January 2006

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the worldwide release of its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini, which can be downloaded free from the company’s Web site, uses a proxy …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported 16.2 million mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter, along with an 8.1 percent operating margin in its handset business. Companywide, LG reported …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wisair announced it secured $20 million in its latest round of funding. The company said it will use the cash to transition to “volume production and broad market …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Thanks in part to a $278 million bankruptcy lawsuit ruling, Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $104 million, or 2 cents per share. The …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a royalty-bearing deal with wireless infrastructure software maker Vanu Inc. Under the agreement, Qualcomm said it licensed to Vanu certain patents to develop, manufacture and sell …

ATLANTA-In a record-smashing quarter, Verizon Wireless clocked 2 million net customer additions to pull past Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s blockbuster results of 1.8 million net adds. Verizon Wireless continued its streak …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors sent shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. skyward after the technology firm announced a $285 million deal with South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics Co. Ltd. In a …

OSLO, Norway-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. selected products from mobile digital rights management specialist Beep Science AS to ensure its mobile devices are OMA v2 DRM interoperable, according to a partnership …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless each separately filed lawsuits against online data brokers they believe are obtaining and selling customer call records. T-Mobile USA filed a lawsuit, which …

With little fanfare, T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded the reach of its network by more than 50 percent, chiefly through 850 MHz roaming agreements that have put the carrier on …

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless International Corp., citing the still-unresolved dispute over the ransacking of its cell-phone operations in Cote D’Ivoire in 2003, urged Bush administration trade officials to take a hard look …

WASHINGTON-Federal officials last week said foreigners who last month tried to buy a sizeable quantity of prepaid cell phones in Texas do not have terrorist ties. But the incident, which …

WASHINGTON-Iraq’s telecom regulatory chief vowed not to cave to pressure to extend license terms of the country’s three national wireless operators, an escalating controversy overshadowed last week by a deadly …

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process has entered the alternative dispute resolution phase-a hybrid process established by the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that the retuning effort doesn’t drag out past …

WASHINGTON-Amid a swirl of publicity over the apparent widespread theft and sale of cell-phone users’ call records, two federal agencies along with both houses of Congress jumped to try to …

HONOLULU-The IEEE 802.11n task group voted 184-0 in favor of a joint proposal for the 802.11n standard for high-speed Wi-Fi. The vote ends months of bickering and maneuvering by competing …

Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it expects to report a $14 million loss for the fourth quarter of 2005. The carrier also said it no longer plans …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. managed to squeeze the launch of its 3G network into the last month of 2005, the move catapulted 16 major metropolitan cities into the spotlight as …

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. continued to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Pacific market with a new subsidiary in Hong Kong. The mobile-phone distributor and supply-chain management company opened the doors to its …

LAS VEGAS-What do Intel Corp., Modeo L.L.C., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. all have in common? They are all eager to promote Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, an open …

EarthLink Inc. announced a contract with Motorola Inc. and Tropos Networks Inc. as the Internet service provider prepares to launch municipal Wi-Fi networks in five cities. Though terms of the …

EDINBURG, Va.-Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. cut its churn rate in the fourth quarter of 2005 and increased its net retail customers by 6,515 subscribers, a jump of nearly 43 percent compared …

Among the gathering hordes of hungry mobile virtual network operators, nearly all are angling for a bite of the 18-to-34-year-old demographic. But one MVNO launching this week, BeyondMobile, is taking …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto Networks Inc., Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. have been stamped “WiMAX Forum Certified.” “The WiMAX era starts today,” boasted Ron …

Alltel Corp. reported weaker-than-expected total earnings, but still outpaced analysts’ predictions by adding 147,000 net new wireless subscribers, most of which were prepaid. Alltel reported consolidated revenue of $2.58 billion, …