WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., will hear oral argument in an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against wireless firms the week of Sept. 23-26. Last fall, U.S. District Judge …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Software technology company Applied Reasoning Systems Corp. said it signed a deal with Roaming Messenger to offer real-time notifications for the homeland security sector. “Roaming Messenger’s underlying mobile …
CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. further dampened Wall Street zeal with its announcement that it would not see black until next year, citing poor demand for its products. The company said it …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an aggressive advertising campaign focused on the business market and targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which Sprint PCS said is perceived by business customers as …
OSAKA, Japan-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced it will offer a home networking system, dubbed Kurashi Net (Japanese for “home life”), that will connect …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it scored another carrier deal for its BREW application download service, with Telefonica Moviles Peru planning to offer BREW services in the country by the end …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said customers who enroll in a new qualified service plan can earn up to 10,000 bonus miles with American Airlines AAdvantage, Delta Air Lines SkyMiles, …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The cdma2000 global subscriber base surpassed 50 million in May, according to the CDMA Development Group. There are currently 53 commercial cdma2000 networks in 29 countries and 17 …
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. reported slumping profits and an 8-percent decline in handset revenues. The company said it sold 12 million mobile phones in the second quarter. The …
MILPITAS, Calif.-Intersil Corp. will sell its wireless networking product group to chipmaker GlobespanVirata Inc. for $365 million in cash and stock. “This transaction completes our transition to a pure high …
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTPCom released its multislot Class 12 EDGE reference module, capable of achieving an on-air data rate of 236.8 kbps, which triples the data rates achievable with GPRS, according to …
MEXICO CITY-Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group plc have reportedly rejected a sale of their controlling interest in Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell SA submitted by UBS Securities L.L.C. Iusacell …
BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year of a similar network sharing agreement …
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Interest in one-stop shopping for communications services continues to decline, with less than half the population still interested, according to new research from Solomon-Wolff Associates. The survey found …
Convergys gets China Unicom contractCINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. has licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd., marking Convergys’ first product deployment in …
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research …
WASHINGTON-The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday restored funding for the Office of Technology Policy of the Commerce Department, setting the stage for lawmakers to consider a Bush administration proposal to …
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.K.-based Virgin Group Ltd.’s trademark covers its wireless phone service, and the company can seek an order to stop U.S.-based Virgin …
TOKYO-Japanese operator J-Phone Co. said it will change the name of its J-Sky mobile Internet service to Vodafone Live in line with its adoption of the Vodafone brand Oct. 1. …
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-Lucent Technologies said it completed an expansion of the 450 MHz cdma2000 1x network in Russia for Delta Telecom, the first Russian operator to launch a 1x network. …
