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APEC countries Trade ministers from the 18 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies endorsed the completion of a mutual recognition arrangement for telecom equipment conformity assessment covering about US$45 billion …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly. The …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp. For an upfront payment of …

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Companies …

TOKYO-The Japanese government has begun development work for a 40-billion-yen (US$317 million) futuristic mobile communications system using a geostationary satellite. If the technology is adopted by cellular carriers, handheld satellite …

DENVER, United States-Competition in the world’s cdmaOne handset markets is expected to heat up this year as more countries deploy commercial systems and manufacturers battle it out for market share. …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it will provide Nokia Mobile Phones’ 9000i Communicator smart phone to its subscribers in Canada. Microcell is a Canadian personal communications services provider using Global …

WOOD BRIDGE, N.J.-Ram Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it will join with Microsoft Corp. to familiarize programmers with applications development for the Windows CE platform by distributing some 25,000 compact …

Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two …

Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron’s responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while …

The technology wars aren’t over until the new universal, third generation worldwide standard is developed. Two prominent institutions are pushing the development of such a standard-the International Telecommunication Union in …

When confronted with the question of why there is no radio frequency radiation bioeffects research after four years and $15 million, embattled Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. head Dr. George Carlo …

Geoworks’ operating system is the foundation for Toshiba Corp.’s Genio PCV100 Pocket Communicator. The companies said it is the first product to have wireless Web browsing capability. Initially targeted for …

The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn’t intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp. “Look how many have exited in recent years, like Clarion, Sharp, …

NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel …

Toshiba Corp. will throw its bowler into Europe’s GSM ring. The company’s subsidiary, Toshiba Information Systems UK Ltd., announced it will introduce its first cellular handset to operate on Global …

Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet announced members of its personal communications services consortium may obtain wireless rechargeable battery packs, power cords, hands-free kits and other wireless accessories for resale from Direct Power Plus …

Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola’s FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai. Guomai has close to 1 million …

WASHINGTON-At a time when Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. is scraping for cash to determine whether pocket telephones pose a potential public health risk, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is pumping …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace. “It’s going to …

A U.S. battery manufacturer has announced it will produce lithium ion batteries for wireless telecommunications devices, delving into a market previously dominated by Japanese companies such as Sony Battery and …

WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen. The company …

Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years …