April 2005

SAN FRANCISCO-The Game Developers Association said Thursday it has formed a committee to act as a resource for mobile game developers, publishers, researchers and aggregators. The Mobile Game Development Special …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said they completed W-CDMA Interoperability Testing for global roaming purposes. The tests were performed in DoCoMo’s laboratories followed by fully completed …

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) announced its second mobile licensing agreement in a week, unveiling a deal granting THQ Wireless exclusive rights to publish strategy games, player images and …

WASHINGTON-The federal government recently delayed the submission date for proposals to build the Integrated Wireless Network-a public-safety communications system to be used by law enforcement personnel in the departments of …

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today formalized plans to solicit funding for …

WASHINGTON-Passengers on airplanes do not want the ban on cell-phone use while in flight lifted, according to a study released Thursday morning by the Association of Flight Attendants/Communications Workers of …

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it lost 500 domestic wireless customers during its third fiscal quarter of 2005 ending Feb. 28-compared with a gain of 700 subscribers the …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it won an important victory when the World Trade Organization appellate body sided with the United States on key issues in a challenge to U.S. …

Reston, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will expanded its Spanish language “Nextel. Ya.” advertising campaign nationwide with a new commercial set to premier this evening on a handful of Hispanic …

REDMOND, Wash.-Internet portal MSN said it has expanded on its Messenger 7.0 offering, enabling users in some markets to send text messages to wireless subscribers who don’t have instant-messaging accounts. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has sold its interest in Fidelity National Financial to Goldman Sachs for about $350 million. The telecommunications provider noted it acquired the Fidelity stock …

BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier Huawei said it won a contract with Umniah Mobile Co. for a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in Jordan. The network is based on GSM 1800 MHz technology, Huawei said. …

Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson’s chief executive officer, said the company is “stronger than ever” in his address to the company’s annual general meeting. Svanberg said Ericsson has achieved a profit of …

SAN DIEGO-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. announced it will sell the K10 Royale phone from Kyocera Wireless Corp. The phone features Java application download technology. “Kyocera has been a key partner …

LONDON-Young American wireless users will spend nearly $500 million on ringtones, ring-back tones and full-track mobile downloads by 2007, according to new research from mobileYouth. While CD single sales continue …

LOS ANGELES-Bank of America, in partnership with Trammell Crow Co., said it is making available 3,500 of its retail banking centers nationwide for stealth wireless site installations. TCC’s Wireless Solutions …

CRANBURY, N.J.-Broadbeam Corp. said Boeing has selected its ExpressQ system to wirelessly enable its new Electronic Flight Bag technology. The Electronic Flight Bag gives flight crews critical information, including Jeppesen …

PARIS-More than 60 projects were submitted for Vodafone’s “Made-for-Mobile Screenings” event, which will showcase programming from companies that have produced video content specifically for mobile distribution. The event will take …

Fresh off its public launch at this year’s CTIA event, soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. reported several content and marketing sponsorship deals with a number of action …

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported another solid quarter, although its results were pulled down by its settlement expenses with patent-holding company NTP Inc. and its higher-than-anticipated tax provisions. …

Sprint Corp. is reportedly developing a new wireless service that will allow customers to seamlessly roam between the company’s wide area wireless network and ever-expanding wireless local area network. Sprint …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-TTPCom said the Open Mobile Alliance has re-elected its senior software architect, Lars Brenk, as the chairman of OMA’s Game Services Working Group. Brenk will focus on interoperability …

WASHINGTON-Legislation to make a bill of rights for telecom consumers a state law has moved forward in the California legislature, countering efforts by a state regulator to revise-and possibly overhaul-new …

MCI Inc.’s board of directors rejected Qwest Communications International Inc.’s latest acquisition proposal in favor of a previous and lower bid from Verizon Communications Inc. MCI’s board noted that the …

WASHINGTON-Former Silicon Valley tech executive Steve Poizner, one of two nominees appointed by GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Public Utilities Commission last December, said he is removing himself …