Handsets

WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman’s complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect to a base station within 17 …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily halt shipments of several handset models following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days after a Nebraska family purchased it. According …

NTT DoCoMo Inc. joins several other major wireless players in introducing an over-the-air updating service that will allow the carrier to remotely send software patches or even new applications to …

WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman’s complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect to a base station within 17 …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily stop shipments of one of its handsets following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days after a Nebraska family purchased it. …

Wireless local number portability will almost certainly provoke a plethora of questions and concerns from confused consumers, even if it does not trigger a flood of churning customers the day …

By rolling out services in two U.S. markets, Verizon Wireless has triggered momentum for CDMA2000 1X EV-DO technology, barely two years since the first launch of CDMA2000 1X services in …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. finally hit the 1 million mark for the number of users of its FOMA third-generation W-CDMA service, two years after launching the service and much later than …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera AB said it will invest in EDGE technology to improve the speed of its Finnish mobile network. The company said it EDGE technology will be available this fall. …

Sometime in the future, wireless users may never again have to mail in their phones to get a software glitch repaired. If such a vision holds true, users won’t even …

LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice …

MILAN, Italy-Italy’s largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that will become available on UMTS, including …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. finally hit the 1 million mark for the number of users of its FOMA third-generation W-CDMA service, two years after launching the service and much later than …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera AB said it will invest in EDGE technology to improve the speed of its Finnish mobile network. The company said it EDGE technology will be available this fall. …

LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice …

RESTON, Va.-Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages and an injunction prohibiting Verizon …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network-partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base-station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists. If the …

LONDON-Operating system consortium Symbian signed a development agreement with Japan’s leading mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc. The agreement gives NTT DoCoMo access to Symbian OS source code and the right …

Operating system consortium Symbian signed a development agreement with Japan’s leading mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc. The agreement gives NTT DoCoMo access to Symbian OS source code and the right …

Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages and an injunction prohibiting Verizon Wireless’ …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists. …

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands-German wireline carrier International Telecom Network Operation Services (ITENOS), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, said it will offer fixed-line multimedia messaging services through a new deal with LogicaCMG. The …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it updated its GSM/GPRS handset platform to include additional security and software features, moves that come as more players enter the handset platform and reference design …