April 2005

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless enhanced its online My Account customer service and billing option with text-messaging capabilities, allowing customers to have personalized alerts notifying them of specific account and billing activity …

LONDON-BT, the leading U.K. fixed-line carrier, said it selected eight telecom equipment suppliers for its next-generation network that will see phones that work over both fixed and mobile networks, among …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless Services Corp. said it added JP Mobile’s SureWave wireless e-mail solution to its portfolio. “Wireless e-mail is a popular application to drive usage and increase revenues,” said Rich …

LONDON-Arttu Harkki, who set the Guinness World Record for texting in 2001, helped PalmOne Inc. launch its Treo 650 smart phone in the U.K. market by attempting to break the …

LAS VEGAS-Casino-gaming technology company Interactive Games Inc. announced plans to develop and distribute titles for wireless users. The company is teaming with Via-Cell Inc., a mobile content developer, to offer …

PARIS-French telecommunications vendor Alcatel SA’s net income tumbled from $359 million last year to $160 million in the first quarter, news that sent the company’s stock falling almost 10 percent …

Modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. announced two new High-Speed Downlink Packet Access products for laptop computers, firing one of the first volleys in the nascent but potentially significant market for …

Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. reported that its MVNO activities, which currently include its Liberty Wireless and Viva Liberty offerings, generated $9.6 million in service …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. launched a 3G Development Center in Beijing,, which it said will focus on UMTS and HSDPA solutions. The vendor said it has invested more than $450 million in …

LONDON-Japanese mobile giant For-side.com will acquire U.K. content provider iTouch plc for $343 million, the companies announced Thursday. For-side, which already owns 4.5 percent of iTouch, has agreed to pay …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint introduced two location-based services that will provide driving directions and roadside assistance via a wireless voice call to customers who opt in to the services. The company …

NEW YORK-No. 2 mobile-phone maker Motorola may rely more heavily on RF Micro Devices Inc. for its mobile phone chips as the company works to trim its supply chain. Investment …

SAN FRANCISCO-The number of mobile subscribers in China is expected to grow to 580 million by the end of 2010, according to a new report form Visiongain. The study, “The …

ADDISON, Texas-OFDM-based solutions could have a leg up in the race for fourth-generation dominance against CDMA2000 and W-CDMA protocols due to the growing use of streaming media and other high-speed …

CHICAGO-Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. posted 182,000 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year, which fell short of the 196,000 customers the carrier added during the …

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the mobile-phone industry’s request to stay last month’s decision remanding class-action headset lawsuits to state courts, forcing cellular firms to seek …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced the availability of three new 3D games on its Vcast service. Together with Jamdat Mobile Inc., Verizon Wireless announced the availability of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater: …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. launched a package of integrated wireless remote access options for its virtual private network portfolio that the company said would help business travelers access network applications …

MEXICO CITY-Tracfone said it added 457,000 subscribers during the first quarter in the United States, reaching 4.9 million total subscribers. Operating revenues stood at $231 million for the quarter, up …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless broadband access solutions provider Novatel Wireless Inc. reported revenues of $32.3 million for the first quarter, a 113-percent jump from the $15.1 million the company reported for the …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-MediaBay Inc. and DotPhoto Inc. announced an agreement that calls for the companies to offer MediaBay’s classic radio show library through DotPhoto’s Ringtalker ringtone service. MediaBay’s library includes …

AMSTERDAM-Nokia Corp. released three new high-end phones that fall under the company’s new N-series of devices. Nokia said its N-series gadgets-which will run its Symbian Series 60 operating system-will feature …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Shares of InfoSpace Inc. slid more than 25 percent Wednesday and several analysts downgraded the stock after the Web search and mobile content company issued a disappointing second-quarter forecast. …

WASHINGTON-The embattled Telecommunications Development Fund apparently is cutting ties with long-time executive Ginger Lew, but will keep the former Clinton administration official on its payroll as a consultant for several …

DALLAS-Dobson Communications Corp. will use over-the-air technology from SmartTrust to meet the rapid growth of its GSM services, the carrier announced Wednesday. Dobson, which operates under the Cellular One and …