BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm will release the LG VX8100 phone on Friday. The companies said the handset was designed exclusively for...
MADRID, Spain-The leading wireless carrier in Spain, Telefonica Moviles Espana, has enhanced its messaging services using technology from Openwave and 724 Solutions.The Spanish carrier...
Nextel Communications Inc. questioned the value of its affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. in relation to a put option Nextel Partners can trigger following Nextel's...
BEDFORD, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. and Freedom Wireless Inc. will head back to court today after being unable to reach a settlement in a...
Oslo, Norway -Mobile content company The Mobile Media Co. said it acquired Rubberduck Media Lab Ltd., a move that strengthens Mobile Media's presence in...
HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. opened research and design centers in Bangalore, India, and Taipei, Taiwan, aiming to boost technology development in Asia-Pacific markets. The new...
CHICAGO-Navteq, which provides digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based services, said it has acquired PMI, a South Korean digital map company.The transaction...
NEW LONDON, Conn.-Ortronics/Legrand and CommScope said they have settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed by CommScope in September 2004.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden said it plans to launch commercial push-to-talk service in September targeted at both corporate customers and consumers.The carrier has been in...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Valley Telecommunications Co.'s cellular assets in southeast Arizona for an undisclosed amount....
JENKINTOWN, Pa.-High-tech wireless applications like mobile video and contactless payments are less appealing than text-based localized services, according to a study from TNS Telecoms...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced it will continue to use chips from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.-the company's former chip subsidiary-in its third-generation devices through 2008. Motorola...
Sprint said it will expand the availability of its wireless e-mail application to all of its Java-capable mobile phones. The application was previously available...
LONDON-Erotic mobile content will explode into a $2.3 billion market by 2010 if carriers, content providers and regulators can figure out how to manage...
WiMAX technology is on center stage this week in Canada and Spain. Application demos for Xbox wireless console gaming over WiMAX-to-WiMAX based streaming media...
WASHINGTON-A group whose members lease excess 2.5 GHz educational TV spectrum capacity to major wireless carriers asked the Federal Communications Commission to condition the...
ATHENS, Greece-Unisystems and Nortel Networks Ltd. signed an agreement to establish Uni-Nortel, a joint venture for sales, marketing and support of Nortel's telecommunications equipment...
Sprint Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. received mixed news Wednesday as a Sprint wireless affiliate filed a lawsuit attempting to prevent Sprint...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc., which provides over-the-air mobile device management solutions, said Toshiba Corp. will deploy the company's DeltaUpgrade Plus firmware over-the-air update...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. unveiled the latest offerings under its agreement with Marvel International comics, launching a suite of content based on the feature...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. set a July 21 deadline for Western Wireless Corp. shareholders to vote in favor of Alltel's pending acquisition of Western...
WASHINGTON-Decisions by two traffic agencies to shut down mobile-phone service in four heavily traveled New York City tunnels shortly after last week's London bombings...