WYE VALLEY, United Kingdom—Electric Pocket Ltd. today released new versions of its BugMe! applications that include NotePack stationery templates, which the company said will allow Palm Inc. personal digital assistant …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has licensed its technology for smart card transactions over the mobile Internet to France-based Xiring, which designs and markets personal card readers and secures transaction …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.’s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML …
GOTEBORG, Sweden—WirelessCar is partnering with Aether Systems Inc. to create a telematics platform capable of supporting a range of wireless networks, standards and protocols, the companies said.WirelessCar’s universal telematics network …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Verizon Wireless introduced an account management service for customers in Oregon and Washington allowing access to account balance information and airtime usage free of charge from their wireless handsets.The …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. and Nortel Networks said they have successfully conducted an end-to-end, live third-generation cdma2000 1x mobile Internet Protocol call in Nortel’s lab in Richardson, Texas.“This call demonstrated the …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—In another vote of support for Intel Corp.’s Personal Internet Client Architecture initiative, Compaq Computer Corp. said it will work with Intel on PCA-based devices running on current …
DUESSELDORF, Germany—German prosecutors are investigating whether executives of Vodafone Group plc and Mannesmann received illegal compensation from the companies’ $180 billion merger, according to the Associated Press.Prosecutors said in a …
WASHINGTON—A new congressional report concludes more analysis is needed before reaching a decision on whether the Department of Defense should be forced to surrender the 1700 MHz band to mobile-phone …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. said underwriters of its recent offering of 70 million shares of series 1 Sprint PCS common stock and 60 million equity units exercised their 15 percent …
MELBOURNE, Australia—Australian wireless carrier Telstra Corp. quickly backtracked on a plan to push advertisements to its subscribers after Australia’s communications minister harshly criticized the move.Telstra recently sent its MobileNet subscribers …
LISLE, Ill.—Tellabs has announced about 1,000 job cuts, closure of two facilities and reduction of operating expenses as part of its effort to “align its expenses with reduced spending by …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it might sell off its chip unit if it does not generate sufficient profit within an unspecified time period, according to Ed Gams, the company’s …
HAWTHORNE, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. reported UBS Warburg has committed to provide the company with $2.5 billion in debt financing to fund the construction of its planned nationwide third-generation wireless network. …
MONROE, La.—CenturyTel Inc. filed a lawsuit against Alltel Corp., claiming Alltel made false and misleading statements to promote its takeover bid of CenturyTel.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. and Symbian today announced they will team to accelerate software application development for wireless devices based on the Intel’s Personal Internet Client Architecture and the Symbian …
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Agilent Technologies Inc said it would slash about 4,000 workers just as it posted a third-quarter pro forma loss of $109 million compared to a profit of $158 …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. today announced it will add travel functions, including the ability to make flight, car and hotel reservations, to its Mobile Office Solution.The company’s mobile office product offers …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Triton Network Systems Inc.’s board of directors voted to liquidate the company, including inventory, property and equipment, and distribute the net proceeds to stockholders, Triton announced.The plan is subject …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has placed its first wideband-CDMA voice call on the 3rd Generation Partnership Program standard.“The 3G voice call demonstrates the compliancy of the commercial Nokia 3G …
