WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans today named Dan Caprio as the agency’s chief privacy officer. The department said Caprio would add privacy to his current responsibilities as assistant secretary for technology. …
HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia announced the launch of its new generation of digital rights management software. The company’s DRM for Mobile Services version 2.1 enables mobile service providers and content suppliers to …
ANDOVER, Mass.-Millions of European wireless phone customers can now download entire songs directly to their handsets, mobile music company Chaoticom, Inc. announced. European carriers Orange U.K., Eurotel and Telenor Mobile …
WASHINGTON-Leucadia National Corp., the New York investment firm seeking to buy at least 50 percent of MCI Inc., is remaining mum on whether it backs the revamped long-distance carrier’s plans …
Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the United …
HOUSTON-Continental Airlines said it would begin offering free Wi-Fi Internet access in all of its Presidents Clubs in the United States except for Chicago where it shares a club with …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and EarthLink Inc. announced an expanded platform services agreement that will result in a new integrated Wi-Fi feature in future versions for EarthLink’s TotalAccess Internet software. …
BOULDER, Colo.-Shares of SpectraLink Corp., which manufactures and provides wireless phone systems for the enterprise, plummeted more than 20 percent this morning following warnings that its second-quarter financial results, to …
DUBLIN, Ireland-An Irish-led team of investors bought Israeli push-to-talk provider Mobile Tornado. The investors have moved the company’s headquarters to Dublin and plan to open two research and development centers …
SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. released two new GSM handsets, the L1150 and the G4015. Both phones include color screens, instant messaging capabilities and polyphonic sound …
Prepaid wireless provider Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. added content from Comedy Central to its already extensive data content selection provided by a number of youth-oriented brands including MTV, VH1 and …
NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it is developing the N900iL, a dual-network handset that runs on the third-generation FOMA network and internal corporate wireless local area networks. The solution targets corporate …
TORONTO-Phantom Fiber Corp. said it has signed a five-year license agreement with gaming products company Digital Gaming Solutions. According to the agreement, Phantom Fiber, which provides secure wireless technology, will …
LONDON-The global market for pre-teen mobile services could reach $43.1 billion by 2009, according to a new report by Visiongain Ltd. The pre-teen market includes children between the ages of …
WASHINGTON-The world’s largest flight attendants’ union has called on the airline industry to address the growing use of wireless electronic devices onboard commercial aircraft. Concerned that several carriers recently loosened …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Orative, which develops mobile collaboration software, said it raised $12 million in series B funding.The round was led by Trinity Ventures. The company will use the funds for …
BURLINGAME, Calif.-Artimi Inc., which develops ultra wideband integrated circuits that enable high bandwidth wireless connectivity, announced it has closed on a $14 million Series A funding round. “Artimi has made …
WASHINGTON-Nortel Network Corp.’s mounting accounting problems continued last week, as a New York law firm announced it was investigating the Canadian telecom equipment giant for possible violations of the federal …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission modified several of its spectrum rules hoping that wireless services can be made more readily available, but its decision to eliminate rural cellular cross-ownership rules was …
