Mobile Phones

Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. announced an agreement to jointly create a new line of mobile phones based on Microsoft’s Windows CE operating system. Specifically, Samsung will create …

NEW YORK-Although presumably the driver was not watching PacketVideo’s streaming media on a mobile phone as he drove at 80 mph, the technology passed this test, which an undisclosed Las …

WASHINGTON-As the phone tax repeal and electronic signature bills progressed in Congress last week, two other bills of importance to the wireless industry-uniform sourcing and China trade-remained in limbo. On …

TOKYO-Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. should reduce its current 67-percent stake in its mobile phone subsidiary, NTT DoCoMo, according to a report from Japan’s Fair Trade Commission. Restructuring of NTT …

We have e-mail, e-commerce and e-tailers, among other “electronic” conveniences. The “e” phenomenon has spread quickly across all aspects of business and industry, and now wireless customers with questions or …

WASHINGTON-James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said last week Congress should intervene if mobile-phone carriers continue to refuse to offer early-alert warnings for natural disasters and …

MADRID-Telefonica denied reports that a virus is getting into the mobile phones of its customers and sending rude messages about the company to phone screens. U.S. computer specialists reported a …

Tektronix Tektronix Inc. launched a new Global System for Mobile communications cell analysis product, the Cell Analyzer, which combines the key functions of the Actix Abis Analyzer with Tektronix’s K1205 …

Plantronics Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed offering by a stockholder of 1 million shares of Plantronics common stock. …

The Federal Communications Commission awarded a spectrum license to ArrayComm Inc. to trial its i-Burst wireless Internet system in San Diego, signaling the launch of the San Jose, Calif.-based company’s …

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America will make unionization of wireless workers a priority when negotiations begin in two weeks on a new collective bargaining agreement with Bell Atlantic Corp., a …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, challenged with increased use of mobile phones, navigation systems, the Internet and other technologies in vehicles, will hold meetings the next two months on …

LONDON-Almost half of cellular phone users in Western Europe expect to use their mobile phones for all voice traffic in the future, with only one-third convinced they will still use …

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission ruling on liability could be issued within weeks, with the completion of a staff proposal that is expected to steer clear of specific litigation issues and …

WASHINGTON-The importance public image holds for competitive wireless carriers was highlighted last week when a major daily newspaper here-pointing to the lack of mobile-phone service in underground subways that run …

BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic, allowing consumers to purchase prepaid mobile …

Cimarron Technologies With the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies’ Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital …

Wireless regulation is a temporary state of affairs. Some years from now there will be very few, if any, wireless rules. This is not a bold prediction. It is a …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint GmbH, a subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., entered an agreement with Nokia GmbH to sell Nokia Corp.’s mobile phone accessories in Germany. The agreement also authorizes Brightpoint to package Nokia …

Formus Communications Inc. filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of its class A common stock. Formus, a wireless broadband carrier, expects to complete the offering by the …

WASHINGTON-Peter Angelos, the wealthy Baltimore lawyer and Democratic Party benefactor, said he will decide by early summer whether to file a class-action lawsuit against the wireless industry for alleged health-related …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson’s mobile phones division launched a new advertising campaign in the United States and Latin America, with its return to television advertising on May 31 during the premiere …

Hong Kong Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services and Nokia Corp. successfully completed their third-generation trials and the provision of a commercially available 43.2 kbps high-speed circuit switched data service …

WASHINGTON-The United States appears poised to win support for a multiband global spectrum allocation for third-generation mobile phone systems heading into the final week of the World Radiocommunication Conference in …

Nokia Nokia Corp. unveiled its new 8260 wireless phone that the company says blends colorful and stylish options into a small digital handset. The 8260 is Time Division Multiple Access …