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World Wide Wireless

New York Times, 2 June 1998

A new wireless phone that can operate without modification on different continents has been developed by Audiovox and the Bosch Telecom unit of Germany's Robert Bosch G.m.b.H. The phone, which will cost about $300, lets users make and receive calls in foreign countries as if they were at home; it is based on the digital technology known as global system for mobile communications (GSM), a technology that is the dominant digital wireless technology overseas, especially in Europe.

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