August 2003

Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture. Nokia Corp. said it and Psion plc have begun procedures …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG named Ian Moyes as the new head of its mobile-phone segment, one of its five divisions within Siemens Mobile. Rudi Lamprecht, head of Siemens Mobile and member …

T-Mobile USA Inc. will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell its camera phones, messaging features and …

BERLIN, Germany-Philips Consumer Electronics and T-Com, Deutsche Telekom AG’s fixed-networks division, will cooperate to develop the market for broadband wireless home networks, connected devices and value-added broadband-connected entertainment and communications …

LOS ANGELES-Wireless2Web has launched a licensing program for its newly patented LinkPush technologies, potentially benefiting handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, wireless application service providers, Internet service providers, e-mail providers and software …

SPOKANE, Wash.-Acterna Corp. announced it plans to sell its subsidiary Itronix Corp., which develops rugged mobile computing systems, to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. “We believe that the opportunity …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless consumers who use text messaging represent a target market for the music industry, according to research from SMS.ac Inc., a mobile community that includes approximately 10 million registered …

NEW YORK-A claim from NCR Corp. that Palm Inc. and Handspring Inc. violated its patents in their handheld computers has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The …

WASHINGTON-A Michigan state judge has approved a settlement of a class-action suit against Verizon Wireless entitling about 2 million mobile-phone users in the Detroit area to free airtime and other …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. and Kathrein-Werke KG will cross license their relevant patents related to remote electrical downtilt antenna technology so both companies can offer the technology. The technology allows …

MEXICO CITY-Continuing its buying spree, Mexico-based mobile operator America Movil said its $625 million offer to acquire Brazilian mobile operator BCP was accepted. Telemar Norte Leste has an option to …

Wireless customers unhappy with their carriers’ customer care are more likely to switch service providers, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2003 Wireless Customer Care Performance Study. The group found …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Kazakhstan operator Altel signed a CDMA2000 1x contract for a nationwide network under a $30 million deal. The contract includes Ericsson’s total CDMA2000 network solution, the …

BERLIN, Germany-Daewoo Electronics is making its debut in wireless home entertainment products using ViXs Systems’ XCode video processor and Matrix dual-channel 802.11a chipsets. Daewoo said it is working with ViXs …

SAN FRANCISCO-MetroPCS Inc. said its customers now can access the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s 511 service, which provides transportation information in the San Francisco Bay area. MTC introduced the free service …

Intel Corp. this week announced plans to build a $375 million assembly and test plant in western China’s Sichuan province and a research and development center for digital home and …

Continuing the string of announcements surrounding the potentially lucrative Chinese market during the past few weeks, Siemens AG and Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co. said they will join forces to …

BEIJING-Nokia introduced its first CDMA phone for the Chinese market, the 2280, during a signing ceremony between Nokia, operator China Unicom and China Putian, the exclusive distributor for the Nokia …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to profitability. “It was a tough day,” …

WASHINGTON-A federal arbitrator has denied Verizon Wireless’ effort to block organized labor from running ads critical of the No. 1 mobile-phone carrier and holding public demonstrations in front of its …

MOSCOW-An announcement by Russian operator VimpelCom today could potentially change the landscape of the Russian mobile market. VimpelCom said it agreed that its major shareholder, Alfa Group, would buy an …

IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless said it has launched what it describes as the world’s first drive-test and in-building-test solution called Seven.Five for CDMA2000 1x. “Our test system includes a sophisticated single-board …

WASHINGTON-After settling with the federal government and admitting to more than $11 billion in accounting misdeeds, WorldCom Inc., parent to SkyTel Paging and recipient of a contract to build a …

IRVINE, Calif.-NEC Corp. said it has granted Hop-On a worldwide license to make, have made, use, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of wireless devices under its GSM and GPRS patent …

BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture a new wireless device. The offer challenges ACE*COMM’s …