Handsets

Infused with new leadership, Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to expand its offerings with the launch of its Jump by Cricket prepaid service, providing a true pay-as-you-go plan for …

RESTON, Va.-Former Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary NII Holdings Inc. said it plans to restate financial reports for full year 2003 and the first nine months of 2004 after its audit …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc and Japanese handset maker Toshiba announced a strategic partnership to market a range of exclusive third-generation handsets in Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. The relationship marks …

NEW YORK-Nearly half of the nation’s 10- to 18-year-olds own mobile phones and a vast majority are interested in handsets that double as music players or cameras, according to a …

Kodiak Network’s rapidly expanding Real-Time Exchange System and accompanying Advanced Voice Services applications received another set of updates, which the company said further advances the platform beyond a push-to-talk offering. …

LONDON-Celltick Technologies raised $11 million in series C financing, bringing the company’s total funds raised to more than $20 million. Celltick’s primary product, LiveScreen, displays free, silent messages on mobile …

Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. jumped headfirst into the mobile gaming waters Friday, acquiring New Jersey-based technology company Stadeon Inc. and launching a studio to develop games for wireless phones. Terms …

SYDNEY, Australia-Broadcast Australia subsidiary The Bridge Networks will team with Telstra on a year-long trial of Australia’s first multi-channel mobile TV service using digital video broadcast for handheld (DVB-H) technology. …

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-An exploding demand for full-track downloads will help push mobile music revenues to more than $9.3 billion by 2009, according to a new report from Juniper Research. According …

MIDDLETOWN, R.I.-TowerStream said it has completed a one-month trial using mobile Voice over Internet Protocol over a Wi-Fi network in Middletown. The mobile broadband provider said it allowed VoIP phone …

After years of mostly futile efforts to exploit the largely untapped wireless e-mail market, wireless companies are thinking small. Instead of working to put high-tech devices in the hands of …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a …

Siemens AG appears to be in the midst of peddling its handset business, but by all accounts the world’s No. 5 phone vendor isn’t having any luck. That Siemens is …

Proving wrong rumors of an imminent shutdown of its handset business, Siemens released three new low-end phones in an effort to trump low-cost vendors like Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said Alltel will use its wireless data connectivity solution to support its high-speed data customers. Smith Micro will customize its QuickLink Mobile and QuickLink …

NEW YORK-Mobile music software company MusicGremlin Inc. picked up an undisclosed amount of capital in a recently closed Series B funding round led by Allen & Company LLC. The 2-year-old …

Movida Communications Inc. reported an agreement with Sprint Corp. and Wal-Mart to provide nationwide prepaid wireless voice and data services to the U.S. Hispanic market using a mobile virtual network …

The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service offerings that could help the carrier …

Motorola Inc. leapt into the high-volume, low-cost mobile phone business-a space dominated by the likes of Nokia Corp. and Siemens-with plans to sell millions of new phones in emerging wireless …

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance …

Nokia Corp.’s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc. “Motorola products are really just more …

As evidenced by the vast popularity of gadgets like Apple’s iPod, the demand for portable digital music is as obvious as it is universal. But how-and how well-the wireless industry …

The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service offerings that could help the carrier …

The Federal Communications Commission this week lauded CTIA’s efforts to control mobile adult content and urged the association to step up its efforts in keeping inappropriate material out of the …

CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance …