Handsets

Sprint PCS expanded its visual data offering last week with the launch of its Video Mail service, which allows customers to send and receive video clips up to 15 seconds …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-In a candid release, Motorola Inc. blamed a shortage of camera components for its inability to meet sales demands. “The Motorola V300 and V500 began shipping earlier in the …

Sprint PCS’ Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early …

Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, …

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, …

Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text …

In a candid release, Motorola Inc. blamed a shortage of camera components for its inability to meet sales demands. “The Motorola V300 and V500 began shipping earlier in the quarter …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Wireless data is on the verge of success within the business market, a move 10 years in the making, according to a new study from research and consulting …

Sprint PCS launched its Video Mail service allowing customers to compose, send and receive video clips of up to 15 seconds in length with full sound at 15 frames per …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced production shipments of its RF3133 PowerStar power amplifier module to LG Electronics for use in the company’s GSM/GPRS handsets recently released for the U.S. …

Much like Al Capone’s vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers beating down the doors of retail …

Although there are numerous complexities in selling music over wireless, mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a new offering designed to give the world’s carriers a quick and simple way to jump …

France Telecom said it has granted Qualcomm Inc. a worldwide license to its Turbo Code patents for both CDMA2000 and W-CDMA chipsets. The Turbo Code, which enjoy the supports of …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Push-to-talk services will likely represent a major boon to wireless operators worldwide, and Nokia Corp. could benefit greatly from the introduction of such services, according to a new …

NEC Corp. said its mobile Internet platform and i-mode handsets are being used by Wind Telecomunicazioni for its i-mode launch, announced earlier, in Italy. In addition, NEC Italia is providing …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-The world’s handset makers continue to make news at a frantic pace, with Motorola Inc. announcing a range of new products and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. trumpeting its market …

TelePlus Enterprises Inc. said its subsidiary TelePlus Retail Services Inc. will acquire all the assets of TelePlus Services, providing the company with a network of 19 wireless retail outlets. TelePlus …

Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text-messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text messages without the need of a …

Sprint PCS’ recently launched Ready Link walkie-talkie service drew mixed performance reviews last week from industry analysts who noted that while the service was superior in many ways to Verizon …

BERNE, Switzerland-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute said it signed a cooperation agreement with the Fixed Line Multimedia Messaging Service Forum to cooperate on multimedia messaging for fixed-line subscribers starting next …

Wireless infrastructure company Alcatel announced it purchased the network division of streaming-video company PacketVideo Corp., a move Alcatel said will bolster its video offerings to include video messaging, video telephony, …

With much fanfare at this year’s Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming …

MONTREAL-TelePlus Enterprises Inc. said its subsidiary TelePlus Retail Services Inc. will acquire all the assets of TelePlus Services, providing the company with a network of 19 wireless retail outlets. TelePlus …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said its mobile Internet platform and i-mode handsets are being used by Wind Telecomunicazioni for its i-mode launch, announced earlier this week, in Italy. In addition, NEC Italia …