2004

SEOUL, South Korea-Handset juggernaut LG Electronics Co. Ltd. continued its sales expansion in the third quarter, announcing 64.2-percent year-on-year growth in its mobile-phone business to $2.1 billion in sales. The …

WASHINGTON-More than a year after the Federal Communications Commission declared that there would be intermodal porting in addition to wireless local number portability, rural local exchange carriers are still upset. …

It’s time to count blessings again, and here are a few things I am thankful for that relate to wireless: c I am thankful that most cars don’t have “Hang …

DALLAS-Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and others making announcements. …

WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration launched a new initiative to study the use of radio frequency identification technology to improve the safety and security of drugs, an effort with major …

LONDON-A new study shows that the market for smart phones will continue to increase during the next several years, with global shipments growing from 14.6 million units last year to …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s integration of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gained steam last week as Cingular converted more than 1,000 AWS retail outlets to the Cingular moniker. The timing of the …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel said it is expanding its efforts cell-phone recycling program, which aims to keep about 1 million pounds of electronic waste out of landfills annually. In October, Alltel …

Once the darling of the wireless broadband publicity machine, 802.11-based Wi-Fi technologies have increasingly lost their luster to more appealing opportunities forecast from broader-coverage technologies like WiMAX and OFDM-based services, …

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 venture capital firm, joined existing investors …

Fed up with what it said were sluggish negotiations, Sprint network affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. took its bid to merge with fellow affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. public to score the …

LONDON-Investors continued to fuel the buzz surrounding mobile gaming as Digital Bridges closed a third round of funding that raised $18 million. The U.K.-based developer and publisher said it will …

TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp said it will work together with the parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets …

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. closed on the sale and leaseback of 51 towers as part of an agreement reached in September to sell up to 92 towers to TCP …

Fallout from the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. merger continued last week as separate developments sent tumbling shares of one mobile content provider and another e-commerce company. …

SEATTLE-Mobile music start-up Melodeo closed a $9.5 million round of financing Friday and used the occasion to quietly disclose plans to begin offering a download service in Europe next year. …

Carriers and content providers descended on Miami for the Mobile Music Conference last week, but at least one company was conspicuous by its absence. MusiKube, a New York-based mobile music …

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 at the 3G World Congress & …

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. recommended that Verizon Wireless modify or discontinue its “anytime, anywhere” claim for the carrier’s “IN-Network” calling plans to …

WASHINGTON-U.S. and global unions accused T-Mobile USA Inc. of embracing an anti-union policy here that would not be permitted in Germany, where the wireless company’s parent company is based. The …

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 million in a private stock …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it was eliminating local number portability-related monthly regulatory charges for its customers beginning with upcoming customer billing cycles. The carrier said it has been charging 40 …

Verizon Wireless became the first major U.S. carrier to offer ringback tones, launching a service analysts say-and carriers hope-may be even more profitable than ringtones. Ringbacks are clips of music …

LONDON-MobVision launched its Arabian Nights Mobile Casino game, which includes age and identification verification systems to deter underage play and fraud. The first four games to be launched are slots, …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The GSM technology community must include location-based services in its strategic plans by next year or it will be in a disadvantaged position, according to Alan Varghese, principal …