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Barely nine months after Nokia Corp. led a base-station interoperability initiative, L.M. Ericsson and other major infrastructure vendors have countered with a new one, indicating a tension in that sector. …

VALHALLA, N.Y.-Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. and Summus Inc. announced Fujifilm’s “Get the Picture” mobile photo service application, powered by Summus’ BlueFuel, is now available through AT&T Wireless Service Inc.’s …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish company Sapio AB launched a Sony Ericsson Personal Java version of Photostore, a mobile picture messaging community application for smart phones. Sabio already offers a Photostore solution for …

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Developer Silicon Village has launched its Fortress SMS encryption application for sending secure end-to-end short message service messages on Series 60 and Symbian platforms. The solution encrypts SMS messages …

Keeping itself ahead of a rapidly approaching pack, Nextel Communications Inc. this week is set to launch the first phase of its much-hyped nationwide Direct Connect service, which will allow …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-ARM released TrustZone technology, a new security extension to ARM architecture that provides security for systems running open operating systems like Linux, Palm OS, Symbian OS and Windows CE …

Wireless browser company Access Co. Ltd. said it will include Macromedia’s Flash technology in its NetFront browser. “Macromedia Flash is the obvious choice for our NetFront browser because of its …

The wireless industry inched closer to the third dimension with two new major announcements on the 3D front. First, technology company HI Corp. said it launched its Mascot Capsule Micro3D …

Nokia Corp. hired a former Palm Inc. executive to head up its worldwide developer efforts, a move that highlights Nokia’s continuing focus on its developer and licensing business and the …

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and its partners made a string of announcements in conjunction with the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in New Orleans, including news that Palm OS …

Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you. Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content …

NEW YORK-IBM Corp. said it has released a new version of WebSphere Everyplace Access software that enables a wide range of wireless devices to access such applications as personal information …

LONDON-Symbian was busy releasing news in conjunction with its Exposium03 developer conference held in London this week. Symbian released the Symbian OS v7.0s, the latest version of the Symbian operating …

LONDON-America Online Inc. has joined Symbian’s Platinum Program. As a Symbian partner, America Online is able to develop its wireless instant messaging services and its predictive text input software for …

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated. Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable …

NEW ORLEANS-Although much of the news from last week’s CTIA show focused on the typical consumer, Research In Motion Ltd. managed to remind the industry of the importance of the …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-A filing on the Federal Communications Commission’s Web site seems to have inadvertently revealed details and pictures of an unannounced Motorola Inc. mobile phone that features an array of …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it plans to demonstrate its i.Smart smartphone reference design at the CTIA conference in New Orleans, La. The design combines its 2.5G integrated wireless platform and …

CANNES, France-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile released an advanced new mobile phone to be sold in the next few months in Europe and Asia, the first phone from the company …

CANNES, France-Wireless operator Orange released sales figures and details about its business-oriented SPV device-the first wireless device to use Microsoft Corp.’s Smartphone operating system-and announced plans to offer a modified …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Beatnik Inc., which provides structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, said Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is using its Beatnik Audio Engine in its new Symbian OS …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Symbian Ltd. will provide Taiwanese vendor BenQ Corp. with access to Symbian’s operating system source code, allowing BenQ to develop Symbian OS phones, according to a recently signed agreement. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The virus protection business of Network Associates Inc. said it will jump into the wireless industry in order to protect wireless users from the potential threat of wirelessly …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-As Microsoft and Symbian fight for dominance in the burgeoning smart-phone operating system (OS) market, U.S.-based Montavista Software has announced it is working with NEC to develop a …

FREMONT, Calif.-Multimedia solution provider Emuzed released its HipCam software application for mobile phones using the Nokia Series 60 platform and the Symbian mobile operating systems. HipCam lets users take short …