2004

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Simplewire, an SMS aggregator, said it is working with Guinness Beer to launch its first short message service cross-carrier short-code advertising campaign. The campaign uses television, radio and …

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which develops products under the Panasonic name, announced a multimedia processor-based platform that can be used with mobile phones and other digital appliances. The platform …

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Avocent Corp., maker of keyboard, video and mouse switching systems, has acquired software developer Sonic Mobility Inc. for $8 million cash. The deal adds software products for secure wireless …

Fourteen companies, including service providers, infrastructure suppliers and handset vendors, have come together to publish a set of open specifications for extending mobile voice and data services over wireless local …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has received the necessary consent from noteholders to authorize certain amendments to the indentures relating to its senior notes in connection with its …

Citing the volume and the complexity of the work involved, Nortel Networks Ltd. has again put off the filing date for its financial statements until the end of October. The …

CHENNAI, India-Flextronics Inc. said it has signed an agreement to buy FutureSoft, spreading the breadth of the electronic manufacturing services company’s acquisitions. FutureSoft makes software products, services and solutions like …

ATLANTA-PRE Solutions has purchased the assets of GTS Prepaid, strengthening PRE Solutions’ position as a provider of prepaid transaction-processing solutions, the company said. “Acquisitions such as this enable PRE Solutions …

BOULDER, Colo.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology demonstrated a minuscule atomic clock that could one day be incorporated into wireless devices. NIST said it believes its clock is 100 …

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-Acclaim Entertainment, which boasted a string of console gaming successes last decade with hits including “Mortal Kombat” and “Turok: Dinosaur Hunter,” filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will …

WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a Mississippi car dealer accused in a $15 million suit alleging cell-phone use contributed to a fatal driving accident in March said his client is innocent, and …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier for business practices that the agency …

LONDON-British mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges will continue to partner with U.S. gaming company EA Sports to bring console video games to handsets. The announcement continues a relationship that has …

European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Chinese handset manufacturer Amoi Mobile have signed a worldwide commercial CDMA subscriber unit license agreement under which Qualcomm has granted Amoi a license to develop, manufacture …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it has now shipped 1 million N-Gage and N-Gage QD game decks since the platform was introduced 11 months ago. “We’re proud to have reached the …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sirf Technology Holdings Inc. said it integrated its global positioning system technology with Microsoft Corp.’s first GPS hardware device. The company’s GPS Locator is combined with the latest …

LANSING, Mich.-SBC Communications Inc. said it will begin providing access to its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at 10 state parks in Michigan as part of the state’s MiWiFi project designed to …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment. This follows Nortel’s completion of Dobson’s EDGE deployments in …

Sprint Corp. reported that Ford Motor Co. has selected the telecommunications company to be the preferred wireless provider of Bluetooth phones and services for Ford’s Mobile-Ease Hands-Free Communication System. The …

SAN FRANCISCO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance said it will announce a Special Interest Group and discuss the roadmap for the group’s specification for ultra-wideband technology at the Intel Developers Forum next …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Modem-Art, which makes baseband processor chips for W-CDMA terminals, said it has closed $8.4 million in funding. Fund adviser Apax Partners with $4.2 million led the round. Other …

Centennial Communications Corp. reported $214.8 million in total revenues for its domestic and international operations during its fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31 of this year compared with $194.8 million …

PARIS-The French government said it will sell a 9.6-percent stake in France Telecom to institutional investors, lowering its holding to below 50 percent for the first time. France Telecom owns …

Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless have made the Samsung SCH-a790 global phone available to Verizon Wireless customers. The quad-band CDMA/GSM phone allows Verizon Wireless customers to roam internationally onto …