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RALEIGH, N.C.-Nando Media has launched a 24-hour news service for Internet-enabled wireless phones and pagers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.

Wireless regulation is a temporary state of affairs. Some years from now there will be very few, if any, wireless rules. This is not a bold prediction. It is a …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. has agreed to deliver 75,000 Merlin Cellular Digital Packet Data modem modules to Symbol Technologies Inc. Symbol said it plans to incorporate the modems into its …

NEW YORK-In a move that, ironically, furthers consolidation in Europe’s deregulated telecommunications market, France Telecom said May 30 it would buy Orange plc from Vodafone AirTouch plc for $38 billion …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said Motorola Inc.’s Market Solutions Division, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., will become a reseller of Orbcomm satellite communications services used in Motorola’s Spatia utility portfolio management …

Internet-enabled mobile devices are fast becoming the new playground for advertisers, since for the first time, companies don’t have to anticipate where a potential customer might go, but instead can …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Third-generation wireless revenue will increase from $4.3 billion in 2002 to $63 billion in 2007, while wireless infrastructure purchases will grow from $4 billion to $34 billion during the …

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Despite the outlook by many in the industry that paging is a market in decline, Southeastern Communications Association members are excited abut it. The group, which held its …

In an effort to encourage businesses to use palmtop personal computers as mobile access tools to enterprise systems, Palm Inc. released its HotSync Server and Microsoft Exchange Conduit solution. The …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission last week rejected the notion that new rules designed to reduce the amount consumers pay for long-distance service transfers a portion of the …

As the wireless Internet evolution develops, government should resist the temptation to bury the industry in regulations and instead, let competition for customers shape the market. In France, customer ownership …

Cimarron Technologies With the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies’ Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. said it will invest $400 million in China Unicom in its pending initial public offering. In addition, the companies will cooperate in various telecommunications activities in …

DENVER-Tracy Ford, editor of RCR, has been promoted to associate publisher of RCR and its sister publication, Global Wireless. She will continue in her duties as editor of RCR. “I …

NEW YORK-Blink.com, a provider of bookmark management and Web searching services, launched its wireless feature, Blink Mobile, the company announced. Blink Mobile will allow Blink.com’s members to use features of …

Castle Harlan Inc., a New York City-based merchant bank, pulled away from its fellow contenders last week in the race to save Iridium L.L.C. when Iridium filed a motion in …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will delay the re-auction of C-and F-block licenses to give the wireless industry time to digest rules that allow large carriers to bid, said Ari Fitzgerald, …

NASHUA, N.H.-CMG Telecommunications released version 1.2 of its WAP Service Broker, a Wireless Application Protocol portal that includes an online service and user profiling system for carriers to keep track …

The prospect of calling party pays looks like a dying one in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission appears to be backing away from the issue, and many …

BOTHELL, Wash.-Aether Systems Inc. and Data Critical Corp., which provides wireless communications to the health-care industry, signed an agreement to enter an alliance for technology integration and development, strategic marketing …

While wireless operators worldwide have formed joint ventures and made strategic acquisitions and investments, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has remained in Japan, developing wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and bringing …

WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as this week-Justice Department lawyers in the …

BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic, allowing consumers to purchase prepaid mobile …

LITTLE ROCK-Alltel Corp. signed Faith Hill to help it launch Total Freedom, its national digital wireless rate plans that eliminate all roaming and long-distance charges. The advertising and marketing campaign …

STRATFORD, Conn.-Motorola Inc. and Food Automation Service Techniques Inc. announced a solution to speed the implementation of Internet-enabled appliances in commercial kitchens. FAST said it will offer network capabilities through …