STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. announced EDGE contracts, underlining the increasing traction of the technology in the Middle East and around the world. Motorola said it signed its first commercial …
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has teamed with Major League Baseball to bring audio broadcasts, real-time scoring and streaming video to wireless handsets. The service, which is currently available on the Nokia …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.-Western Wireless Corp. has selected Harris Corp. to supply radios to expand its network capacity. The provider of rural wireless communications will use Harris’ Constellation radios, which feature …
In releasing its second-quarter financial results, American Tower Corp., the largest U.S. wireless tower company, maintained good favor with analysts who indicated its overall efforts to reduce its risk profile …
MILPITAS, Calif.-Playing on personalization, palmOne Inc. released palmOne persona, a line of accessories for palmOne handhelds and smart phones. The accessory line will debut with monogrammed leather cases designed by …
The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia …
Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers’ mobile phones. The carrier intends to …
Symbian Ltd. said its operating results for the first half of 2004 show global shipments of Symbian OS-based phones nearly doubled to 5 million, as compared with the first half …
Change has been afoot in the wireless tower industry. In the past 18 months, two of the industry’s five public players have gone through bankruptcy and returned, businesses have been …
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise. So goes …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $88.7 million in revenues during the second quarter, a 34-percent increase from the $66 million the carrier posted during the second quarter of …
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has activated 13 new cell sites in Central Tennessee this year as part of a one-year, $100 million network investment in Tennessee and Kentucky …
LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. introduced a new content service for its mobile users, based on information from its new customer magazine. Virgin Mobile is calling its BITES-or Bite-Sized Boredom Busters-entertainment service …
Congress has been appropriately cautious in holding the line on how government can tax Internet access. Indeed, earlier this year President Bush extended the moratorium on taxing Internet access for …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Singapore International Airlines customers will be able to wirelessly check in for their flights with short message service through a new agreement with VeriSign Inc. With the launch …
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pronto Networks Inc. and Tropos Networks Inc. signed a strategic agreement to drive metro-scale Wi-Fi hot-zone deployments The companies’ joint solution is in use in a 16-square-mile deployment in …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said the number of CDMA2000 subscribers has exceeded 100 million worldwide. The technology is used by 89 operators in 45 countries, with 36 more …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The outlook for RF power amplifier and RF power device makers is unstable, according to a new report from ABI Research. The study, “RF Power Amplifiers: Equipment and …
And I thought the acronyms of the wireless industry were unwieldy! In the age of text messaging there is a whole new language to be learned. Finally about a month …
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and T-Mobile USA Inc. announced the launch of the slider SGH-d415 camera phone. The new phone slides up to reveal its oversized screen and keypad. The integrated …
