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WASHINGTON-South Korea’s National Emergency Management Agency said it will expand cell-broadcast disaster alerts to cover the whole country. NEMA said the initiative has enabled mobile-phone subscribers to get information on …

NEW JERSEY-Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a …

LONDON-European-based wireless operator Orange awarded Cenuco Inc.’s Advanced MobileMonitor Communicator the best use of the carrier’s voice and data network during the recent Orange Code Camp Event. Cenuco demonstrated the …

Mobile TV got another boost from SmartVideo Technologies Inc., which announced an advertising-supported streaming music video service for mobile-phone users. The service will feature videos culled from Digital Music Video …

DALLAS-I can see Homer Simpson peering out of the phone in Martyn Gregory’s hand. The animated “Simpsons” TV star is trying desperately to jump off a burning oil tower and …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle Mobile Media will use technology from Microsoft Corp. to deliver and manage content for its live mobile TV service, the companies announced yesterday. The subsidiary of Crown Castle …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Radio operator Infinity Broadcasting will team with Hewlett-Packard Co. to offer an interactive music broadcast for U.S. wireless users. The service, called Visual Radio, will deliver local FM …

WASHINGTON-A bi-partisan bill to end the digital TV transition on Dec. 31, 2006, and give spectrum to public safety was re-introduced Thursday after failing to pass in the last Congress. …

WASHINGTON-A bi-partisan bill to end the digital TV transition on Dec. 31, 2006, and give spectrum to public safety was re-introduced Thursday after failing to pass in the last Congress. …

ABC News announced ambitious plans to expand its 24-hour digital news operation, offering a suite of multimedia services through television, the Internet and mobile phones. The network will build on …

Mobile video providers continued to target users in the Far East with two new announcements Tuesday. RealNetworks Inc. and mobile operator Hong Kong CSL launched a mobile media service enabling …

As a tower operator, Crown Castle International Inc. is venturing into a less familiar environment as an enabler of what may grow into a major application in the wireless industry: …

NEW ORLEANS-SanDisk Corp. and NDS, which provides digital pay TV technology, announced a long-range partnership that calls for NDS to provide an end-to-end solution for delivering video and mobile content …

SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia’s first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology. …

GENEVA-The Cellular Emergency Alert Systems Association said it formed a global working group focused on development of early warning networks that use cell broadcast technology to alert citizens to impending …

WASHINGTON-A new California bill would prohibit driver’s licenses and other identity documents issued by the state from containing radio frequency identification chips, an initiative that follows a huge uproar by …

WASHINGTON-Even if the TV broadcasters are given incentives to speed the digital TV spectrum transition, it probably will not help, according to a draft paper released by a think tank …

SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia’s first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology. …

WASHINGTON-Privacy advocates have rallied around a new California initiative that would prohibit driver’s licenses and other identity documents issued by the state from containing radio frequency identification chips. “This is …

BOSTON-The deafening buzz surrounding mobile TV may be unwarranted, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. In the new study, “Mobile TV: Hype not Justified by Demand!,” the consultancy argues …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association Thursday came out in support of a Dec. 31, 2006, hard date for the transition to digital TV. “Converting to DTV will clear valuable spectrum for …

WASHINGTON-A key Democrat on the House telecommunications subcommittee Thursday put the brakes on setting a hard date for the digital TV transition. “I think it is impossible to say at …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced the winners of its 2005 GSM Association Awards during its gala at the 3GSM World Congress. Brazil won the GSM Association Chairman’s Award for country …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Digital wireless company TTPCom this week made available technology enabling TV reception on next-generation mobile phones. TTPCom unveiled a DVB-H (digital video broadcast for handhelds) demodulator/decoder technology designed …

DALLAS-Alcatel Alsthom will add Alvarion’s WiMAX 802.16 solution to its worldwide reach and network integration capability. Both companies also said they have been selected to run WiMAX deployments in Europe, …