European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive …
WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a Mississippi car dealer accused in a $15 million suit alleging cell-phone use contributed to a fatal driving accident in March said his client is innocent, and …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has received the necessary consent from noteholders to authorize certain amendments to the indentures relating to its senior notes in connection with its …
Citing the volume and the complexity of the work involved, Nortel Networks Ltd. has again put off the filing date for its financial statements until the end of October. The …
Fourteen companies, including service providers, infrastructure suppliers and handset vendors, have come together to publish a set of open specifications for extending mobile voice and data services over wireless local …
CHENNAI, India-Flextronics Inc. said it has signed an agreement to buy FutureSoft, spreading the breadth of the electronic manufacturing services company’s acquisitions. FutureSoft makes software products, services and solutions like …
ATLANTA-PRE Solutions has purchased the assets of GTS Prepaid, strengthening PRE Solutions’ position as a provider of prepaid transaction-processing solutions, the company said. “Acquisitions such as this enable PRE Solutions …
BOULDER, Colo.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology demonstrated a minuscule atomic clock that could one day be incorporated into wireless devices. NIST said it believes its clock is 100 …
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Simplewire, an SMS aggregator, said it is working with Guinness Beer to launch its first short message service cross-carrier short-code advertising campaign. The campaign uses television, radio and …
TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which develops products under the Panasonic name, announced a multimedia processor-based platform that can be used with mobile phones and other digital appliances. The platform …
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Avocent Corp., maker of keyboard, video and mouse switching systems, has acquired software developer Sonic Mobility Inc. for $8 million cash. The deal adds software products for secure wireless …
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Cellular One have made the Kyocera Aktiv wireless handset available to Cellular One subscribers. The durable, rubbberized CDMA phone is targeted at users with active …
Football fans can help choose NCAA All-America players and create NFL fantasy football teams via text messaging with two new wireless services. Cingular Wireless has teamed with ESPN and ABC …
Worldwide mobile-phone sales are on track to reach 620 million units for full-year 2004, according to new market research from Gartner Inc. In fact, if current sales momentum is maintained, …
Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless have made the Samsung SCH-a790 global phone available to Verizon Wireless customers. The quad-band CDMA/GSM phone allows Verizon Wireless customers to roam internationally onto …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging suppliers Comverse and Tecnomen both announced multimedia messaging service center contracts Wednesday. Comverse said Telefonica Moviles Espana selected its MMSC to be deployed with a third-party MMSC to …
PARIS-The French government said it will sell a 9.6-percent stake in France Telecom to institutional investors, lowering its holding to below 50 percent for the first time. France Telecom owns …
SAN FRANCISCO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance said it will announce a Special Interest Group and discuss the roadmap for the group’s specification for ultra-wideband technology at the Intel Developers Forum next …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Modem-Art, which makes baseband processor chips for W-CDMA terminals, said it has closed $8.4 million in funding. Fund adviser Apax Partners with $4.2 million led the round. Other …
LONDON-Anglo-Dutch information technology services firm LogicaCMG will use Sun Microsystems’ Java Enterprise System for its wireless data services and messaging offerings, Sun announced Tuesday. LogicaCMG will implement the full array …
