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NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. and Japanese trading group Itochu have readjusted their ownership schemes in a consortium led by Spain’s Telefonica, which successfully bid for Brazilian A-band cellular operator …

WASHINGTON-An amendment that had the potential to change the outcome of the C-block auction has been killed. The C-block personal communications services amendment was attached to a slamming bill forwarded …

The campaigning efforts in Washington, D.C., are set to heat up within the next few months as the International Telecommunication Union enters the decision-making process for third-generation technology. The CDMA …

Let the battle for the high-end mobile phone users begin. Sprint Spectrum L.P. late last week introduced three new all-inclusive national pricing plans that eliminate roaming and long-distance fees on …

LONDON-Orange plc said it will offer the equivalent of any competitor’s digital package on its network under a new program called the Orange Value Promise. The U.K.-based operator has studied …

British Telecommunications plc announced plans to acquire a 23.49 percent stake in South Korean mobile operator LG Telecom. The company said it will spend about $392.1 million for the stake. …

NEW YORK-Long Distance International Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced Oct. 1 a merger with Stockholm-based NETnet International S.A. that will add 90,000 business customers to LDI’s portfolio in Europe, of …

HEWLETT PACKARD A complete test solution for installing and maintaining radio-frequency infrastructure systems for Cellular Digital Packet Data and mobile data base station equipment was introduced by Hewlett-Packard Co. at …

Price Communications Corp.’s president Robert Price said his company is not pursuing a merger agreement with Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. despite recent reports that suggested the company might be interested …

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced plans to commence beta trials of its digital voice paging technology with Mexican paging provider Digitel. OmniVoice’s technology allows paging subscribers to send text and …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Software companies Mobile Systems International and Metapath Software Corp. last week announced plans to merge in an effort to help carriers create “customer-adaptive” networks. “Bringing these two companies together …

CANADA Rogers Cantel Inc. said its prepaid offering will be sold by Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix under a new retail agreement between the companies. “Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go” will …

NEW YORK-Paris-based France Telecom Group reported Sept. 17 that its Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers totaled 4.26 million at the end of August, giving it a 51-percent market …

Seventy years ago, the mobile radio industry was born when the Detroit Police Department installed the first one-way radios in their squad cars. Today there are approximately 19 million two-way …

INDIANAPOLIS-KG Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a wireless network operator in Taiwan, selected Brightpoint Inc. to provide inventory management and fulfillment services for handsets, accessories and prepaid cards to be retailed through …

Investors are nervous when it comes to pricing competition in the mobile industry. Just look at the effects of a Wall Street Journal article in April that described the competitive …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it won a $53 million contract to expand the Global System for Mobile communications network in China’s Sichuan province. Motorola CIG will …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its French subsidiary, Regiocom SA, has acquired S3RP, the specialized mobile radio operations of Bouyges marketed under the brand name Orbicom, making it the only …

Wireless operators seem to be reacting to AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate plan, but have fallen short of offering plans that mimic AT&T’s. As reported by RCR Aug. …

Reuters reported the Turkish Transport Minister said the country plans to offer two new Global System for Mobile communications licenses at 1800 MHz to complement the existing GSM 900 MHz …

VENEZUELA Nokia Corp. was awarded a multi-year contract valued at up to $105 million to supply a turnkey 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network to Corporacion Digitel C.A. …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded two contracts valued at $38.8 million to replace another vendor’s existing cellular Global System for Mobile communications networks and to expand …

HOUSTON-Tadiran Microwave Networks was awarded a contract from a cellular company in the Russian Federation to provide high-frequency radios to expand a Global System for Mobile communications network in Moscow. …

While the short-term forecast for wireless operators in financially troubled parts of the world could be turbulent, carriers remain optimistic the wireless industry will weather the current financial crisis without …

Sweden-based L.M. Ericsson said it has found no reason to believe the current W-CDMA 3G standard chosen by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute would infringe on any valid intellectual property …