2004

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded its distribution of palmOne Inc.’s popular Treo 600 smart phone, making it more readily available to retail consumers. T-Mobile, which began selling the smart …

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business said it will provide Nextel Communications Inc.’s Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry 7510 handheld devices to its 400 …

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies announced it will acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America, a subsidiary of Electronic Data Systems Corp., for $57 million cash. IOS North America is a third-party clearinghouse …

AUSTIN, Texas-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has named Axalto a supplier of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for its GSM wireless services, extending the companies’ previous relationship. “Axalto is pleased to support …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has announced two contracts, one in Russia and another in South Africa. The German wireless supplier signed a $73 million GSM contract to expand the network of …

DRESDEN, Germany-Two companies announced High Speed Downlink Packet Access test products yesterday. Radioplan announced a commercial simulation and optimization toolset for W-CDMA’s HSDPA technology. WiNeS 3.1 is the latest version …

MIAMI-Emida Technologies, which provides an electronic transactional network for prepaid services for the Hispanic market, said it has acquired the assets of Global Payment Services. GPS provides electronics products to …

RICHMOND, British Columbia-eXI Wireless Inc., which provides wireless identification and location technologies, said its radio-frequency identification technology and services are now available to original equipment manufacturer vendors. The company said …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday said it would require mobile satellite service carriers to file reports regarding the implementation of its MSS 911 call center rule adopted last year. The …

Moody’s Investor Services affirmed its long-term debt rating and raised its outlook from stable to positive for Sprint Corp., citing higher free cash flow driven by its wireless business and …

WARWICK, R.I-ICOA Inc. said it will integrate its hot-spot networks into the iPass Global Broadband Roaming Network. ICOA said it provides solutions for high-traffic locations like airports, marinas and restaurants. …

MOSCOW-Russian wireless carrier VimpelCom announced it has won a tender against international bidders to purchase KaR-Tel, the second-largest cellular operator in Kazakhstan, for $350 million plus assumption of approximately $75 …

WOODLAND PARK, Colo.-Data Burst Technologies reported that its iTRAK Internet vehicle tracking system has been certified for use on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s GPRS data network. Data Burst noted the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space. Other chip companies like Broadcom, Atheros Inc. and …

SYDNEY, Australia-Following a similar announcement by rivals earlier this month, Vodafone Australia and Optus said they agreed to share third-generation network sites and infrastructure. The carriers will work together to …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Payment software provider Valista introduced its Valista OffersPlus software. OffersPlus allows providers to package their products and services in a variety of targeted consumer and small to medium enterprise …

LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware revenue reached $719.5 million during the second quarter, a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter, according to a quarterly analysis from Infonetics Research. Infonetics …

Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. will work with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop a handset for business users on the Japanese carrier’s high-speed third-generation FOMA network. The GSM/GPRS handset …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. reported an alliance with push-to-talk platform provider Kodiak Networks to jointly market Kyocera handsets supporting Kodiak’s Real-time Exchange platform to CDMA carriers worldwide. The companies have already …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-With the Summer Games in Athens drawing to a close this weekend, Mforma Group Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed to launch a mobile track-and-field game. Track & …

BOSTON-The number of downloadable games will grow six-fold during the next five years, generating 82 percent of an expected $8 billion mobile gaming market, according to a new report from …

SEATTLE-National independent broadband company Speakeasy will use a new infusion of investment capital from Intel Corp. to expand its WiMax network capabilities, the company announced Wednesday. A new 802.16 technology, …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. reported the completion of its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support …

BEIJING-Alcatel Corp said it has won a major contract with China Netcom and launched a center for Next Generation Network in China. The wireless vendor described the contract as the …

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network upgrades and related professional services. The …