TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo released a new Java-enabled handset, which is manufactured by NEC. The handset will be put into the market on 3 March. The NEC handset will be the third …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the second-largest mobile carrier in the world, plans to issue 20 billion yen (US$170 million) in corporate bonds as early as next week. It will mark DoCoMo’s first …

Sierra Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Corp. to the WirelessReady Alliance. Alliance members, including wireless device manufacturers, software application vendors, and wireless and value-added enterprise service providers, work …

In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology. The trend, …

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president’s $1.96 trillion budget that …

Controversy is brewing in the Texas state House of Representatives over a far-reaching bill that could give individual counties the authority to regulate tower siting, even requiring those with whip …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week received the strongest indication to date that securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum will be difficult if not impossible, as an eclectic mix of military, educational, religious …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia has been chosen by several companies to provide its third-generation network solution. Nokia said its 3G infrastructure is based on open standards, platforms and interfaces critical for evolution …

Telefonica takes control of four Mexican companies Telefonica Moviles announced it will take management control of Bajacel, Movitel, Norcel and Cedetel, four of Motorola Inc.’s operating companies in Northern Mexico. …

FREMONT, Calif.-ClickServices presented a wireless software platform for global business that it said overcomes barriers posed by the competing wireless networks and various wireless devices. According to the company, ClickServices …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-In the wake of the devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, Cingular Interactive said its Interactive Intelligent Wireless Network continued operations in the region providing customers with a means …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Agilera’s Extended Enterprise as the platform for its Lawson Software applications, allowing Agilera to integrate and host the suite of human resource applications and provide …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Capital One Financial Corp. reported the conclusion of a direct marketing test relationship with Sprint PCS. The relationship involved Capital One originating wireless telephone accounts for Sprint PCS …

Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the …

TORONTO-Avaya Canada, a provider of business communications systems and services, signed an agreement with OnSat Hospitality Joint Venture Ltd., which provides broadband satellite-based wireless Internet connections to deliver wireless broadband …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will introduce Kyocera Corp.’s 6035 smart phone onto its network beginning March 5. The dual-branded, Palm OS-powered handset features wireless Web access and a near-Palm …

WASHINGTON-TV broadcasters said they plan to fight any proposal that would force them to pay fees for 700 MHz spectrum they have not vacated by 2007. Further, during a Senate …

WASHINGTON-Huawei Technologies Inc., a Chinese telecom firm that is quickly becoming a global wireless juggernaut, is reportedly suspected of violating U.N. sanctions by supplying Iraq with fiber optic cable to …

TORONTO-Mist Inc., which provides wireless technologies applications and other information management technologies, is conducting a test of its MIST Freedom II Wireless point-of-sale terminal with McDonald’s Corp., in the Vivencia …