2004

WASHINGTON-The Senate Monday passed an amendment to the 9/11 Commission legislation that would streamline first-responder funding while ensuring that each state gets a baseline of funding and those areas with …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced its Visto Mobile 5.0, the latest version of its wireless e-mail platform. The new version provides instant and automatic two-way delivery of e-mail, contacts and …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-While warning that its third-quarter sales will be lower than projected, Advanced Micro Devices said it anticipates a $32 million net income increase compared to the second quarter. The …

NEW YORK-Playboy Enterprises Inc. will offer content to mobile consumers in Spain and Portugal, the company announced Monday. Playboy now offers wireless content in 15 countries around the world, including …

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.-Rural wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular said it will deploy a commercial push-to-talk service using Kodiak Network’s circuit-switch based Real-time Exchange system across its 34-county coverage area late next month. …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said it has agreed to support carrier NTT DoCoMo products with i-mode functionality in the operator’s efforts to expand Internet services in Europe, Asia and …

LONDON-Digital rights management took center stage at the Symbian Expo Tuesday, with two new agreements to help content providers protect their wares. Mobile security company Discretix and e-commerce provider NDS …

EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA …

WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. has requested an extension of time to comply with certain provisions of the telecom consumer bill of rights approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in May. …

A tremor of restructuring is rippling through the infrastructure players, signaling a new approach to the market. Such moves, some of them imposed and others induced, are spawning a new …

The wide ranging world of wireless roaming has fallen on deaf ears when it comes to CDMA2000 1x data services. Most U.S. operators have yet to sign agreements that would …

Congress—and California—need to take a couple of steps back on industry plans for a 411 directory of wireless telephone numbers. Regardless of where one stands on whether it is a …

With a new product and two deployments, Tropos Networks Inc. has staked itself firmly in the wireless LAN space. The firm announced its Tropos 4210, an in-vehicle mesh Wi-Fi router. …

LONDON—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin U530. This will give the carrier’s …

WASHINGTON—After complaining that a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. was trying to gobble up the remaining available spectrum in the 900 MHz band, the Industrial Telecommunications Association is asking the …

WASHINGTON—Mark Crosby, who left the Industrial Telecommunications Association in February 2001 to become president of Access Spectrum L.L.C., has returned as ITA’s president and chief executive officer. Laura Smith is …

Thailand Orange S.A., in conjunction with co-shareholders True Corporation Public Co. Ltd. and CP Group, said it has reduced its stake in Thai company BITCO from 49 percent to 10 …

MUNICH, Germany—Infineon Technologies AG and the Volkswagen Group announced they have developed a platform concept for wireless location-based information services for vehicles. The platform, dubbed the “Basic Telematics Unit,” uses …

MIAMI—The CDMA Development Group announced winners of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards this week at the CDMA Americas Congress taking place in Miami. Among the winners were: c Wang …

Nortel Networks said it has appointed Clent Richardson to the post of chief marketing officer. Richardson will lead the company’s newly formed global marketing organization responsible for brand development and …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. have launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 digital video and camera phone. The device features a 2.2-inch high-resolution color screen, a built-in camcorder, embedded flash, …

The wireless industry is expected to take its customary third-quarter breather this year. The nation’s six largest operators are forecast to post relatively strong customer growth results that might not …

SAO, PAULO, Brazil—Lucent Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced contract awards for CDMA2000 equipment. Financial details were not disclosed. Lucent said it was awarded a contract to expand and enhance …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The Mobile Marketing Association formed an anti-spam committee, marking the organization’s work to keep wireless content and applications spam-free. The committee is charged with researching the merits of …

Comarco Comarco Wireless Test Solutions introduced Seven.Five for EvDO, a comprehensive test system for North American EV-DO cellular systems. Seven.Five for EvDO provides drive-test and in-building-test systems that combine an …