ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless said they will form a joint venture allowing both carriers to more quickly and cost effectively expand...
DENVER, United States—Verizon Wireless became the first nationwide U.S. carrier to commercially launch cdma2000 1x services this week as it unveiled its Express Network...
TORONTO—Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry pager, announced a major alliance with Motorola and Nextel Communications to develop a combined...
BEIJING—Ericsson's joint venture in the East China city of Nanjing, Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications, signed contracts worth US$120 million with Jiangsu Mobile to expand...
BEIJING—Last year, customs officers in China's southern Guangdong province seized 26,000 smuggled mobile phones, 60,000 batteries and 28,000 battery chargers.A total of 671 smuggling...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse and Texas Instruments Inc. announced Comverse's enhanced messaging services will operate on TI's OMAP platform for 2.5 and 3G wireless devices.By combining...
TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. says it has licensed the ARM926EJ-S core processor for wireless applications such as mobile phones and personal digital assistants.ARM, which provides embedded...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—Wireless data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. announced a series of drastic moves and a depressing third quarter report, news that sent the company's...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said it created a wireless group within its Mobile Solutions Partner Program to ensure that other companies' products and services work...
LOS ANGELES—The latest Econ One survey showed that costs of cell phone service in the United States dropped greatly during 2001, especially in those...
AMSTERDAM—Dutch telecommunications giant KPN will buy the remaining 22.5-percent interest in German mobile-phone operator E-Plus from U.S.-based BellSouth Corp. for about $1.06 billion in...
WAYNE, N.J.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Audible Inc. have been testing a jointly developed automated wireless download capability designed to extend Audible's content delivery...
ATLANTA—RF Solutions Inc. said it has developed a chipset technology that converges cellular networks with wireless LAN, including 802.11a,b and g.The announcement of the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Iospan Wireless Inc. received a patent for optimizing the use of multiple antennas in a wireless system, the company said January 28.The...
BEDFORD, Mass.—TechOnLine Inc. has launched Communicationsnet, an online technical resource dedicated to communications-related engineering content, including wired and wireless communications, connectivity and networking.The site...
LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to...
NEW ORLEANS—The Reynolds and Reynolds Co. entered an agreement with Hewlettt-Packard Co. to deliver a telematics vehicle lifecycle management solution, which will consist of...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association is urging the Federal Communications Commission against a mandate for wireless local number portability (LNP)."In the matter...
TORONTO—Mobile-commerce company 724 Solutions Inc. announced earnings in line with its revised guidance, but the news didn't do much to bolster investor confidence. The...
RESTON, Va.—Following its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced its stock will trade on an over-the-counter bulletin board system....
MONTREAL—Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced several financial moves it has taken as part of its overall recapitalization plan announced last November.The company has given...
HAYWARD, Calif.—AvantGo Inc. announced it won its first patent, which covers technology for synchronizing content between a device and a server over a wireless...
HELSINKI, Finland—Wireless gaming companies Codeonline Ltd. and Springtoys Inc. announced they will merge through a share swap, a move the companies said will better...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission announced it will hold an auction for licenses in the 698-746 MHz (the Lower...
