LONDON-U.K. fixed-line carrier British Telecommunications plc launched a mobile virtual network operator service for the corporate market, dumping its former wireless subsidiary MmO2 for...
ZURICH, Switzerland-Java company Esmertec announced it scored $20.2 million in new funding through the sale of a convertible note, money the company said would...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today approved the nation's first software-defined radio, marking the launch of a new era of smart wireless devices designed to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio, transmission equipment and...
CALGARY, Alberta-Chartwell Technology Inc. raised $10 million by selling more than 2 million shares in private placement, the mobile software and content provider announced...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched Motorola Inc.'s V710 handset, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera and flash, video recorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth wireless technology....
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software Inc. announced a complicated business deal that will net the company $4.6 million in new money from...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has issued foreign ownership guidelines for international deals involving U.S. wireless and wireline carriers."A review of the applications involving foreign-ownership...
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. recommended that Verizon Wireless modify or discontinue its "anytime, anywhere" claim for...
Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. appears to be returning to the industry from which it originally sprang-satellite communications.The company last week raised $126.4...
Investors continued to fuel the buzz surrounding mobile gaming Thursday as Digital Bridges closed a third round of funding that raised $18 million.The U.K.-based...
NEW YORK-The mobile entertainment field got a little more crowded Thursday with the launch of ThumbPlay, a venture capital-fueled content provider. Based in New...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with Qualcomm Inc. that calls for it to offer its VIAMOTO location-based services solution via the BREW distribution...
BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless said it has won a $1.8 million telematics contract in Saudi Arabia. Motabei Electronics System (MES) Co. Ltd., a major...
SAN DIEGO-Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus have signed a deal to acquire Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.35 billion in cash, according to Science...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. announced a global supplier agreement for UMTS infrastructure equipment available to all Vodafone Group plc subsidiaries worldwide. This agreement...
HONG KONG-Convergence holds one of the keys for third-generation growth in the wireless industry, spawning applications such as custom ringtones, three-dimensional games, multi-megapixel cameras,...
TOKYO-Traditionally at the forefront of mobile-phone innovation, NTT DoCoMo Inc. released what it describes as a common software platform for its third-generation FOMA devices....
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-Varatouch, which designs input devices for consumer electronics products, announced a reference design kit for analog joysticks for handheld devices. The...
SEATTLE-Mobile entertainment company Blue Frog Mobile Inc. has launched an affiliation program in the United States for its ringtones, games, graphics, logos, wallpaper, chat...
WATERLOO, Ontario-The BlackBerry wireless platform has surpassed the 2 million active wireless subscriber mark, according to Research In Motion."This is a significant milestone, especially...
READING, United Kingdom-Mobile messaging and content provider Airwide solutions raised $16.25 in Series C funding, the company announced Thursday. Artiman Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based...
HONG KONG-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it became the first Chinese vendor to make third-generation handsets with the launch of three new UMTS devices...
