December 2004

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. said it has signed a deal with AT&T Corp to research and develop high-speed wireless broadband, Internet telephone technology and converged voice and data devices for enterprises. …

MONTREAL-DataWind Corp. released its new PocketSurfer wireless Internet device, a unique offering that allows users to view full-sized Web pages by connecting their PocketSurfer device to a wireless data-capable mobile …

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-SBC Communications Inc. reported a deal a the City of Palm Springs and Q3 Telecom to launch SBC FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at the Palm Springs International Airport. The …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. received an order for its messaging intelligent routers multimedia message service system from Telefonica Moviles Espana. NEC said the system can be added to the existing MMS and …

A Wall Street Journal report Friday afternoon citing sources on both sides indicated No. 3 Sprint Corp. and No. 5 Nextel Communications Inc. had reached a tentative agreement on an …

Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. The deal climaxes both …

Internet portal Yahoo! Inc. acquired startup Wuf Networks for an undisclosed sum, the company said. The acquisition is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Wuf was founded last year and has no …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has distributed 200 million warrants to buy shares of the same amount at $2.75 as part of a shareowner and related class-action lawsuit …

Citing current spectrum constraints, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it does not expect to launch UMTS-based services for at least two years and will instead rely on its ongoing deployment of …

Wireless entertainment publisher Digital Chocolate plans to announce an agreement next week to work with Atkins Nutritionals Inc. to develop wireless content for carb counters. The first of the planned …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband company Alvarion Ltd. announced it completed its $40 million acquisition of wireless base station company InterWAVE Communications International Ltd. The closing ends a somewhat tenuous relationship …

SAIPAN-A variety of business and personal users in Europe, the United States and Asia have registered .mp domain names during open registration for dotMP, which began Dec. 1, according to …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Communications Inc. released its new iMotient Solutions product, which the company said represents a major new step by combining GPRS, 1xRTT and Motient’s DataTAC networks for corporate customers. …

BEIJING-Following on its first wireless contract in the United States earlier this week, Chinese infrastructure company Huawei Technologies has been selected by Dutch mobile operator Telfort to deliver and install …

MONTREAL-Wireless publisher Airborne Entertainment announced Wednesday that it has acquired mobile developer Cellus USA Inc. Airborne, which develops and distributes games, messaging services, ringtones and graphics, said the acquisition will …

SECAUCUS, N.J.-Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, the North American headquarters of Osaka, Japan-based Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., announced it will drop its Japanese name in favor of its better …

Digital music service provider Napster announced plans Thursday to offer ringtones to mobile users in the United States and Canada. Napster Mobile, which will launch next year, will allow users …

Two Chinese companies advanced their strategies for the third-generation homegrown protocol, TD-SCDMA, as the country prepares for a commercial launch of the technology by mid-2005. Chongqing Chongyou Information Technology Co. …

MONTREAL-TeliPhone Inc., a subsidiary of United American Corp., said it has launched a dual-mode service combining its Voice over Internet Protocol platform with GSM technology. The service, which uses TeliPhone’s …

Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation’s largest wireless operator, a Wall Street …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint will sell two new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phones-devices that feature push-to-talk capabilities and integrated digital cameras-for the critical holiday shopping season. Samsung’s RL-A760 features support for …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its patent-holding subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement with Option NV, which provides second- and third-generation as well as 802 technology products. …

WASHINGTON-Literally minutes before the Senate left town for the year, it passed a troika of important wireless bills-spectrum relocation, enhanced 911 grants and universal service. The package now goes to …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here rejected the latest challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s radio frequency radiation standard for mobile phones and base stations. In 2001, the EMR Network-pointing to …

MILAN, Italy-Telecom Italia detailed its offer to buy the 44 percent of Telecom Italia Mobile that it doesn’t already own for up to $28.1 billion. The boards of directors of …