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WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week stepped up criticism of South Korea for pursuing wireless Internet standards it regards as discriminatory and harmful to U.S. companies, a move that comes as …

LONDON-Officials for Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom confirmed that the company’s announcement of a new Sony Ericsson phone for left-handed users was in fact an April Fool’s Day prank. …

SAN DIEGO-Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will build phones that support Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat push-to-talk technology. “By adding BREWChat capabilities to our line of wireless handsets, we …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies has launched its High-Speed Data for the Mass Market (HSDmm) solution it said is designed to help mobile operators offer personalized, lifestyle enhancing multimedia services. The …

The CDMA2000 1x EV-DO contract wins by Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. with Verizon Wireless may be compelling other major infrastructure players to take the bait. Rivals L.M. …

ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The …

Atlanta-Qualcomm Inc. made several announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta including an extensive agreement with ATI Technologies Inc. to deliver a wireless 3D gaming platform. Qualcomm’s Mobile …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless is a major theme at this year’s Game Developers’ Conference, with Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Mobliss and Microsoft Corp. among those making announcements at the show. The …

South Africa Electronic services company Molapo Technology said it has extended its services-level $130 million agreement with service provider TelKom South Africa. The contract will last till 2008, said Molapo. …

NEW DELHI, India-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to allow Tata Teleservices to use Qualcomm’s BREWChat solution for push-to-chat services planned for launch in mid-2004. …

SAN DIEGO-The Delaware Court of the Chancery has denied Texas Instruments Inc.’s motion to dismiss in the breach of contract dispute over Qualcomm Inc.’s claim to some CDMA patents. The …

When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why …

WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress at the World Trade Organization, and …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the call for submissions for its BREW 2004 Developer Awards, which recognize outstanding applications designed to run on Qualcomm’s BREW solution. “The purpose of the BREW …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company’s news …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer. The Federal Communications Commission recently …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-CDMA 1xEV-DO carrier Monet Mobile Networks Inc. said it will shut down its network April 2. The wireless Internet carrier covers eight cites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer. The Federal Communications Commission recently …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced support for location-based applications through its BREW application download service. Using Qualcomm’s new QPoint technology, BREW carriers and application developers can add location information to their …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its new QPoint solution, which the company said is an end-to-end, mass-market location-based services solution. QPoint enables a variety of location-based applications including peer-to-peer, points of …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its board of directors has approved a 43-percent increase in quarterly cash dividend from 7 cents to 10 cents per share of common stock. “Given Qualcomm’s …

CANNES, France-Qualcomm Inc. said it has rolled out a digital rights management solution to enable operators and content developers to deliver copyright-protected digital media over wireless networks. The product, known …

CANNES, France-Thanks to Comverse Technology Inc., the interoperability gap between GSM and CDMA may soon become history. At this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the company, using its …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-“My expectation is that over time you’ll see GPS become a part of the overall phone platform,” said Kanwar Chadha, founder of GPS technology provider Sirf Technology Inc. …

LONDON-Qualcomm Inc. said more than 125 application publishers and developers as well as European operators and device manufacturers attended its first European BREW Developers Conference, held last week in London. …