Monthly Archives: September, 2004

Millicom sells stake in Argentine company

NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular said it sold its 65-percent holding in Millicom Argentina, a high-speed wireless data joint venture, to its local partner after...

Vodafone launches Greek Wi-Fi network

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said it has supplied a network of wireless local area networks for Greek operator Vodafone Panafon to allow the carrier to...

New distracted driver suit filed in Illinois

WASHINGTON—A new suit filed in Illinois state court alleges a driver talking on a cell phone hit and injured a woman crossing the street,...

Nokia launches phone targeted at business users

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. has launched the Nokia 6670 imaging smart phone for mobile professionals around the world.The Symbian operating system-based GSM phone will come...

Webraska to locate Toyota in-car wireless service

PARIS—Webraska Mobile Technologies announced its SmartZone Navigation solution will power the navigation offering in Toyota France’s Toyota Hub consumer telematics services portal, expected to...

Dobson to buy Mich. PCS licenses from bankrupt carrier

Telecommunications-focused investment bank Waller Capital Corp. reported that its client RFB Cellular Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. to...

Sierra Wireless to supply 1x modules to Symbol

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless said it has agreed to supply Symbol Technologies’ mobile computers with its CDMA2000 1x modules.The modules, known as EM3420, will...

T-Mobile begins sales of Sidekick II

Danger Inc. has made its Hiptop II device available as the T-Mobile Sidekick II at T-Mobile stores.The new version of the Sidekick, which was...

Cingular, Triton formalize asset swap

ATLANTA-Following up on a non-binding letter of intent regarding the exchange of operations signed in early July, Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T Wireless Services Inc....

Sprint PCS content speaks up with Audible deal

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS will team with Audible Inc. to offer spoken audio content to the carrier's Vision subscribers.Audible, an Internet-based source of audio...

MDM acquires Cutting Edge Software

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Software developer Mobile Digital Media (MDM) acquired Cutting Edge Software and its Quickoffice suite of applications for handheld devices, the companies announced...

Cricket selects Comverse MMSC

SAN DIEGO-Cricket Communications Inc. will deploy Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center to offer content to its 1.5 million customers.In addition to offering content to...

Cingular, Sprint add to handset portfolios

Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS both launched new handsets Wednesday.LG Mobile Phones and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. have launched the new L1400 camera phone.The clamshell-style...

Nokia launches content filter to carriers

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. will launch a product designed to help parents protect children from unwanted content and services on their handsets.Nokia Intelligent Content Delivery,...

Simpay payment solutions emerge

DUBLIN, Ireland-M-commerce moved a step closer to becoming reality with two separate announcements this week.Payment software company Valista announced Orange has chosen its payment...

Vodafone announces plans for 10 new 3G phones: Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Sharp, Sony Ericsson phones selected

Vodafone announced plans for 10 new third-generation handsets expected to hit the European and Japanese markets in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season.The...

Verizon to launch new EV-DO markets Monday

Verizon Wireless said it plans to extend its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network coverage to 11 new markets and eight airports in six additional markets,...

MeshNetworks garners experimental licenses at 2.5, 4.9 GHz

MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks Inc. said it has received a new experimental license from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy a number of fixed and mobile...

Tecore makes available switching platform

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Wireless Systems said it has rolled out a mobile switching platform known as AirCore SoftMSC for tier-one carriers with GSM, CDMA and...

T-Mobile, Verizon to participate in emergency alert pilot project

WASHINGTON-House Democrats today criticized the Bush administration for delays in modernizing the nation's emergency warning system, but a homeland security official told lawmakers progress...

Senate action could allow broadcasters to keep 700 MHz spectrum indefinitely

WASHINGTON-The 700 MHz spectrum situation just got worse. The Senate Commerce Committee voted 13-9 Wednesday to possibly never require TV broadcasters to return spectrum...

Senate committee narrowly passes 411 legislation

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday narrowly passed legislation meant to protect the privacy of wireless consumers if the industry goes forward with a planned...

InHand releases reference platform with Intel processor

BOSTON-InHand Electronics Inc. released its new Advanced Technology Platform, the ATP-27X, a hardware/software reference platform based on Intel's PXA270 embedded microprocessor that incorporates InHand's...

Jinny Software offers new messaging product bundles

DUBLIN, Ireland-Messaging provider Jinny Software released two new product bundles designed to deliver short message service, multimedia messaging service and other offerings to mobile...

T-Mobile USA trials new Nortel GSM/UMTS base station

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said T-Mobile USA is trialing its new base station for GSM and UMTS networks that is at once compact and offers...
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