power Co., where he was responsible for 120 employees …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo selected NEC Corp. to supply an experimental, next-generation Internet Protocol core network system for use in mobile communications and to develop application services. NEC said …

The upcoming U.S. spectrum auctions present some interesting times for the wireless industry. Auctions in the past were more predictable, primarily reserved for veteran executives experienced in running wireless networks. …

SBC Wireless Inc. said it plans to roll out wireless Internet services by the fourth quarter and named InfoSpace Inc. as the underlying platform provider for the service. SBC carriers …

China Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Versatel Telecom International N.V. said it ceased bidding in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction, ending the award process of five licenses. The bids at the end …

Deutsche Telekom AG executives found themselves justifying the price the German company paid for Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. as it detailed the new deal to analysts last week. “The price is …