2004

BERLIN, Germany-T-Mobile International announced it scored a major deal with handset maker Sharp Corp. to create a line of phones designed specifically for the carrier, which will be sold across …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. boosted its handset sales expectations above its previous projections of 65 million units and also said it expects a global shortage of DRAM memory …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. appointed three independent members to its board of directors, bringing the total number of board members to nine. The new members include Mathias DeVito, chairman …

WASHINGTON-Ahead of the summer vacation season, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it spent $30 million to add 24 new cell sites in recent months along Route 50 between Chesapeake Bay Bridge …

SUSSEX, United Kingdom-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will use games testing company Babel Media for its new Java Verified wireless application program. Babel will test Java applications to ensure they …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. reported declining revenues and net income in its third quarter, and predicted a net loss of between $4 million and $7 million for the coming quarter. The …

NEW YORK-Manufacturing company ICT Technologies said it will build Audiovox Communications Corp.’s new clamshell CDM7600 CDMA tri-mode mobile phone starting in the second quarter. ICT said it received a partial …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Cellular networks continue to dominate the total market for power amplifiers, but future growth of other wireless technologies will offset that dominance in the future, according to new …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS reported a deal with Sunflower Broadband that will allow Sunflower to offer Sprint PCS wireless phone service as part of its bundle of services offered to …

HANOVER, Germany-Motorola Inc. showed off its push-to-talk and third-generation technologies at the CeBIT trade show, and it also introduced a new fixed mobile car phone as well as a new …

ATLANTA-The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) will collect old cell phones for recycling at their booth at CTIA Wireless 2004 as part of a new call2recycle program. RBRC said some …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. released its new BreezeACCESS VL system that uses OFDM technology for the 5.4 GHz unlicensed frequency band in the European market. The …

LONDON-European mobile-phone maker Sendo said it will sell its new M551 handset in the United States starting in April. The company said it could not yet confirm a U.S. carrier …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. introduced its Unlimited Home Calling Plan for Cellular One customers in the Midwest that provides unlimited voice service minutes when calls are made within the Cellular …

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to pay a $25 million penalty as a settlement, which also will prevent the company from …

HANOVER, Germany-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corp. established the new Near Field Communication Forum, which the companies said will support the use of touch-based interactions in consumer electronics, …

LOS ANGELES-Artemis Records announced a deal with Xingtone to include software on its new Sugarcult CD album that will allow users to create mobile-phone ring tones from the Sugarcult songs. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-South Korean mobile-phone design firm Bellwave announced it will use Ericsson Mobile Platforms’ G200 reference design to develop its new GSM/GPRS products, and potentially its EDGE and W-CDMA products …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is set to file papers with the Federal Communications Commission today seeking approval for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The FCC is …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to release its new LG-SC8000 smart phone …

PARIS-France Telecom and Alcatel Alsthom say they have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop next-generation architecture for a converged fixed, Internet and mobile network. The MoU includes joint …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which offers unlimited local wireless service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., reported that its former chief financial officer, Dennis Spickler, has assumed the newly created …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about China’s tax treatment of integrated circuits imported from the United States, likely raising the stakes …

NEW DELHI, India-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to allow Tata Teleservices to use Qualcomm’s BREWChat solution for push-to-chat services planned for launch in mid-2004. …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Cometa Networks Inc. reported a deal with iPass Inc. providing iPass users access to Cometa hot spots in the Seattle area, including Barnes & Noble Bookstores, McDonalds restaurants and …