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WASHINGTON—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Oklahoma construction firm $14,100 in connection with the deaths of three men who fell from an Alltel Corp. cell phone tower …

MOUNTIAN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. announced it has been chosen by ParTech Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp., a supplier of point-of-sale systems to the quick service restaurant …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NowSpeed Inc. released Mobile Office 2.5, which enhanced the Exchange gateway by allowing it to be a gateway for other intranet and IT applications. “Customers want to use NowSpeed …

MISSISAUGA, Ontario—Wireless security solutions provider Certicom said Texas Instruments has licensed its products for TI’s OMAP platform for handsets, personal digital assistants and advanced mobile Internet appliances. “Both carriers and …

SHEFFIELD, U.K.—Phone Candy, a service that allows users to personalize their cell phones via the Internet, has added Garfield the cat to its options. “The humor and fun of the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having failed in its ambitions to become one of the top five suppliers of mobile terminals, Alcatel is expected to announce a partnership with another cell-phone developer to …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in March dropped by 49.7 percent to 3.12 million units compared with sales in February, the Japanese Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) reported. It was …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—While sending e-mails via cell phones is up to 10 times cheaper than short message service (SMS), mobile operators must still charge users to receive e-mails so their …

WASHINGTON—A British government report today said devices for reducing mobile-phone radiation vary widely in effectiveness and there are trade-offs that can hurt handset performance, a contrast with the Bush administration’s …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the theft of cell phones has attracted widespread news coverage in the United Kingdom, a new study is expected to suggest that many of these reports of …

NEW YORK—By 2005, 130 million wireless devices, weighing in at a total of 65,000 tons, will be discarded annually in the United States, according to “Waste in the Wireless World: …

NEW YORK—A pair of New York-based companies has teamed up to permit cell phone users to download recording artist greetings for their mobile voice mail box as part of a …

NEW YORK—The first open-source reference implementation for software defined radio, which allows wireless devices re-configurable by software, is now available on the Web site of the Communications Research Centre Canada …

CHICAGO—Motorola Inc., which has been laying off workers in waves for the past 18 months, has one more round of cuts to make before reaching its goal of trimming 50,000 …

VIENNA, Va.—XtremeSpectrum announced it plans to begin working toward the global adoption of ultra-wideband rules. To further its initiative, the company appointed Veronica “Roni” Haggart to the newly created position …

LOS ANGELES—Driscoll-Wolf Marketing & Research’s latest survey on consumer interest in location-based services found, among other things, that 53 percent of those surveyed who use a cellular phone at least …

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Green Machine Development Corp. announced it plans to merge with Micel Wireless Corp., which specializes in the sales, service and support of Motorola fixed cellular, telephone, PBX, cellular …

WASHINGTON—A new study published in the May issue of the journal Epidemiology says cell phone use was not associated with brain tumors or salivary gland cancers overall, but found a …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—A new report from the Finnish radiation authority has said cellular base stations are safe, as long as they are properly installed. The government-funded watchdog, S

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Canada—Newfoundland is poised to become the first province in Canada to ban motorists from using handheld cell phones while driving. The proposed ban is aimed at improving …

HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Volkswagen of America Inc. announced it will begin offering OnStar telematics services in 2003. “Volkswagen Telematics by OnStar” will offer safety, security and convenience features, which the …

RALEIGH, N.C.—Summus Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has entered a partnership that will enable users of wireless devices embedded with its Exego software to select, view and send electronic greeting cards developed …

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HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor’s competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator’s decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge …

RALEIGH, N.C.—Summus Inc. announced its BlueFuel-powered Exego application has been ported to the Microsoft PocketPC platform to allow wireless subscribers to exchange e-mail, digital images and instant messages via BREW-enabled …