2005

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Sonim Technologies said it has signed an agreement to acquire Synergy Infotech Private Ltd. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Synergy Infotech is a software development …

GLENDALE, Calif.-Warner Bros. Online said it has partnered with Tom Online Inc., a content aggregator, to market and distribute wireless and online content in China. The pair will launch an …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia has inked a reseller agreement with Ubiquity software that calls for Nokia to offer Ubiquity’s SIP Application Server as part of its IP Multimedia Subsystem solution. Ubiquity’s SIP …

GLENDALE, Calif.-Warner Bros. Online released a trailer for its new mobile adventure game, Batman Begins. The game, which is based on the Warner Bros. movie with the same name, puts …

Motorola Inc. returned to the Japanese market with a high-end third-generation phone that features support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks. The company’s new M1000, based on its A1000 phone for …

BEDFORD, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said an independent auditor will reissue its opinion on the company’s 2004 financial statements in the wake of the company’s loss in a $128 million …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its push into the WiMAX arena with plans to include ArrayComm Inc.’s smart-antenna technology in its chipsets. The companies said the teaming would produce a …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil’s largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo’s access transmission …

SAN DIEGO-Viper Networks Inc. updated its Wi-Fi phone, which the company said will allow users to make Voice over Internet Protocol calls from any hot spot. The company’s new 3100 …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver of the priority access service rule, telling regulators network and software used in CDMA mobile-phone systems are currently not …

Family or peer groups as well as customer service are increasingly affecting U.S. consumers’ selection of their wireless service providers and driving customer churn, according to initial results from the …

NEW YORK-ThumbPlay Inc. launched a mobile entertainment Web site designed to offer ringtones, images, games and other content directly to mobile users. The company unveiled an Internet storefront offering more …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Airgo Networks Inc. unveiled its True G and True AG chipsets, which the company said would deliver the benefits of Multiple Input Multiple Output technology to mid-market pricing …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Signal processing technology and software-defined radio solutions supplier HelloSoft said it closed on an oversubscribed $16 million series B financing round led by TD Capital Ventures and new …

Japanese mobile content provider Cybird Co. will pay about $77 million for a majority stake in Canadian wireless publisher Airborne Entertainment Inc., the companies announced Tuesday. Cybird said it will …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked a federal appeals court in Atlanta to delay setting a briefing schedule for challenges to the agency’s truth-in-billing decision to avoid a confusing hodgepodge …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp., which provides Wi-Fi and broadband wireless access solutions, has agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to Moseley Associates Inc. The agreement calls for Moseley to …

PARIS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has completed TL 9000 consolidation registration for its portfolio of hardware, software and services for HSDPA, UMTS and GSM wireless infrastructure solutions. The TL 9000 …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Intel Capital and Japanese TV production company Yoshimoto Kogyo are among those backing Bellrock Media Inc., a new company that will develop, produce and deliver content over mobile …

CHINA Electronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. …

LAUREL, Md.-Verizon Wireless said it will hold a job fair June 25 in an attempt to add 200 bilingual Spanish-speaking employees to its Washington-Baltimore-Virginia area workforce. The carrier noted the …

Seventy-five years after it sold the first car radio, Motorola Inc. wants to get back into your dashboard. The world’s No. 2 handset manufacturer is preparing to beta test iRadio, …

WASHINGTON-In separate actions, the Federal Communications Commission lowered the universal-service contribution factor to 10.2 percent and said it would begin examining the USF subsidy program, perhaps dramatically changing the way …

A bill passed by the Illinois legislature and headed to Gov. Rod Blagojevich would make it illegal for minors to operate handheld mobile phones while driving. Beginning next month, across-the-board …

SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, …