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LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging services. …

After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers’ service line up and providing the wireless industry with …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company L.M. Ericsson announced a new music product through a partnership with Sony Music Germany that delivers bundled packages of artist pictures, ring tones, music clips, artist …

LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging services. …

LONDON-Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. said it has accredited Panasonic’s first Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, the X70. RFI approved the phone through testing and regulatory compliance services. The phone includes a full-color …

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to relaunch its mMode wireless data offering in November, although details of the carrier’s plan are unclear. Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless’ multimedia …

LONDON-UK-based mobile software company Vibelet.com is to extend support for a range of handsets with its Purring Kitty application. The company has also added a new global payment and delivery …

LAS VEGAS-Two new acquisitions highlight the potential of the wireless data market, as well as the growing valuations for the players involved. First, wireless data mainstay InfoSpace Inc. announced it …

FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOP Technologies L.L.C. recently announced it has signed multi-year service partnerships with Cellcom, First Cellular of Southern Illinois and thumb Cellular to provide short message service short-code functionality. …

GENEVA-WAP browser company Access announced more than 100 million devices have shipped with its NetFront WAP browser. The company counts AT&T Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom, Handspring, Hutchison 3G Group, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled its new Modalyst platform, a set of development tools and technologies the company said will allow those interested in selling wireless applications to do so more …

MILAN, Italy-Italy’s largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that will become available on UMTS, including …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless technology company Wavecom SA announced it will open a research laboratory for the world’s handset makers, a development studio that the company said will include all the latest …

Hollywood, meet wireless. It seems the Boob Tube is the latest mobile phone add-on for the world’s wireless industry, a business constantly hunting the next new technology to astound and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it updated its GSM/GPRS handset platform to include additional security and software features, moves that come as more players enter the handset platform and reference design …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its Mobile Messaging Client software has already …

Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services. Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. …

TOKYO-Openwave Systems Inc. said Japanese operator KDDI has upgraded to Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2 for its first set of megapixel camera phones. The carrier uses Openwave’s client and server …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Acotel Group will supply FastLink Jordan with a multimedia message service center, including a WAP Gateway and several MMS applications, following a trial earlier this year. “Our …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced Canadian carrier Bell Mobility is one of 20 wireless operators around the world that have signed up to use Openwave’s WAP version 2.0 gateway. …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. had a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $25.7 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with the previous quarter when it had a net loss …

Like ’70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude. In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more. Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja will deploy its XMG gateway to upgrade its wireless data infrastructure to offer a new line of multimedia applications and services. …

Verizon Wireless is set to launch a color-screen mobile phone from LG Electronics that includes an integrated digital camera and support for multimedia messaging services, according to the carrier’s Web …