2005

WASHINGTON-A revised, $250 million emergency alert system bill set to be introduced would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-not the Department of Homeland Security-the lead in modernizing the nation’s …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system vendor PalmSource Inc., which is being acquired by Japan’s Access Co. Ltd., posted a widening net loss and declining shipments, but its results came in above some …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration is considering requiring commercial airplanes to put in place a mechanism using wireless or other technologies enabling flight attendants to discreetly notify the flight crew of …

BOSTON-Internet voice provider Net2Phone launched a trial of VeriSign Inc.’s cellular/Wi-Fi connection, the companies said Thursday. During the trial, Net2Phone will allow subscribers to receive and place calls over a …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will begin mailing definitive proxy material to all Class A stockholders related to a vote on exercising the “put right” that would require Sprint …

Alltel Corp. said it has begun a strategic review related to the possible spinoff of its wireline operations that serve around 3 million customers in 16 states. The company announced …

Sprint Nextel Corp. released preliminary third-quarter customer growth results below many analysts’ estimates, but noted that its integration efforts are ahead of schedule and raised the net present value of …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced commercial availability of its MC5720 PCI Express Mini Card wireless module for CDMA 1x EV-DO networks. The company said the module, which is built …

WASHINGTON-An Arizona appeals court Tuesday led that text messages sent by autodialers are illegal just as telemarketing calls to mobile phones using autodialers are illegal. Acacia Mortgage Corp. sent two …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nokia Corp. announced two new happenings in Taiwan. Nokia opened its third-generation Mobile Services Development Center in Taiwan and announced a partnership with Chunghwa Telecom to launch mobisodes, short …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is reaching out to public-safety officials in Texas to make sure they know that 911 calls should be rerouted if a public-safety answering point is damaged …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to gain traction on the other side of the Atlantic, announcing plans to bring BREW services to wireless users in Russia. The chipmaker and software developer …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. is hoping to speed up WiMAX deployments in Southeast Asian countries, announcing the launch of its Asian Broadband Campaign, which the company said will provide consulting …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Ubiquity Software Corp. signed a partnership agreement to develop end-to-end Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem solutions, pairing Ubiquity’s Session Initiation Protocol application server as …

Qualcomm Inc. upped its guidance for the coming quarter based on what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of CDMA chips throughout North America, Latin America and the rest of …

AT&T Corp. said it has signed roaming agreements that add more than 2,100 Wi-Fi hot spots across China, Japan and Greece, as well as in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity through select European …

WASHINGTON-Key GOP and Democratic senators said they are close to introducing legislation to overhaul the nation’s emergency-alert system to take advantage of cell phones, the Internet and other widely used …

WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board has urged states to prohibit inexperienced teenage drivers from using cell phones while they are learning how to operate motor vehicles. “An average of more …

Third-party content provider Jamster! has once again come under fire as an independent U.K. regulator upheld nearly 300 consumer complaints about the company. Jamster!, a subsidiary of VeriSign Inc., failed …

Microsoft Corp. announced a new structural reorganization that will combine the company’s wireless efforts with its Xbox video game and TV platform businesses. The software giant said it will realign …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. debuted its UMTS RailLink, offering high-speed broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi access on fast-moving trains. IPWireless said that during a 24-mile demonstration in Europe, its UMTS RailLink …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. reported that BellSouth Corp. has launched a wireless broadband trial in Athens, Ga., using Navini’s pre-WiMAX Ripwave equipment to transmit signals between local radio towers and …

PARIS-InfraWorlds has acquired California-based publisher Mobile Digital Media to expand its offerings for personal digital assistants and smart-phone users. The Paris-based company said it bought MDM’s assets from former parent …

LOS ANGELES-A group of Treo smart-phone users filed a class-action lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. for making “inherently defective” devices. The suit, filed in a California court, requests a …

SOUDERTON, Pa.-Eastern Wireless L.P. and Image 1 Wireless Inc. announced they have merged operations. The resulting company, Touchstone Wireless L.P., provides handset repair and logistics services. Touchstone provides Level 3 …