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WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group picked the WiMedia Alliance multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing version of ultra-wideband for integration with Bluetooth technology, thus taking the next step in its …

BOULDER, Colo.—The Mobile Marketing Association has created a committee to address the operational and technical guidelines surrounding wireless video. The committee, which is open to all MMA members, seeks to …

LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week’s United States Telecom Association’s first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas, though a handful of executives touched …

WASHINGTON-The telecom industry gathered last week in Las Vegas for a convention sponsored by the United States Telecommunications Association. Next week, many of the same people will visit Sin City …

FREMONT, Calif.-The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are …

BOULDER, Colo.-The Mobile Marketing Association revised its “consumer best practices,” updating the guidelines to include chat services, interactive television, and viral and affiliate marketing. The rules are designed to establish …

WESTCHESTER, Ill.—Comsearch said it has been selected as the official spectrum manager for the CTIA Wireless 2006 tradeshow next month in Las Vegas. As spectrum manager, Comsearch said it would …

BOULDER, Colo.—The Mobile Marketing Association revised its “consumer best practices,” updating the guidelines to include chat services, interactive television and viral and affiliate marketing. The rules are designed to establish …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nokia Corp. unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) for game-makers looking to create 3-D titles for the manufacturer’s smart phones. The SDK, which was announced at the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday created its long anticipated Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which is set to take over various functions and issues from seven other entities within …

FREMONT, Calif.—The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Next month’s LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will include a mobile Linux focus, according to conference organizer IDG World Expo. In addition, the show floor will feature a Mobile Linux …

REDMOND, Wash—Microsoft Corp. announced that it’s backing Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld technology as a “founding member” of the Mobile DTV Alliance. Although the group formed in January, Microsoft only today announced …

SAN FRANCISCO—Mitch Lasky, EA Mobile’s senior vice president, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the GDC Mobile 2006 game developers’ conference next month in San Jose, Calif. Lasky …

European operator Vodafone Group plc announced a new agreement with Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. that calls for Huawei to build 3G phones that Vodafone plans to sell …

BARCELONA, Spain-The evolution toward convergence could make for some strange bedfellows. The 3GSM World Congress was named for third-generation cellular services, but it was the alphabet soup of other technologies …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association and Intel Corp. unveiled an initiative designed to drive the adoption of GSM-based wireless data technologies in laptop computers. The plan calls for both parties to …

PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake’s nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless local area network solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers …

PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake’s nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless LAN solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers secure access …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-More than two dozen companies are backing a preliminary “best practices” agreement for wireless Internet content, according to the World Wide Web Consortium. Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 “provides …

Big brands and high-powered advertising agencies are stampeding to wireless in an effort to snuggle up next to consumers. But they’re finding that effective mobile marketing usually means more than …

WASHINGTON-A pair of studies reach different conclusions on whether cell phones pose health risks to consumers, continuing a trend of conflicting scientific results that keeps consumers scratching their heads and …

SAN DIEGO-The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative said its membership has swelled to 130 companies as new members focused on WiMAX technology seek to ensure that the technology is included …