2005

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced a deal to distribute phones for Internet voice service provider Skype. European Consulting and Computer Business S.A. (ECCB), which manufacturers handsets for Skype, has tapped Brightpoint …

BOSTON-Online predictive market research firm Compete Inc. unveiled its VoiceBox customer communications and loyalty platform, which the firm said is designed to help wireless carriers extend and deepen their customer …

LOS ANGELES-Fans of NBC’s reality series “The Biggest Loser” can get weight-loss tips from the show with a new text messaging service. The subscription service, which is available for $3 …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Cognio announced enhancements to its line of spectrum analysis tools, which the company says enable wireless Internet service providers, municipal Wi-Fi operators and hot-spot providers to increase bandwidth, reduce …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. released its wireless e-mail and mobile software platform for the Dopod 900. The Dopod 900, is a 3G smartphone running on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating …

WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit by two retirees who allege the U.S. telecom network vendor cut back on health benefits in violation of federal law. “As …

Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola last week filed a …

WASHINGTON-North Carolina’s potentially precedent-setting telecom tower standard has gone into effect, despite objections from the National Association of Tower Erectors to a fall-protection provision that it says is too harsh …

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile hopes to bring a little hell to your handset with a mobile version of Doom. The game-maker launched the much-awaited Doom RPG, a role-playing wireless title based …

Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.’s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication …

Few killer apps have fizzled the way mobile e-mail has. Although it seems nearly every U.S. consumer has at least two e-mail accounts-one for work and another for personal use-only …

Expectations for a strong third quarter got off to a rocky start as early reports from three of the industry’s five largest operators have shown customer growth falling short of …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. “I’m pleased that my colleagues …

LOS ANGELES-The rush to provide TV services to mobile phones heated up as two established French wireless companies each joined the playground in separate announcements. In-Fusio, an entertainment publisher, launched …

OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it’s teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing …

WASHINGTON-Legislation guiding the transition to digital TV is creeping along as a Senate committee aims to address policy issues on the matter this week, while a House committee considers a …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Research In Motion Ltd.’s motion to stay further proceedings in a patent case between RIM and patent-holding company NTP Inc. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Calling its third quarter financials solid, L.M. Ericsson reported a net profit of $672.8 million, a 22-percent increase from results a year ago when the company reported a net …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may not be the best agency to oversee the E-rate program, according to a House Commerce subcommittee report critical of the government effort to connect schools …

CHINA Alcatel Corp. deployed its Mobile Next Generation Network in China for Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile. Alcatel said its Mobile NGN was implemented by its Chinese company, …

FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp., which sells wireless products and services from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Tracfone Wireless Inc., reported a 15-percent increase in wireless sales during the third …

AUSTIN, Texas-Tower company Kampen and Greenwell Inc. announced a deal with Kum & Go L.C. to license space on the chain’s 425 or so Western and Midwestern convenience stores for …

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man-O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that Europe’s Isle of Man will have a commercial HSDPA network by Nov. 1, providing mobile high-speed data services …

Technologies that employ some aspect of tracking and monitoring are all around these days, and although many people might consider such applications an invasion of privacy, it’s hard to deny …

Slovakia and neighboring Czech Republic are set to get a taste of high-speed broadband wireless access via a trio of deployments taking place across the region. Orange S.A plans to …