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U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data …

Australia ACCC, Australia’s corporate regulator, rejected Telstra Corp.’s proposed terms and conditions for other carriers to interconnect with its analog and digital mobile networks. The decision followed another decision by …

Several global telecommunications players announced alliances or considerations for mergers during the last few weeks. AT&T and British Telecom announced a strategic alliance designed to create seamless mobile communications services …

NEW ORLEANS-Standards bodies met with the International Telecommunication Union last week to prepare the detailed specifications of third-generation mobile-phone technology. The ITU is trying to find the best way to …

Moving on its promise to step up promotion of Time Division Multiple Access technology worldwide, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium said it recently met with Chinese government officials to promote …

The need to add a wireless play in global telecommunications alliances became clearer last week as AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc announced a strategic alliance designed to create seamless …

U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data …

Handsets Nokia Nokia announced a new NMT 450 analog handset, to be available in the third quarter, that features true 3-volt technology and the Nokia NaviKey concept. The Nokia 640 …

Amid increased media publicity over capacity problems in its New York City market, AT&T Wireless Services granted contracts to Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks that calls for the vendors to …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a feature enhancement that increases the battery life of Time Division Multiple Access digital mobile phones. The software, refined by Bell Labs, turns down transmitter power …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Telecom New Zealand announced it will adopt cdmaOne technology, but keep investing in its Time Division Multiple Access network. The company said it will continue to invest in …

BOSTON-Smart cards are poised to move beyond their role in identifying Global System for Mobile communications subscribers, due to momentum outside wireless and beyond U.S. borders. The challenge both for …

The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, a group of more than 100 Time Division Multiple Access and Wireless Intelligent Network vendors and operators, appointed Sheila Mickool its new president. Mickool has …

Phone.com Inc.’s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners. The conference was designed to act as a meeting point for …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-According to “World TDMA Digital Cellular Infrastructure Equipment Markets,” a recent report compiled by Frost & Sullivan, Time Division Multiple Access markets are expected to see a compound …

Latin America Cellular/personal communications services handset shipments to Latin America showed a significant technology shift from analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to digital Time Division Multiple Access technology during the …

Handsets Kyocera Kyocera plans to begin marketing at the end of July in Japan its VP-210 VisualPhone, a PHS phone with a built-in camera that can transmit and receive images …

Alcatel Austria. With Tele.ring for its new GSM 1800 network. Value: US$298 million Ericsson Brazil. With Telecom Italia Mobile to expand its TDMA network. Value: US$100 million China. With China …

MEXICO CITY-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. They’re some of the smallest countries in the world, but at the same time, they’re actively participating in the Latin …

TORONTO-You could call it short-term pain for long-term gain. At least that’s what the Canadian wireless carriers must be hoping. They’re rapidly winning new customers, but at a cost to …

WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in June in Beijing approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European CDMA technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, paving the way …

L.M. Ericsson wants the industry to know it plans to become a formidable contender in the cdmaOne infrastructure business. It’s been more than a month since the company completed its …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus ’99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year …

NEW YORK-In a move that will give it 1,000-megahertz local multipoint communication systems licenses in nearly every Canadian city, the MaxLink Communications Group of Companies has acquired two divisions of …

PHOENIX-Phoenix-based AG Communications Systems, a Lucent Technologies Inc. subsidiary, announced the general availability of its ROAMEO Time Division Multiple Access wireless office telephone system. The company said U.S. Cellular Corp., …