2006

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced plans to begin selling Nokia Corp.’s 6630 3G phone. The announcement stands as a notable victory for Nokia, which has largely been locked out of DoCoMo’s …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that the sale of customer call records—which has erupted into this year’s biggest wireless scandal—has not been aided and abetted by employees …

Warren, N.J.—Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. introduced an unlimited night and weekend calling plan that allows users to place unlimited off-peak calls to three phone numbers of their choice. The “Inner …

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc announced that it is working with Google Inc. to develop mobile search services, which Vodafone plans to integrate into its Vodafone Live portal. The Google search results …

BARCELONA, Spain—Internet and mobile vendor VeriSign Inc. signed an agreement to acquire Vienna, Austria-based 3united Mobile Solutions AG, which is a privately held wireless applications service provider founded in 1999. …

WASHINGTON—Sprint Nextel Corp. signed an 800 MHz planning-funding agreement with the State of Utah and hopes to have a completed frequency-relocation agreement completed by June 30, the company announced. The …

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.—Waat Media, which provides adult-oriented mobile-phone programming, is dipping its toe into the mobile gaming space with the acquisition of mobile-game developer Charismatix Ltd. & Co. Germany-based Charismatix …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless filed two new lawsuits related to customer privacy, alleging that three Florida-based marketing firms made hundreds of thousands of illegal calls to its subscribers. Both lawsuits seek …

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. announced they plan to form a joint venture to build CDMA phones. The move likely will have major repercussions for the global …

BARCELONA, Spain—Japanese browser vendor Access Co. Ltd. gave details about what it plans to do with Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc., which the company last year acquired for $324 million. …

WASHINGTON—The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee hinted to state regulators Monday afternoon that federal pre-emption of state and local telecommunications regulations would not be included in the telecommunications-reform legislation …

BARCELONA—Voice over Internet Protocol company Skype Ltd. declared 2006 the year that it would “go mobile,” and announced that international carrier Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 group operators in several countries are …

ESPOO, Finland—Vodafone Group plc named Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson as its preferred suppliers for IMS technology, an agreement that could stand as a major boost to both vendors. Nokia …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association and Intel Corp. unveiled an initiative designed to drive the adoption of GSM-based wireless data technologies in laptop computers. The plan calls for both parties to …

DALLAS—Nothing says “I’m sticking with you” like a three-year contract for network services and equipment. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will stand by its long-time equipment supplier, the much beleaguered …

There are two interesting discussions in progress in the United States and abroad, each legitimate, timely and blindly interrelated. In the United States, the Bush administration, industry leaders, governors and …

Imagine this: a company’s chief financial officer uses his smart phone to download a game while waiting at an airport-but the game contains a virus that sends all the data …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee seemed cool to the idea that broadband-pipe owners should be able to require some bandwidth hogs-like Voice over Internet Protocol providers, Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-to …

South Korea Motorola Inc. introduced a super-slim sliding-style phone in South Korea, dubbed the Z, which is the latest wafer-thin handset from the maker of the wildly popular Razr. However, …

PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake’s nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless local area network solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers …

Andrew Andrew Corp. launched a compact tower-mounted amplifier for third-generation networks. The company said its OneBase Compact TMA product, at 1.5 liters, is the smallest and lightest tower-mounted amplifier available …

Motorola Motorola Inc. named Hamid Ahmadi its first chief architect, with responsibility for developing a unified architectural framework and leading strategic hardware and software architecture planning across all business units. …

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. released a new high-end 3G device and also laid out its plans for wireless e-mail. The company apparently has decided to forgo choosing sides in …

READING, England-Software company Tao Group launched a mobile version of its intent multimedia software platform for handset vendors. Tao Group said the intent Mobile solution supports several different operating systems-including …