2004

Symbian has acknowledged that a Trojan virus is circulating via an illegal game download and may affect certain handsets running Symbian OS Series 60. Symbian warned that the illegal game, …

BERKELEY, Calif.-Idetic Inc. will use $15 million in new investment capital to fund the expansion of its MobiTV wireless TV service, the company announced Thursday. The financing round, led by …

HONG KONG-Chinese venture Huawei said it partnered with carrier China Motion Telecom to collaborate on a next-generation network to provide cross-border multimedia telecom services to customers in Hong Kong and …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Three times more teens are currently using prepaid wireless than last year, a study released Thursday indicated. According to the second annual Coinstar Teen Poll, one reason for such …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Scott K. Erickson as corporate vice president of sales for wireless. Erickson most recently was president of wireless sales for the Asia-Pacific, …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. has announced SnapMedia Software, a PC-based program that lets camera-phone users download pictures from phones to PCs for archiving and sharing. The company said the program frees …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has partnered with Leapstone Systems to deploy high-speed data services and improve customer service response times. The nation’s largest carrier announced that it has begun using Leapstone’s …

LONDON-Datatec International, the global arm of networking and information technology services group Datatec, has agreed to purchase U.K.-based telecom consulting firm Analysys Ltd. The companies have created a new company …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said its Voice Command software for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition is now available in retail outlets nationwide. Microsoft said this is …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. reported a 3.4-percent increase in revenues for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, from $83.2 million in 2003 to $86 million this year. …

HERZLIA, Israel-Schema inc. said it won five new contracts across three continents in the second quarter just ended. The company, which provides solutions for network optimization, simulation and related management, …

A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a next-generation Wi-Fi technology. The proposal, which …

Leap Wireless International Inc., which announced last week that it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the next several weeks, reported $205.7 million in total revenues during …

WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said it began shipping its speech-recognition technology on the Sendo X multimedia smart phone. The Sendo X is available in France, Italy and the Netherlands, with rollouts continuing …

MUNICH, Germany-India’s largest GSM mobile carrier, Bharti Tele-Ventures, has entered a deal to allow Siemens AG to upgrade its network with EDGE capability, making it the vendor’s third order in …

PalmOne Inc.’s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers …

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator 3 added a new NEC handset to its portfolio with the e228, the Japanese company’s sixth 3G device to launch in the United Kingdom. The bar-format handset …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. has filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a five-day extension on filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter. The …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. named Duncan Cocroft and Philip Hawkins to its board of directors, expanding the company’s number of directors to eight. Duncan retired last year after serving …

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Telenor said it completed the acquisition of an additional 55.9 percent of Montenegrin mobile operator ProMonte, giving Telenor full ownership. The transaction price was $79 million. Telenor …

Fans of the U.S. Olympic Team can stay abreast of the athletes in Athens via their wireless handsets through several new agreements between carriers, content providers and news services. From …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling rates of 89 cents per minute …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has reorganized its Get It Now downloadable applications menu in an attempt to make it easier for customers to browse and select from the 500 …

CINCINNATI-Regional wireless provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. unveiled its Mobile Office with JP Mobile SureWave Enterprise Server suite of services, which provides voice tools, Internet/intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Mobile game developer In-Fusio announced the launch of a film trivia game for Verizon Wireless customers. Movie Trivia Rave offers more than 1,200 questions on 400 films for Verizon …