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MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia’s Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent on the previous year, the organization’s …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to …

LAS VEGAS-Personal technology retail giant Gateway Inc. launched its Mobile Wireless Solution that uses Verizon Wireless’ Express Network this week at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002. The service will …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas-NetNearU, provider of solutions for the public Internet access market, has expanded its wired and wireless public network in the consumer retail space following the finalization of contracts …

LAS VEGAS-Mobile content provider Cellus USA announced nReach will sell Cellus wireless content through its Mobile Content Kiosk. The kiosks allow consumers to order wireless content, including ringtones, logos, pictures, …

LONDON-Wireless entertainment company Digital Bridges announced it is embarking on a major Java rollout, a move that will include selling a wide array of downloadable Java applications through retail outlets, …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Wi-Fi services are burgeoning in Australia with two companies announcing the launch of commercial services this week. One of the operators, Xone, which launched an Internet zone in a …

BEIJING-China United Telecommunications Corporation launched its 11.5 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion) domestic initial public offering (IPO), the largest ever in China by number of shares and the second-largest in value, …

LA JOLLA, Calif.-IBM Corp. unveiled its new ViaVoice Translator, which the company said is an affordable consumer machine translation software that allows users to translate various languages using handheld computers. …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. rolled out Sony Ericsson’s T206 handset on its wireless network in Atlanta, Miami and Sacramento, Calif. The handset is available though MetroPCS retail outlets, Office Depot stores and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having been a late entrant into the Hungarian market, Vodafone is being forced to speed up the expansion of its cell-phone network after its rival, Pannon GSM, gave …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month waived rules until late October requiring radar detectors to reduce their emission limits intended to reduce harmful interference to very small aperture satellite …

SINGAPORE-MobileOne (M1), Singapore’s second-largest mobile operator, said it will seek an initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on the main board of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited in …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary A.S. Watson will acquire the Kruidvat Group, a European health and beauty retail business, for approximately $1.26 million, expanding ASW’s …

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.-The Smart Card Alliance announced it will hold its annual conference October 7 to 9 in Scottsdale, Ariz. U.S. government agencies, financial services firms and retail organization will …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to eliminate approximately 2,500 to 3,000 jobs in a reorganization the carrier said would better serve customers in today’s segmented marketplace. The cuts are expected to …

ARMONK, N.Y.-Technology giant IBM Corp. released an important new product the company said allows wireless device users to seamlessly roam across a variety of disparate wireless networks-including wireless local area …

GUANDONG, China-Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, the second-largest telephone manufacturer in China, announced it signed a five-year preferred customer agreement with wireless design house Cellon International, which will begin shipping Cellon-powered …

CLEVELAND-T-Mobile USA reported a partnership with United Wireless to begin selling wireless service in United Wireless’ 18 retail locations throughout Cleveland, Akron, Canton and Youngstown, Ohio.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it would begin offering its next-generation PCS Vision service through its retail stores and business channels nationwide beginning next week. Initial applications for the service …

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-Pocket PC Films formed a long-term partnership with Jon Sheinberg and The Machine, a full-service entertainment consulting company, calling for the companies to work together to build a …

LONDON-Hewlett-Packard Company launched its new wireless personal digital assistant in the United Kingdom through wireless giant Vodafone, the second device to hit European shelves running on Microsoft Corp.’s wireless-capable Pocket …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless, which launched service in the New York metropolitan area, opened its flagship store here July 11 on Fifth Avenue and East 47th Street, a few blocks from …

NEW DELHI, India-Confusion prevails over the Indian government’s order to ban the use of cellular phones at petrol outlets. The order was issued by the petroleum ministry, but nobody is …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Despite the dark shadow the depressed economy has cast on much of the U.S. wireless sector, the Consumer Electronics Association’s recently released Digital America 2002 report shows wireless device …