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You could call Bill Diggins lots of things-music mogul, artists’ advocate, maybe even visionary. Just don’t call him a ringtone salesman. According to the founder of 2-year-old music marketer Diggit …

SAN FRANCISCO-Faith West Inc. will offer licensed tracks from labels including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and RCA Label Group to U.S. Cellular, the mobile music company said. Through …

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. …

NEW YORK-Sony Music Entertainment acquired wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. Sony’s move …

CHICAGO-Boldt Metronics International (BMI) has been acquired by Laird Technologies for $28.7 million in cash and the assumption of $1 million of long-term capital equipment leases. Laird plans to combine …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS said it will offer downloadable ringtones and screen savers to its customers through its Web site or wireless Web service. The musical ringtones will be provided …

Mobile devices Alcatel Alcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal …

Czech Republic Airspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media’s network, …

FREEREALTIME.com FreeRealTime.com Inc. launched a beta version of FRT2go, a service for use on 3Com Corp.’s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net service, giving its members wireless access to …

SEPTEMBER 9-10 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order from Chaos, by Bell Atlantic Professional Services and Indetec International Inc. Wyndham Bristol Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 327-8412. 9-10 A Practical Introduction to Wireless …

Dear Editor: In her recent letter, Jo Waldron of Phoenix Management misrepresents and simplifies my position on wireless add-on devices by taking a polite corridor discussion out of context. I …

WASHINGTON-Even as the nation’s first broadband personal communications services system began commercial operations here last week, questions continue to be raised in the United States and abroad about the potential …