I am moved. Not by car or subway, or even through time and space by sophisticated cell-phone technology. I am moved by news reports (some with pictures of eternity-bound adults …

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets. ARM, which has about 75 percent market share …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates announced U.S. Cellular Corp. acquired the E-Block personal communications services licenses serving the St. Joseph, Mo., basic trading area from Triad Holdings I L.L.C. covering approximately 190,000 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks said it will prune about 1,000 jobs as part of its efforts to improve efficiency and optimize its structures to meet changing market needs. The layoffs of …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. today announced two distribution deals, one with a major personal digital assistant company and another with a wireless data carrier. Brightpoint’s agreement with Palm Inc. involves distributing Palm’s …

TOKYO-ActiveSky, a company focused on wireless interactive rich media, has signed microbrowser developer Access, consumer electronics producer Casio, advertiser Dentsu, and several content providers to test consumer and business applications …

NEW YORK-Sony Electronics and GoAmerica Inc. introduced a new MYLO wireless service at the PC Expo here June 25 that will provide Internet access for users of CLIE monochrome handheld …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp., New York, will distribute AT&T Wireless shares to AT&T common stockholders at a ratio of 0.3281 of a share of AT&T Wireless for each outstanding AT&T share, …

NEW YORK-Mobileum Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has released the 2.0 version of Mobileum, which the company is touting as the “world’s first tools-independent wireless application platform.” The “tools-independent” feature means that …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Embattled high-speed wireless data service company Metricom Inc. said it plans to lay off approximately 23 percent of its work force in hopes of preserving its rapidly dwindling …

Ameritech Paging, owned by SBC Communications, was left out of RCR Wireless News’ 2001 Top 20 Paging Carrier list in the June 18, 2001 issue. With 1.1 million subscribers, Ameritech …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Just a month after it reassured Wall Street of its revenue expectations, Aether Systems Inc. today announced it now expects “flat to modest” growth for the remainder of …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics NV said it will quit making mobile-phone handsets and cede it to a venture with China Electronics Corp. to make them. The Financial Times reported that …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Battling reaction to the profit warning it issued late last week, Sierra Wireless stood out with several announcements at this week’s PC Expo. Sierra Wireless released its AirPath …

If your mother is like mine, she probably told you to share when you were a child. Sharing is a good thing, at least in the eyes of most moms …

TOYKO-Usen, the largest music cable caster in Japan, launched a six-month field test for high-speed wireless services in Tokyo in mid-June in cooperation with Root. According to Usen, the services, …

SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-After all the publicity, time and money spent obtaining third-generation (3G) licenses, European mobile operators are keeping plans strictly to themselves about what mobile applications they might launch …

TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of …