2003

The worldwide opportunity for mobile data and wireless games is huge, according to two new studies, but wireless carriers will need to accurately price and market the applications to take …

Two firms released different ratings on wireless vendor Lucent Technologies Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities maintained a hold rating, while Independent Research Group upgraded Lucent from sell to neutral. In a …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more. Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it intends to sell $600 million worth of senior unsecured notes with maturities in 2010 and 2013 to qualified institutional buyers in an unregistered offering. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped samples of its Mobile Station Modem chipset and system software that support cdma2000 1x, EV-DO and GSM/GPRS standards, allowing roaming among the technologies. …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Wireless asked a federal appeals court here to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling permitting mobile satellite service operators to use their frequencies to …

MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.’s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS. …

LONDON-More than 42 million consumers in Western Europe will use mobile portals by 2007, bringing the market’s value to more than $1 billion, according to research from IDC. “The growth …

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel-Tower Semiconductor Ltd. has described as “without merit” a legal action filed against it in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Korean mobile operator KTF will become a BREW Global Publisher for applications developed for Qualcomm’s BREW mobile Internet platform. The agreement authorizes KTF, which was the …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-BeamReach Networks announced an initial contract valued at $4.2 million with BSI Malaysia, a systems integrator. BSI and operator Millenium 2 Communications plan to deploy broadband wireless services in …

BEIJING-China Unicom plans to raise additional funds, and the money will likely be used to acquire more regional networks or to refinance debt, according to market watchers. Dow Jones reported …

TAMPA-Telecommunication Services Inc. (TSI) and Boingo Wireless plan to jointly promote wireless local and wide area network roaming in an effort to drive the adoption of wireless data and increase …

The Wi-Fi Alliance said eight 802.11g products from six companies have received certification from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The companies include Atheros Inc., Broadcom Corp., Intersil Corp., …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. unveiled an integrated marketing campaign that the carrier termed a “new brand position and identity using the Cellular One name” throughout its 19-state coverage area. Western …

PLANO, Texas-Technology giant EDS released its new Mobile Information Protection product, which the company said protects information stored on mobile devices, such as laptops and personal digital assistants. Analysts have …

SAN FRANCISCO-Anadigics Inc. said its board of directors has approved a stock option exchange program to help it keep its staff. “Right now probably 90 percent or more of the …

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. has added a fourth handset to its phone line-up with a new NEC model. The operator, which offers service under the brand name …

NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment company HipNTasty Inc. will provide wireless games at this summer’s Lollapalooza rock festival. HipNTasty will offer a wireless scavenger hunt through its MobileHunt engine, allowing concert attendees …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja will deploy its XMG gateway to upgrade its wireless data infrastructure to offer a new line of multimedia applications and services. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Satellite phone service provider Globalstar announced new lower rates for U.S. customers making international phone calls, which the company said makes it the least expensive satellite phone service …

NEWBURY, United Kingdom-U.K. company Cognito has launched a GPRS service called BusinessPhone that encourages users to text message other employees rather than talk directly to them and includes a personal …

Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. is expected to expand its Wi-Fi initiative into the San Francisco Bay Area this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report noted the …

Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones. The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the …

SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. said it has entered an alliance with MontaVista Software Inc. to make available an embedded Linux platform for Motorola’s i.MX1 line of application processors, which will target …