Handsets

SCHAUMBERG, Ill.-Clarity Technologies Inc. said it has closed $11.3 million in financing for its software technology for voice-based products. The funding, a Series A offering of preferred stock, was led …

Reinforcing its relationship with parent companies BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its FastForward device that allows wireless customers to automatically forward unlimited calls from their …

Nokia Corp. put a damper on the stock market as it announced its guidance for the third quarter. Although Nokia expects faster-than expected volume growth for its handsets for the …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Wireless carrier Alltel Corp. announced a wide-ranging deal with Walt Disney Internet Group to bolster its wireless content offerings, including its BREW application download service. Through the new …

SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said it will begin a free month-long third-generation service trial beginning end-December for about 100 customers. Full commercial service will begin during 2004. The trial customers, who …

LONDON-A U.K. supplier plans to offer push-to-talk services in the United Kingdom through an alliance with Wizcom Ltd., which owns retail outlet chain Phones4U. In October, Fastmobile’s Fastchat service will …

ATLANTA-Regional iDEN provider Southern LINC reported it had met the Federal Communications Commission’s Sept. 1 deadline to set up E911 Phase II implementation for Tier III wireless carriers. The carrier …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Wireless carrier Alltel announced a wide-ranging deal with Walt Disney Internet Group to bolster its wireless content offerings, including its BREW application download service. Through the new deal, …

SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said it will begin a free month-long third-generation service trial beginning end-December for about 100 customers. Full commercial service will begin during 2004. The trial customers, who …

WASHINGTON-The Rural Telecommunications Group is urging the Federal Communications Commission to give rural wireless carriers more time to comply with wireless enhanced 911 rules and to create a fourth class-Tier …

Sen. Charles Schumer last week blasted the wireless industry in light of the recent power outage that caused havoc throughout the Northeast. “Last week’s blackout was a cell-phone disaster,” Schumer …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile …

IRVINE, Calif.-NEC Corp. said it has granted Hop-On a worldwide license to make, have made, use, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of wireless devices under its GSM and GPRS patent …

In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile phones, …

As wireless penetrates the young-adult market, universities are losing revenues once garnered from on-campus landline phones and long-distance reseller programs. Telispire, which provides privately branded cellular service to various organizations, …

Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services. Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge in New York said Aug. 12 that a consolidated group of lawsuits against major players of the wireless industry can go forward to determine whether the carriers …

Claiming the phrase “push to talk” as its property, Nextel Communications Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless for using it in its advertising campaign launched recently for Verizon’s …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will limit the number of e-mail messages users can send to 1,000 per day, beginning Oct. 20. The company said the move is part of …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spreadtrum announced its Spreadtrum GSM/GPRS module, SM5100, has achieved full type approval (FTA) certification and is now in volume production with multiple designs. The module offers wireless voice communication …

Fulfilling repeated claims to launch service by the end of this year, Verizon Wireless introduced its highly anticipated Push to Talk service last week, which, in addition to providing Verizon …

The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. …

SAN DIEGO-China Unicom will conduct the first handset trial of Qualcomm Inc.’s GSM1x technology, allowing testers to roam from GSM to CDMA networks. Kyocera Corp. supplied the handset, based on …

Verizon Wireless’ highly anticipated press-to-talk service is expected to introduce tomorrow with the carrier rolling out a nationwide offering using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x packet network, Winphoria’s PTT server and …

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched a range of entertainment applications and communications services on its recently deployed CDMA2000 1x network using Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW platform. The applications will …