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MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.’s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS. …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick’s unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Location-based services have struggled to find their feet in Europe. Mobile data has taken a long time to deliver on the technology, applications and price points to meet …

America Online Inc. said it will stop selling and supporting its Mobile Communicator, which is based on Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device. According to AOL’s Internet site, the Mobile …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it launched a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device, as well as introduced new rate plans for the wireless voice and data device. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will launch a color-screen version of its Danger Inc.-produced Sidekick device June 6, as well as introduce new rate plans for the wireless voice …

BERWYN, Pa.-Southeastern wireless carrier Triton PCS said it is now selling Danger Inc.’s monochrome screen Hiptop device under its SunCom-branded service. Triton said the device is currently available at SunCom …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

KIEV, Ukraine-The Ukrainian parliament passed a law prohibiting carriers from charging any incoming calls and causing protests from all national operators, which appealed to President Leonid Kuchma to veto the …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Audio company Beatnik Inc. said its audio platform is now in use in more than 1 million wireless devices, including Nokia Corp.’s 7650, 3510 and the Danger HipTop. …

The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), formed in June 2002, will either greatly help or hinder the future of wireless industry, according to a new study from the Shosteck Group. According …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea’s mobile payments made for purchases of digital content or other inexpensive products may face a disruption as the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), the country’s top trade …

Permit issues could delay operator rollouts HELSINKI, Finland-PTS, Sweden’s telecom regulatory authority, appears to have accepted the general position adopted by operators that meeting the 2002 deadline for rollout of …

DUBLIN, Ireland—The imminent launch of the XDA, an O2-branded mobile device manufactured specifically for that operator, is clear evidence that European operators are demanding more input into handset development. However, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Danger Inc., creator of the hiptop mobile service and device, announced that one of Silicon Valley’s most notable figures, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc., has joined …

SAN FRANCISCO—Following a recent annual meeting, venture capital firm SoftBank Venture Capital announced it will change its name to Mobius Venture Capital, a move it said reflects its independent status. …

SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with …

Executives for personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week discussed the possibility of splitting the company’s operating system business and its device manufacturing segment into two separate companies, an …

WASHINGTON-House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) last week asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to review the FBI’ s use of Internet wiretaps in light of a new Supreme Court ruling …

Deutsche Telekom’s recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group plc’s partial ownership stake in …

Microsoft Corp.’s competitors are calling the attention of anti-trust authorities to the company’s new initiative .NET as the software player’s latest strategy to extend its monopoly. Analysts think that, in …

While seven-digit numbers are usually reserved for a company’s bottom line or telephone number, the seven digits in 6,219,694are of extra importance to Canadian-based wireless messaging company Research In Motion …

Telecommunications provider McLeodUSA Inc. sold two of its personal communications services licenses and entered into agreements to sell the remainder of its PCS licenses to four buyers for more than …

WASHINGTON-The law firm of Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, which earlier this year took control of an $800 million mobile phone-brain cancer lawsuit, has joined forces with attorneys in a …

Wireless industry insiders increasingly seem to be making the case that governments should consider “rebates” to carriers that bid too much money at spectrum auctions for third-generation wireless services. While …