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WASHINGTON-Aggressive industry lobbying and strong bipartisan backing by the Washington state congressional delegation in this election season of giving helped win removal of a measure that would have killed the …

Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Microsoft Corp. extended their current agreement to deploy next-generation mobile Internet services for corporate and consumer customers. The companies are establishing a joint executive advisory team …

Using its experience as a provider of mobile information management solutions allowing users to access, collect, synchronize and print information on demand, Boise, Idaho-based Extended Systems Inc. unveiled XTNDConnect View, …

WASHINGTON-A relatively minor mobile-phone case in Illinois state court-involving allegations of privacy invasion and health risk coverup in connection with an epidemiology study-has mushroomed into one of the largest class-action …

The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement. Ignition Corp., founded by several former …

After months of relative silence, Ignition Corp. has begun making noise again, providing its mentoring and funding proficiencies to two more companies. The most recent is Avogadro, launched this week …

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone. President …

VIENNA, Va.-Focusing on customer-based applications is ruining the potential of the wireless industry as demonstrated last week by the dip of Motorola Inc.’s stock price, said W. Kevin Hazzard, director …

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.’s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.

LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom’s Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC’s paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs. …

A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education …

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for …

SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access business information on their Nextel Internet-capable …

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices. Only technology …

SAN FRANCISCO-Microsoft Corp. introduced an addition to its Microsoft.NET server family. Mobile Information Server is a scalable mobile applications server designed to provide enterprise customers and mobile network operators with …

The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation to strengthen the legal standard law enforcement must meet before obtaining mobile-phone tracking information. The bill also places certain restrictions on law enforcement access …

WASHINGTON-If Al Gore becomes the next president of the United States, as polls increasingly are suggesting, Big Telecom could gain unprecedented access to the White House and have extraordinary influence …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. received full certification from the Bluetooth standards body for its two Bluetooth PC products, a PCMCIA card and a USB accessory, designed to provide a wireless link …

TOKYO-Intel Corp.’s stock took a beating early Friday after the world’s largest silicon chip manufacturer reported third-quarter sales would fall short of analysts’ expectations. The company’s stock lost about 22 …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.’s Computer Group, which provides embedded equipment for telecommunications original equipment manufacturers, announced its 2001 telecommunications strategy, including plans to position the company into every telecom system running …

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Infowave Software Inc. and Inflightonline plan to offer airline passengers secure access to corporate Microsoft Exchange information while in flight. The agreement calls for Inflightonline to distribute a customized …

An emerging collection of technical standards promises to change forever the way marketers do their jobs by automating how businesses interact. The question is: Will this automation cut marketers out …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …