September 2004

NEW YORK-Mobile marketing company Enpocket appointed Mike Baker as president and chief operating officer, the company announced Monday. Baker, a former executive vice president at Engage Technologies Inc. and former …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Monday the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Internet Protocol networking vendor UTStarcom launched a service allowing Chinese wireless users to send and receive text messages between carriers, the company announced Monday, furthering the competition between the …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed Clent Richardson as its new chief marketing officer. Richardson will oversee the vendor’s marketing organization covering brand development and management, online presence, solutions …

CHICAGO-BridgePort Networks said it has received $25 million in a series B financing. The company, which makes solutions for mobile to Voice over Internet Protocol roaming network convergence, said the …

MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc. this week plans to release a new solution to automate the testing of Palm OS Garnet devices and Palm OS 4 devices with the TestQuest Pro test automation …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems and a majority of its current …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. today announced the addition of the ORiNOCO AP-700 entry-level Wi-Fi access point to its product line. The new access point was designed with small to medium-size business …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone operator, last week affirmed a record $12 million fine against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for …

LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or “Cellular Music Decks,” according to new research from Strategy Analytics. “Music …

No matter what you call them-ringtones, true tones, master tones, hi-fi ringers-mobile music downloads are producing huge revenues. After a few years of market trials and quiet experimentation, ringtones took …

WASHINGTON-The wireless and public-safety communities lost another battle for 700 MHz spectrum to the powerful TV broadcasting lobby. Last week started out well: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the …

WASHINGTON-Tim Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc., said Thursday morning Nextel finds nothing in the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve public-safety 800 MHz interference that it opposes …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian messaging software developer Voice Mobility International Inc. raised $1.6 million in private placement. Mobility offered 2.5 million units consisting of one common share and one-half of one …

POLAND Lucent Technologies Inc. has collaborated with Novatel Wireless to supply third-generation UMTS PC card modems to Polish wireless carrier PTC. The operator said it has received initial shipments of …

PalmSource Inc.’s results for the first quarter fiscal year 2005 show increased revenues, much-improved net losses and growing smart-phone shipments. The company recorded revenues of $18.2 million compared with $17.1 …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—InterDigital Communications Corp. this week announced it has entered a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp. The agreement covers terminal units and infrastructure compliant …

LONDON—Lucasfilm Ltd. and European operator Orange will partner to bring Stars Wars to mobile phones. Beginning this week, Orange customers can download images, film clips, ring tones and true tones …

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia government Thursday showed off its public-safety wireless network as it urged Congress to allocate 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band to public …

WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Chicago has decided to reconsider an employment discrimination lawsuit against Cingular Wireless L.C.C. that was thrown out of court two weeks ago. In addition to U.S. …

TORONTO—MDSI Mobile Data Solutions eliminated 30 workers in an effort to trim operating costs by $3 million a year, the software developer announced Thursday. The Richmond, British Columbia, company will …

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed legislation to distribute universal-service subsidies more uniformly, but the legislation is not expected to become law. “There are 18 of you on this committee that …

Nortel Networks Ltd and UTStarcom are on two sides of a stormy boat: Both multinational vendors face accounting travails and both are still gaining contracts, and both are convinced they …

OSLO, Norway—Norwegian wireless carrier Telenor said it will have its EDGE upgrade in place by end-2005. The carrier decided to upgrade to EDGE technology earlier this year. “The upgrade has …

U.S. Cellular Corp. entered a definitive agreement to sell its 20-megahertz PCS license covering Daytona Beach, Fla., to MetroPCS Inc. for $8.5 million. U.S. Cellular said the sale was consistent …