TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced partners for its third-generation video service called World Call. DoCoMo’s FOMA video customers will be able to exchange video-phone calls with users of compatible W-CDMA services …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. made a strategic investment in wireless application company Digital Orchid. The companies did not disclose the amount of the investment. Digital Orchid sells applications working on Qualcomm’s …
CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp. said its eZiText Adaptation Kit for BREW is commercially available. The software package for handset adapters simplifies the integration of predictive text input functionality and provides a …
Yahoo! Inc. launched a package of Internet-based wireless applications for Nextel Communications Inc. subscribers, the companies announced Tuesday. With the new offering, Nextel customers can log onto Yahoo! from their …
TORONTO -Average revenue per user is down among U.S. wireless users, but the adoption of wireless data services is increasing, according to a report by research and consulting firm Advanis. …
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Pulse-Link Inc. said it achieved ultra-wideband date rates of 667 megabits per second of throughput after forward correction. The company said that speed is the highest ever transmitted and …
KINGSWOOD, United Kingdom-ROK Entertainment Group launched its ROK Player technology in the United Kingdom through a deal with Sony/BMG Music Publishing. The technology allows users to view video content including …
CHICAGO-Pointsec, which provides enterprise security software for personal digital assistants and smart phones, released its Pointsec for Smartphone product. The product is a new version of the company’s security software …
Nortel Networks Ltd. has set Jan. 10, 2005, as the date it will file the unaudited statements for 2003 as well as the first and second quarters of 2004. The …
LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, …
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone industry lawyers asked a court here to dismiss six brain-cancer suits, arguing the plaintiffs’ complaints are pre-empted by federal law. “The federal government set a single, uniform, consensus standard …
LONDON-In another legal triumph, a High Court has given Motorola Inc. the authority to seize assets belonging to Turkey’s Uzan family. The decision confirms an earlier ruling in a U.S. …
Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that rural wireless provider Cellular One of Amarillo plans to deploy commercial wireless broadband services using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas. The Mobile Broadband Amarillo …
In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group, which the carrier said would provide business customers with access …
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers expect to meet in San Diego this week to continue work on a mobile-phone battery standard, an effort that comes in response to reports of …
Nextel Communications Inc. launched nationwide wireless priority service capabilities, providing authorized users with priority cellular service during times of emergency. The service moves authorized users, which typically include federal, state …
IRVING, Texas-Since it was unable to score a distribution deal with Cingular Wireless and other GSM carriers, NEC America Inc. plans to sell its new GSM/EDGE clamshell-style 232E mobile phone …
WASHINGTON-Former Rep. Wes Watkins (R-Okla.) agreed to a $2 million settlement in connection with a fatal car crash in which driver cell-phone use is alleged, but the ex-lawmaker faces possible …
Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing …
Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation’s largest wireless operator, the wireless industry …
