LUXEMBOURG-Skype Technologies S.A. notched another wireless deal this week, announcing a joint venture with China-focused wireless Internet portal Tom Online Inc.The companies plan to...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from...
LOS ANGELES-Goldpocket Wireless is working with DirecTV in efforts to provide information to Hurricane Katrina victims.DirecTV has launched an always-on Hurricane Katrina Information channel...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Mobile application platform provider Action Engine Corp. released results of its first worldwide study on usability of mobile data services and application delivery,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson released its new Automatic Device Configuration product, which the company said allows carriers to offer services targeted specifically for each user's...
TEL AVIV, Israel-T-Com, the fixed line unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, is running a WiMAX field trial, offering wireless broadband services to about 100...
WASHINGTON-A federal judge in New York has ruled that law enforcement may not track someone without probable cause, according to News.com by CNET. Burton...
MIAMI-Orion Information Services announced plans to merge with Swedish mobile hardware and software vendor CellPoint Connect AB.Orion, which develops applications for the integration of...
Nextel Partners Inc. lost its bid to stall Sprint Nextel Corp.'s national brand rollout as a three-member arbitration panel ruled Nextel Partners had not...
Wireless carriers continued to make progress in re-establishing wireless communications to the Gulf Coast region following Hurricane Katrina's fierce landing Aug. 28, while one...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has taken several actions dealing with telephone numbers and special temporary authority for spectrum licenses during the past week to...
Wireless game maker Werd Interactive Inc. is targeting casual players with a series of inexpensive, simple titles. The developer and publisher introduced four simple...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Sunrise, a Swiss operator, to provide its EDGE network, including Nokia's UltraSite base stations."As the most...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Mobile-phone design and testing company Applied Wave Research Inc. announced it acquired Aplac Solutions Oy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced cash tender offers for up to $1 billion of certain of its outstanding debt. The company said the offer included...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. became the latest carrier to court the Hispanic market, announcing a deal with the wireless arm of media company Univision to...
NEW YORK-Virgin Mobile USA Inc. announced an exclusive deal to bring content from alternative rockers the Gorillaz to wireless. The operator said it has...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over...
The wireless industry continues to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-Kentucky-based regional carrier Bluegrass Cellular Inc. has tapped InterOp Technologies Inc. to provide ring-back services, the companies said. InterOp, which powers mobile...
WASHINGTON-A federal judge in New York last week threw out lawsuits alleging the nation's top mobile-phone companies violated antitrust laws by improperly tying the...
LONDON-In a new report, the Global mobile Suppliers Association confirmed that commercial GSM/EDGE network launches have tripled since last year to reach 96 EDGE-enabled...
