2003

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software inked an agreement with T-Mobile International for Infowave’s wireless messaging product. The technology will be part of T-Mobile’s new Instant E-mail service for smart phones in …

The 2003 JavaOne Conference is witnessing a collision of giants, as Sun Microsystems and IBM Corp. are pushing their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported that six Sprint PCS affiliates are deploying its PacketStar 4500 Multiservice Media Gateway, which Lucent said will allow the carriers to reduce costs by …

MOSCOW-LogicaCMG said it reached an agreement with Russian operator Mobile TeleSystems to deploy multimedia-messaging services in the Moscow region. MTS will use LogicaCMG’s MMS center as part of its MMS …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-COM Inc. released the P-800 portable radio for the OpenSky network. The Internet Protocol-based digital two-way radio operates on trunked and conventional systems for voice and data. “Its ability …

Telecom Italia Mobile has become the first European operator to publicly state its commitment to EDGE technology, according to international press reports. The reports said the largest Italian mobile operator …

PARIS-European company Musiwave has signed deals with Sony Music Europe and several independent record labels for its technology and services. The Sony agreement will make available to mobile phones Sony …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced the underwriters of its $1.525 billion offering of convertible senior debt have exercised an over-allotment option to acquire an additional $105.5 million of the …

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 …

GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union, the international standards body, said it formed a relationship with the Consumer Electronics Association to work together on wireless and mobile communications, multimedia technologies and cable …

The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced an all-stock, $169 million plan to acquire rival Handspring Inc. Industry luminaries …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a five-year contract to outsource its information technology infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard Co. HP will provide IT services for Ericsson’s operations worldwide. The memorandum …

A certain RCR Wireless News reporter based in D.C. who shall remain nameless likes to hold onto her stories for a little bit before turning them in to be edited. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it launched a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device, as well as introduced new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device. …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name. Visto provides personal and corporate mobile access solutions. …

Time was when all roads led to Baltimore federal court, where U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake oversees everything from elevator operations to cell-phone health suits. Blake, appointed administrative judge in …

A recently completed Federal Communications Commission paging spectrum auction generated about $2.4 million for a total of 2,832 licenses, numbers that come nowhere near the billions spent on other wireless …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced AAT Communications Corp. will purchase 122 towers in Wisconsin for $43 million, the last chunk of the 801 towers indicated in the purchase agreement …

Highlighting its major stake in the in-building arena, SpectraSite Inc. is making an unusual move for a tower company, directly marketing its infrastructure to the consumer. The company’s “Talk On” …

Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From …

LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom’s major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2. The supermarket will offer branded mobile services to the …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Billing and customer-care provider Convergys Corp. said it signed an agreement with billing customer Sprint PCS to support the carrier’s migration from Convergys’ legacy billing system to an …

DENVER-The next phase in the push-to-talk wars is expected to begin in less than a month as industry sources claim Verizon Wireless will launch its PTT offering in most major …