2005

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a surprisingly strong 957,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year, which fell short of the nearly 1.2 million customers the carrier added …

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 …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported delayed fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results that included strong customer growth and improving financial metrics. The carrier said it added 29,000 subscribers during the final …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced it purchased a $200 million controlling interest in TerreStar Networks Inc., a company building a mobile satellite network. Motient now owns 61 percent …

BERLIN-Nokia Corp. released its new Local Business Connectivity product, which the company said will allow businesses to manage applications and services for their Nokia smart phones. The company also announced …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will complete the sale of its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. June 23, nearly two years earlier than …

Sprint Corp. said it plans to cut an additional 550 jobs as part of its previously announced corporate restructuring initiative that will result in a total of 5,850 job cuts …

NEW YORK-Internet search giant Google acquired Dodgeball.com, a popular SMS-based, location-specific social networking service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dodgeball.com allows users to “check in” at specific locations-a …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Video game publisher Nival Interactive has acquired controlling interest in Targem Games, a Russian publisher of titles for PCs and mobile handsets. The acquisition will allow Nival to …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available from Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. for use on the company’s newly launched EDGE network …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …