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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Singapore International Airlines customers will be able to wirelessly check in for their flights with short message service through a new agreement with VeriSign Inc. With the launch …

STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather launched a premium short message service allowing mobile users to receive daily forecasts and severe weather alerts on their cell phones. The service-dubbed Messenger and developed by …

Wireless users can play armchair general with their mobile phones during two new History Channel shows. Enpocket, a New York-based content marketer and provider, has teamed with the network to …

Wireless consumers will soon have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced today. Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access news updates, photos and …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Passengers flying on Emirates’ A340-500 aircraft can now check and send e-mails from personal laptops while in transit using Tenzing’s in-flight products. The e-mail services are powered …

WASHINGTON-Rap and hip-hop music make up the most popular downloads of short message service users, according to a new survey from ForceNine Consulting and SMS.ac Inc. The survey showed 25 …

Research In Motion Ltd. is trading up more 12 percent at $66.71 per share-surpassing its previous 52-week high by $4-following the release of earnings for first-quarter 2005 that exceeded analyst …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. and Xion said they plan to work together on development of a new wristwatch-based child safety communicator and location device. Xion, which provides personal …

SHANGHAI, China-Chinese software vendor Discovery Telecommunications Ltd. announced it acquired two wireless data subsidiaries of Intrinsic Technology Holdings Ltd., a Chinese company that works to develop Chinese wireless content and …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …

With more than 2.5 million customers split between their two operations, Leap Wireless International Inc. and MetroPCS Inc. have proven there is a market for wireless customers willing to forgo …

URBANDALE, Iowa-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $15 million deal to supply GSM equipment for carrier I Wireless, formerly known as Iowa Wireless Services. Under the deal, Nokia will …

SEATTLE-Venture capital firm eFund L.L.C. announced the launch of its new Mobilopia wireless marketing company, which is the result of a merger among Mynamics Inc., eFund’s portfolio companies Txt Talk …

CHANTILLY, Va.-Messaging company InphoMatch Inc. announced it delivered almost 2 billion text messages in the first quarter, up from 650 million messages in the first quarter of last year. The …

PARIS-European mobile operators are set to enjoy a revenue increase of 7.5 percent this year and annual growth of 6.6 percent until 2006, according to a new report from consulting …

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp. said the Australian patent office granted it a patent covering a system and method for managing prepaid wireless services. The patent, Australian Patent No. 764213, covers methods …

OBERHAUSEN, Germany and LONDON-Two wireless carriers in Thailand made enhancements to their messaging services. German messaging company ConVisual said Thailand’s largest mobile operator AIS has launched its VisualTXT mobile messaging …

LONDON-Incumbent Omani operator Omantel, has awarded a contract to Siemens AG to modernize its telecom network. The deal is worth about $23 million. The project will enable Omantel to meet …

MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile operator Grupo Iusacell said its customers can now send short message service messages to rival operators Telecel’s and Unefon’s handsets in the United States, Canada and Peru. …

BERNE, Switzerland-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute said it signed a cooperation agreement with the Fixed Line Multimedia Messaging Service Forum to cooperate on multimedia messaging for fixed-line subscribers starting next …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse announced the Netherlands’ Telfort has purchased services from its Total Communication portfolio for use with its mobile network. Telfort plans to use Comverse’s InSight platform and services, Multimedia …

With upbeat third-quarter results snapping several quarters of melancholy, wireless players may be about to turn their purse strings loose. The good news is infectious, touching not only carriers, but …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it will deliver a voicemail and unified messaging system to MTC-Vodafone’s new GSM network in Bahrain through a contract with Siemens AG. The value of the deal …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Corp. said it has launched a combined GPRS and Wi-Fi PC card known as GC79, which enables notebooks users to access both 802.11b and GPRS networks in …