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INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced one of its North American subsidiaries entered an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. under which Brightpoint will sell Nextel’s mobile handsets and accessories and manage the return …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. has agreed to acquire the remaining 44.2 percent in BellSouth Carolina PCS it does not already own, including the 20-percent equity interest held by DukeNet Communications and the …

WASHINGTON-The Digital Divide will only grow if the Broadband Internet Access Act is not passed this year, said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). There is no reason the bill can’t be …

Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting who found existing wireless enablement solutions …

The Brazilian government’s decision to auction spectrum in the 1800 MHz band was thought to be a shoo-in for GSM technology. GSM technology has gained big economies of scale around …

While the wireless communications industry is hung up on getting more information to people no matter where they are, Categoric Software is taking a different approach, allowing customers to choose …

Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate speeds up to 144 kilobits per …

STOCKHOLM-CellPoint Inc. said its subsidiary, Unwire, signed an agreement with the German systems integrator PhoneTrans AG to supply PhoneTrans with a minimum of 24,000 telematics terminals. In the vending machine …

China and CDMA technology have attempted marriage about as many times as Elizabeth Taylor. Now it appears the Chinese government again has given the green light to China Unicom to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China’s first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes an IP backbone network for voice …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced the availability of three $1,000 annual scholarships for students attending the University of California, San Diego Extension’s certificate program in CDMA Engineering. The …

WASHINGTON-The House constitution subcommittee last week passed a bill that strengthens the standard by which law enforcement can get cell-phone tracking information. Today, law enforcement obtains tracking information by telling …

Joe Lieberman is much more than Al Gore’s running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket. The Connecticut senator is also a serious observer of the mobile phone-cancer debate. In addition …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

NEW YORK-The best is yet to be in the conjunction of wireless and the Internet, and that means plenty of opportunity, said Lior E. Yahalomi, managing partner of CMGI @Ventures. …

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp. has joined the Mobile Electronic Signature Consortium, a group of more than 25 organizations from the wireless, electronic commerce and security sectors focused on defining a worldwide …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a High Data Rate infrastructure, royalty-bearing equipment license agreement with Korea’s Kisan Telecom Co. Ltd., granting Kisan a license to develop, manufacture and sell wireless HDR …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Centura Software Corp. and Handango Inc. have partnered to provide mobile solutions to the enterprise market. Under the agreement, Handango will provide mobile devices, network connectivity and software …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

Geoworks Corp. fired the latest round in its battle with Phone.com Inc. last week, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to bar the import of wireless phones from Sanyo Electric …

LOS ANGELES-Palm Inc. has agreed to supply CreSenda Wireless Inc. with Palm Vx devices and operating system software, which CreSenda will brand and use to market its WirelessRealty residential real …

ATLANTA-NetBank, an Internet-only bank, has chosen Air2Web Inc. to wirelessly enable its banking services, such as accessing account balances, and viewing recent checking and money market transactions.

HONG KONG-AU-System, a mobile Internet consultant firm, has entered a strategic relationship with Baltimore Technologies Inc. to develop secure m-commerce solutions. The agreement has AU-System licensing and integrating Baltimore’s Telepathy …

NEW YORK-As part of its evolutionary path, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to offer EDGE services in the United States by mid- to late 2001, said Michael Bamburak, vice president …

Computing industry giant Compaq Computer Corp. has jumped on the wireless bandwagon in a big way with last week’s announcement that it has agreed to offer its popular ProLiant server …