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Signifying a strategic shift away from infrastructure manufacturing, Nortel Networks Ltd. reached an agreement last week to divest certain production operations and related activities in Canada and Brazil as well …

LONDON-Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country’s major cities. The company’s French subsidiary will launch 3G service this fall. …

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier’s plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. Cingular noted …

When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said …

Sun Microsystems Inc. made several announcements at last week’s JavaOne show in San Francisco, including a new version of the Java platform and two carrier partnerships. “Java powers 1.7 billion …

LONDON-Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country’s major cities. The company’s French subsidiary will launch 3G service this fall. …

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier’s plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. In addition …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish wireless carrier TeliaSonera announced it launched a streaming music service from Sony Corp., following up on an agreement between the two companies first announced in March at the …

It appears Hewlett-Packard Co. is gearing up to enter the smart-phone market with a new iPAQ personal digital assistant that features a quad-band GSM/GPRS radio. According to documents filed with …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Visto announced it launched a new wireless e-mail product called Visto Mobile, which is based on technology the company acquired through its purchase of ViAir …

Nokia Corp. announced a new licensing deal with NTP Inc. for wireless e-mail technology, a move that paves the way for Nokia to sell BlackBerry-capable products in the United States, …

Nokia Corp.’s bid to buy Psion plc’s stake in operating system company Symbian moved one step closer to fruition as the German authority Bundeskartellamt approved the transaction. The move now …

MUMBAI, India-Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will score an upfront payment of $27 million thanks to an expanded licensing deal with handset maker Sanyo Electric Co. InterDigital’s stock …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it scored its ninth i-mode carrier partner as Greek operator Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications SA announced it will launch the wireless Internet service on its GPRS network. …

SAN DIEGO-The first major casualty in the declining market for personal digital assistants appears to be Sony Corp., which said it won’t release any new Clie PDAs in the United …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has extended the scope of its EDGE-based high-speed wireless data service to south Florida, providing customers with access to network speeds of up to 170 kilobits per …

New research shows the worldwide smart-phone market continues to grow, while sales of handheld computers decline, but that regional differences make for a jumbled marketplace. “These regional differences can have …

Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe last week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various …

Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, …

DETROIT-Telematics company Aeris.net announced it will offer a digital machine-to-machine communications service using wireless modules from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. The service will run on Aeris.net’s CDMA Digital MicroBurst service …

Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe this week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various …

Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced a new certification program to provide a single testing process for all Symbian-based applications. The move is an effort to smooth out the creation …

Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a …

LOS ANGELES-Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show, and wireless players shared in the enthusiasm. Indeed, …