2004

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on clarifications sought by Nextel Communications Inc. regarding the FCC’s plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band, in essence turning …

 The Walt Disney Internet Group’s new Starwave Mobile business, launching at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Show, will expand the organization’s play in the wireless arena. Starwave Mobile …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced the first round of certified products for converged Wi-Fi and cellular communications. The company also has initiated a Wi-Fi/Cellular Convergence task force to identify …

LONDON-NEC announced today that O2 U.K. launched the NEC e101, a GPRS-enabled camera phone, on O2’s Pay&Go tariff. Combining a WAP 2.0 browser and JAVA engine, the e101 offers access …

You could call Bill Diggins lots of things-music mogul, artists’ advocate, maybe even visionary. Just don’t call him a ringtone salesman. According to the founder of 2-year-old music marketer Diggit …

NEW YORK-American Greetings Corp. subsidiary AG Interactive said it will partner with music television network Fuse to develop and market interactive music applications though computers, mobile phones and other communications …

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp.’s development program plans to use CTIA’s Wireless IT & Entertainment show to unveil a worldwide initiative designed to make it easier for developers to bring mobile content …

ATLANTA-Wireless permission-based marketing company CLX said it is using Air2Web’s 2Notify solution in its opt-in text messaging application, PollCast. CLX clients can use PollCast to precisely target its audience and …

WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the Bush administration-sponsored project can secure support …

KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. launched three single-chip melody LSI solutions that offer sound technology for mobile phones. The product line-up consists of the microPD9993 chip, which offers 64 polyphonic tones …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has been given 10 days by the bankruptcy court to figure out its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection, which will allow it to continue to consider …

PLANO, Texas-EDS said it has partnered with Vodafone Netherlands for a managed BlackBerry service for ABN AMRO Bank of the Netherlands. The new service connects individuals for real-time connectivity to …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported the commercial availability of its Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile-powered MPx220 smart phone, which is an update of its previous MPx200 model. Motorola said the new handset …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Cell-phone distributor CellStar Corp. reported a net loss for the third quarter related to the company’s recent decision to cancel an initial public offering in China and exit its …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it expects to lay off up to 700 employees in its Sprint Business Solutions division as part of its plans to better align employee resources …

BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the $1.2 billion sale of its ownership interest in three Latin American wireless operations to Telefonica Moviles, which BellSouth said it would use to …

In spite of a slowdown in cell-phone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. still roared to a 46-percent profit compared with the same period last year. Much of its boost came from …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile-music provider Faith West Inc. will team with McDonald’s to offer ring tones as prizes for the fast-food chain’s Monopoly game. The ring tones will be available through a …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide global technical support services for Terabeam Wireless’ GigaLink series of high-speed bridges, according to both companies. The GigaLink series offers connection speeds between …

ATLANTA-EMS Wireless said it has deployed its line of CDMA 450 MHz repeaters for Romania’s Zapp, which offers CDMA2000 1x at 450 MHz. Zapp deployed the EMS Wireless repeaters inside …

SAN FRANCISCO-Football fans can get short message service updates on their handsets via a new offering from ILoop Mobile Inc. National Football League followers can register for final game scores, …

LONDON-Orange S.A. will replace its current software infrastructure for its European operations with Sun Microsystems’ Java Enterprise System, Sun said. Orange, the mobile arm of the France Telecom Group, will …

LARKSPUR, Calif.-Dilithium Networks introduced its DTG200 gateway product, which it said resolves the problem of video corruption between an Internet Protocol network and a third-generation network. The product uses Dilithium …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today agreed to investigate mobile termination fees charged by foreign wireless carriers and their impact on American consumers, despite past opposition from domestic and overseas wireless …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it has signed a long-term contract to provide its Atlys billing solution to Vivo, a joint venture led by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Mobiles SA that provides …