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SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. launched Sharp Mobile Services, the consumer edition of wireless data service for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant. Developed in partnership with Aether Systems Inc., …

SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. unveiled a consumer edition wireless data service for its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant designed to run on Verizon Wireless Inc.’s CDPD network. The Microsoft Pocket …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the concept of the mobile virtual network …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone Group announced it will launch the “Sha-mail” service in Europe in the fourth quarter. The company revealed its plans to begin marketing the new camera-enabled phones in seven …

Wireless stock prices around the world have taken a beating lately. Vodafone Group has most noticeably suffered investors’ wrath and is now trading at less than a pound. To make …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The boom in European short message service (SMS) traffic is forecast to peak in 2003 as other messaging technology bites into the service from 2004 onward, claims new …

HURST, Texas—Handango announced that it is working closely with handset manufacturers Motorola Inc. and Sharp to deliver Java-based applications to Motorola Accompli and Sharp Zaurus users. Handango said it is …

LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track: A dividend US$0.37 for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, …

LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track: A dividend of 37 cents for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than …

TOKYO—J-Phone, the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch a new e-mail service with motion pictures. According to J-Phone, which is now a Vodafone Group company, using the …

WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used by police, firefighters and emergency medical …

TOKYO—Sharp, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in Japan, announced that it will launch a personal digital assistant (PDA) for FOMA, the third-generation (3G) service provided by NTT DoCoMo in Japan, …

TOKYO—Citing sharp declines in demand, NEC Corp. is asking 6,600 semiconductor plant workers to stay at home with reduced pay for one to three days a month in November and …

NEW DELHI, India-The Thai cellular market witnessed rapid growth and intense competition during 2001. Subscriber numbers reached a landmark, crossing fixed-line subscriber numbers much earlier than expected. Tariffs are decreasing, …

TOKYO-Sharp and SOMA, a U.S.-based venture, tied-up over the next-generation wireless communications business. Based on the agreement, Sharp will provide “several million” U.S. dollars in funds for Soma and will …

With wireless operators expected to spend billions of dollars in the next several years introducing high-speed data capabilities onto their networks, the need for a return on investment is paramount. …

SAN DIEGO-Now that wireless multimedia company PacketVideo Corp. has set up deals with many of the world’s major chipset makers, mobile-phone manufacturers and carriers-and is a technology standard for the …

PacketVideo Corp. scored a major deal today with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, which will resell the streaming media company’s MPEG-4 technology platform to mobile operators. The deal is another …

In the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 freed telephone companies to deliver video programming and cable companies to provide phone service. But even though the 1996 telecom act …

As the nation’s largest messaging carriers suffer through a potentially disastrous economic decline, smaller carriers-those that only cover a few states-are also feeling the effects of the flagging industry. However, …

“Advanced messaging services.” It’s the catch phrase for the wireless messaging industry today, with most major companies betting everything that services like wireless e-mail access, Internet information and two-way paging …

Just days before embarking on an unprecedented merger under concurrent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, Metrocall Inc. pulled out of its deal with WebLink Wireless Inc., citing WebLink’s recently announced layoffs …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Streaming video is a technology that is often mentioned in conjunction with third-generation (3G) networks, but users may see its possibilities sooner than 3G network rollouts. Streaming media is …

GENEVA-How the mighty have fallen. British Telecommunications (BT), once ranked among the world’s most powerful carriers, is finding itself buckling under a crippling mountain of debt in a climate where …

NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif. …