May 2005

WASHINGTON-The Chicago City Council voted to prohibit drivers from using hand-held mobile phones, an action that could to lead to a push for a statewide ban in Illinois. The handheld …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have cleared Verizon Wireless’ proposed $102.5 million purchase of certain wireless licenses and operating assets of Leap Wireless International Inc. The two wireless …

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic-Verizon Dominicana, which provides telecom services in the Dominican Republic, completed the expansion of its nationwide third-generation network, including equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. The expansion included …

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint, Inc. announced Brightpoint North America L.P. will begin distributing LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. wireless devices and accessories in the United States under the terms of a distribution …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian Wi-Fi provider FatPort and NetNearU, which provides operational support systems software, have signed a bilateral roaming agreement. FatPort said it manages more than 300 Wi-Fi locations in …

LONDON-Symbian Ltd. said 6.75 million Symbian-OS-enabled phones shipped during the first quarter, more than 180 percent more than the 2.4 million shipped during the first quarter of 2004. Symbian said …

Sony Electronics Inc. said it will include embedded EDGE modems on its T-Series VAIO notebooks configured to operate on Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s nationwide network. The notebooks will also include Wi-Fi …

IRVING, Texas-NEC Unified Solutions Inc. said WebMed Technology, which provides e-health products for the North American market, has deployed its UNIVERGE wireless local area network converged mobility solution to provide …

RealNetworks Inc. announced Wednesday that it will join the crowded mobile gaming playground, acquiring European publisher Mr. Goodliving for $15 million in cash. A 40-person company based in Helsinki, Finland, …

Sprint Corp. said it has added seven countries to its international CDMA roaming list, bringing the total number of countries in which Sprint’s wireless customers can use their CDMA devices …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. reported an agreement with Connexion by Boeing that integrates all of the flights equipped with Connexion by Boeing high-speed Internet and data services into Boingo’s …

TOKYO-Vodafone K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, lost nearly 40,000 subscribers during April, according to data released by Japan’s Telecommunications Carriers Association. The loss is the carrier’s fourth …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. launched a technology designed to simulate three-dimensional gaming on non-3-D handsets. The mobile entertainment and Internet search company unveiled the Virtual 3-D Simulator, which uses 3-D models …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is asking mobile-phone carriers to supply highly detailed data about their calling plans in connection with the agency’s review of the proposed $35 billion merger of …

CHIBA, Japan-A consortium of Web-based companies unveiled an initiative to simplify Internet browsing from handheld devices. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) encouraged members to join two working groups working …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched the ruggedized Motorola Inc. i355 handset, which was designed to meet U.S. military specifications for resistance to dust, blowing rain and vibration. The handset is …

WASHINGTON-An advocacy group asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s refusal to order the Federal Communications Commission to require research on the health impact of continuous radio-frequency radiation …

WILMINGTON, Del.-The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) established a code of conduct for e-mail companies, Internet service providers and wireless carriers, outlining guidelines to prevent spam. The group adopted principles …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and 3 Scandinavia said they have performed successful demonstrations of enhanced uplink, also known as HSUPA technology, being standardized in Third Generation Partnership Project Release 6. Ericsson …

PalmOne Inc. appears to be getting ready to announce a new gadget that combines Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with a 4-gigabyte hard disk drive. The company recently issued a press release …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. Cambridge has assembled an engineering team with satellite expertise to help Iridium evolve the design of …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Reality Wireless Networks Inc. and PeopleMatter Inc., which develops and markets Web-based work force management software, announced plans to merge. Reality Networks previously offered broadband wireless services but has …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless handset distributor InfoSonics Corp. reported reve-nues of $24 million for the first quarter, a 28-percent increase from $18.7 million reported during the first quarter of 2004. The company …

LAS VEGAS, Nev./PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will offer an upgrade program to Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 on some HP iPAQ handhelds as well as plans to support the …

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system at its developers’ conference Tuesday and touted a source code toolkit designed to expedite the process of bringing Bluetooth …