Devices

FORT WORTH, Texas-Flexible Innovations Ltd. released a new range of materials and applications featuring egrips technology. Last June, the company launched egrips to safeguard mobile phones, personal digital assistants and …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Star Services, allowing customers to access and manage their personal account information from wireless devices by dialing the appropriate * code and having responses delivered …

WASHINGTON-A powerful lawmaker directed the Federal Communications Commission to send its best scientists to meet with the Pentagon to help alleviate the continuing problem of improvised explosive devices. “Would the …

WASHINGTON-A powerful lawmaker Wednesday directed the Federal Communications Commission to send its best scientists to meet with the Pentagon to help alleviate the continuing problem of improvised explosive devices. “Would …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Nokia Corp. will use Mobile Digital Media to publish its branded multimedia expansion cards for its Series 60-based handsets in the United States, the companies announced. MDM will …

WASHINGTON-As if battling a potentially new regulatory regime and the threat of hefty fines were not enough, California mobile-phone carriers now face a possible ballot initiative in November that could …

WASHINGTON-Rural Cellular Corp. is asking Congress to extend the deadline for wireless enhanced 911 Phase II service. “The solution to ensure that rural communities receive the same assurances of their …

WASHINGTON-A group of senators, many of them alumni of the 1996 Farm Team, are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a recommendation to restrict universal-service subsidies to primary lines. …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Mobile users are not properly securing mobile devices, even as use of wireless technologies in the workplace continues to rise, according to research firm Gartner Inc. “Wireless mobility is …

HELSINKI, Finland-As Nokia Corp. promoted its “life goes mobile” tagline, the company’s chief executive promised Nokia would release as many as 40 new wireless devices this year. The company has …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-CinemaElectric Inc. announced it will sell mobile content through America Online Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. CinemaElectric is a wireless services company that provides multimedia entertainment for mobile devices in …

NEW YORK-The king lives on through new mobile applications from Diggit Entertainment Group. Diggit announced it will develop a suite of Elvis Presley-branded applications for mobile devices through an exclusive …

LONDON-Mobile operators must provide businesses with Wireless Asset Management (WAM) services to ensure success in mobilizing the enterprise, according to a new report-“Out-of-Sight Shouldn’t Mean Out-of-Mind”-from the London School of …

WASHINGTON-Members of the United States Senate, many of them alumni of the 1996 Farm Team, are preparing a letter to be sent to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to …

The future market for mobile-phone memory will total almost $6 billion, according to some in the industry, and could surpass the potential of the massive desktop computer industry in just …

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service has violated the law in allowing the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower in close proximity to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, according to …

Canadians are often referred to as more polite, humble and reserved versions of their southern counterparts with whom they share a relatively open border stretching for thousands of miles. That …

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s board of directors adopted a proposal to restructure the company’s board, committees and councils. The restructure calls for a two-year transition from a board …

ATLANTA-The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) will collect old cell phones for recycling at their booth at CTIA Wireless 2004 as part of a new call2recycle program. RBRC said some …

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service has violated the law in allowing the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower in close proximity to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, according to …

In addition to the freedom of keeping your cell-phone number when switching between carriers, local number portability has also brought frustration for some porting customers who-after finally freeing themselves from …

Polaris hopes to take the stress out of E911. “We are a location-technology company,” said Bob Dressler, Polaris’ vice president of technology. “We are a software-based solution.” The E911 mandate …

WASHINGTON-Consumer Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, said nearly 8,000 letters from wireless consumers were delivered this week to wireless companies by the organization’s EscapeCellHell.org campaign calling for better contract …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software announced the release of its Telispark Mobile Enterprise 2.5 suite of mobile enterprise applications. The suite includes mCustomer and mOffice modules that allow mobile workers to …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will unveil a new logo, mission statement, and set of core values when it meets in Atlanta later this month for its Wireless 2004 …