The long, hard road of Wireless Knowledge seems to have finally come to an end. Starting Monday, Wireless Knowledge will fold into Qualcomm Inc.’s Wireless Business Solutions division. Qualcomm Inc. …
BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Developer Silicon Village has launched its Fortress SMS encryption application for sending secure end-to-end short message service messages on Series 60 and Symbian platforms. The solution encrypts SMS messages …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp.’s stock jumped on the company’s announcement that it narrowed its sales estimates for the second quarter owing to improved demand. The company, which serves as the …
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems Inc. said it has adopted a stockholder rights plan to fend off unsolicited takeover attempts. This will be applied by issuing a dividend of one right for …
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep in place rules that require telecom carriers that receive auction bidding credits to serve tribal lands to build …
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. and Chile’s Telefonica Movil, an affiliate of Telefonica Moviles, announced the availability of the Merlin G100 Wireless PC Card Modem. Telefonica Movil has certified the card …
TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless customers can now download English- and French-language Java technology-based games and applications published by Tira Wireless to their mobile devices. “Rogers AT&T Wireless has clearly recognized the …
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.’s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P …
WASHINGTON-Connecticut won a two-year fight to implement a specific area code for wireless and certain other phone numbers. The Federal Communications Commission said the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control …
Japan’s second-largest wireless operator KDDI Corp. led its bigger and smaller rivals in customer additions last month as the carrier said it added 162,000 net customers in May, ending the …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday announced it signed contracts for phase two of industry-funded health research called for under an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. …
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. launched its latest youth-oriented advertising campaign this week titled “Live Without a Plan.” The mobile virtual network operator said the campaign, which debuted during the 2003 …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court on Friday struck down an attempt by the wireless industry to delay or eliminate the Nov. 24 mandate that it provide wireless local number portability. The …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Tecnomen Inc. said its prepaid solution has achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks based on GSM infrastructure equipment tests. Tecnomen’s intelligent network supports CAMEL Phase 2 prepaid mobile termination …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name. Visto provides personal and corporate mobile access solutions. …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The market for downloadable ring tones in the United States could grow to as much as $1 billion by 2007, according to research firm IDC. “Moving from ring tones …
BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry. First, marketing company M-Qube announced the next phase of its …
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo’s patents. Sendo said …
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier’s plan to combine all its data …
