NEW YORK-Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has staked its business case on the proposition that typing should be nearly as easy as talking if wireless data usage is to reach its full …

FREMONT, Calif.-@Road, a provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions, announced the availability of Landmarks, a new optional feature of FleetASAP, the company’s Web-based mobile resource management solution. Landmarks will allow …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it repurchased about 1.5 million of its shares. “This share repurchase demonstrates our confidence in InterDigital’s future,” said Howard Goldberg, the company’s chief …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications mergers made up four of the top 10 largest mergers of all time, according to a list released by the Associated Press following the approval of America Online …

As reports of a slowdown in the wireless industry continue to make headlines in the news and on Wall Street, wireless carriers have been reporting strong customer addition numbers for …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard, after signing off on a $106 billion communications deal with far-reaching implications for wireless and other high-tech industry sectors, announced his resignation last week. …

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc., the advertising industry’s self-regulatory forum, recommended that VoiceStream Wireless “modify its advertising to more clearly communicate the geographical …

The ominous shadow of an economic slowdown is creeping into the wireless industry as vendors reel under unfulfilled earnings forecast, poor sales performance, downgrades and investor anxiety, capping off the …

PARIS-Bouygues Telecom Chairman Martin Bouygues has asked the European Union commission to intervene and delay the award of French Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses. Bouygues wants to ensure France’s UMTS …

PARIS-Mitsubishi’s European telecommunications brand Trium released its new GSM/GPRS phone-enabled pocket PC, Mondo, which the company said will be its flagship product this year. Mondo features a high-powered 166 MHz …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia, which recently was passed over for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in Sweden, signed an agreement with NetCom and its Tele2 subsidiary to form a joint-venture company …

TOKYO-FunMail Inc. will start Beta testing its wireless animated instant messaging service on Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode system. The service is designed to allow i-mode users to send …

OTTAWA, Canada-SiGEM Inc. announced it acquired fleet-management and communications solutions provider Auriga Communications Ltd. for about $3.2 million. SiGEM said it now has 30 percent of the global market for …

TORONTO-In an effort to offer solutions for mobile work forces in markets such as field service, general merchandising and health care, Mobile Computing Corp. and Symbol Technologies Inc. announced a …

GERMANY Sonera is looking to reduce its stake in Group 3G, the consortium that won a third-generation license in Germany last year. Sonera, which currently holds 42.8 percent of the …

PARIS-France Telecom announced plans to float up to 15 percent of its mobile subsidiary, Orange SA, in an effort to reduce its debt. The float will take place by the …

MEXICO CITY-U.K.-based Vodafone Group purchased a 34.5-percent stake in Iusacell, Mexico’s second-largest mobile operator, in an effort to expand into the Latin American wireless market, according to international press reports. …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile Communications said it signed an agreement to sell Norcom Networks, an interactive wireless data service via satellite, to Canadian-listed Wireless Matrix. The company said consideration for the …

HONG KONG-Chinadotcom Corp., Asia’s leading Internet Company, has signed an agreement that will allow Nokia Corp. to supply the broadband technology to generate Internet traffic to its networks. Chinadotcom will …

Ericsson has signed Ukraine’s first GPRS contract with Kyivstar for advanced mobile Internet services. The $100 million contract, which includes GSM dual-band enhanced capacity, allows Ericsson to provide GPRS/GSM core …