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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS Network Partner UbiquiTel Inc. launched personal communications services in northern Utah, covering more than 97,000 residents in Logan City, Hyrum, Wellsville, Smithfield, Brigham City and Tremonton, Utah.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-NetNation Communications Inc. was selected to provide dedicated hosting and back-end support for wireless game producer Kalador Entertainment Inc.’s mobile phone services. “This agreement enables Kalador to concentrate …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-MobilePlanet announced it will offer Metrocall’s line of wireless products and services through its sales channels, including the Handspring Visor bundled with Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s @ctiveLink module and Metrocall’s …

WASHINGTON-Telecommunications carriers, especially small rural wireless carriers, are fighting against a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to charge for telephone numbers. “There exists no congressional mandate to charge for …

SAN FRANCISCO-A decidedly different feeling surrounded the Broadband Wireless World Forum in San Francisco last week compared with last year, when the industry’s exuberance could hardly be contained by its …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. has announced the availability of Yahoo! Local Info, a directory of location-based information for Web-enabled phones. According to the company, consumers can find information on entertainment, …

NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc., an integrated wireless Internet service provider and personalized mobile Web portal for personal digital assistants, announced it will offer Certicom’s security products through its movian VPN, the …

A huge number of wireless companies hope to make money by helping businesses replace their cumbersome cords and wires with the freedom of wavelength-the hot phrase lately seems to be …

CANNES-Wireless Facilities Inc. and Bechtel Corp. announced they formed an alliance that will provide turnkey network implementation services for GSM and 3G networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. …

While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set …

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc.’s stocks dropped almost 50 percent last week after the company released its fourth-quarter results, which included a huge drops in sales, dire warnings for the year to …

Centralizing access to e-mail boxes can be a complicated matter that is often further hampered by solutions requiring an additional e-mail account. Instead of making access easier, the user ends …

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire VIA Wireless, a privately held Sprint PCS network partner. Under the terms of the transaction, UbiquiTel will issue …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers now can access an information provider, Afronet.com, focused on content by and for the African-American community. Afronet.com offers customer’s daily news updates, business news, …

BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., a global provider of software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices announced its support for RIM BlackBerry 950 and 957 wireless pagers through Infowave’s Wireless …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hybrid Networks Inc., a leader in design, development, manufacturing and marketing of fixed broadband wireless systems has entered into an agreement with a fund of The Palladin Group …

Two of the country’s largest wireless operators saw their stock prices jolted last week, as financial and performance concerns continued to plague the telecommunications market. Nextel Communications Inc.’s stock fell …

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-GN Hello Direct Inc. filed a suit covering about $11 million in damages against Plantronics Inc., Plantronics said. Hello Direct said the damages stem from Plantronics’ termination of …

Motorola tried to square up to recent hard times with a series of announcements from product launches and contract wins to brokered alliances and games. The announcements made last week …