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During the first day of its 2000 User Forum, Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., introduced additional features to its software and systems enabling network-based enhanced services. …

BEIJING-According to China Unicom President Wang Jianzhou, prices of mobile-phone equipment have dropped to such an extent that capital expenditure per subscriber has decreased 40 percent since June last year. …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Chinese government awarded three contracts, two to Motorola Inc. and one to Nokia Corp., to expand the country’s GSM wireless telecommunications networks. Motorola’s contracts call for it …

Korea-based LG TeleCom Co. Ltd. moved one step closer to Java-enabled handsets last week, announcing a collaboration with AppStream Inc. to use AppStream’s Java software technology solution in its next …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-After spending the spring revamping his organization and moving it in a new direction with a new show, Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association, is upbeat …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

Geoworks Corp. fired the latest round in its battle with Phone.com Inc. last week, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to bar the import of wireless phones from Sanyo Electric …

HONG KONG-AU-System, a mobile Internet consultant firm, has entered a strategic relationship with Baltimore Technologies Inc. to develop secure m-commerce solutions. The agreement has AU-System licensing and integrating Baltimore’s Telepathy …

Computing industry giant Compaq Computer Corp. has jumped on the wireless bandwagon in a big way with last week’s announcement that it has agreed to offer its popular ProLiant server …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp., in cooperation with Finland’s Helsinki Energy and Tekla Corp., introduced a WAP over TETRA service enabling real-time direct access to various customers and technical databases over wireless …

Voice portal company iNetNow Inc. reported a co-branding agreement with Arelco Inc., an independent licensee of National Car Rental, allowing customers at select Arelco-owned National Car Rental stores to receive …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. and Midwest Wireless are collaborating with Minnesota State University, Mankato, to create a model wireless campus. MSU will act as a wireless learning environment and a research …

L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. took the next solid step in their alliance by launching a new company, called Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture AB, designed to develop and market mobile …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless gaming and entertainment content firm Indiqu Inc. has partnered with L.M. Ericsson for a joint research and product development project designed to further the use of entertainment and …

Just because the majority of the world’s wireless Internet users live in Japan doesn’t mean a U.S. company can’t join in on the fun. Which is exactly what FunMail Inc. …

NEW YORK-A multifaceted revolution is under way that will soon provide a tremendous boost to the battery life and processing capacity of wireless devices. The first phase of the handheld …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China’s first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes an IP backbone network for voice …

NEW YORK-Within the next few months, Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to open its first United States-based “Mobile Bazaar,” a facility that provides free space, technical expertise and computer hardware to wireless …

NEW YORK-AnywhereYouGo.com, which recently opened a wireless applications testing laboratory in Dallas, its home base, has literally taken on the world in its short corporate life. The company, whose mission …

Neomar Inc. introduced its Enterprise Content Server at the DEMOmobile show. The server is a wireless application server enabling enterprise customers to customize and control applications and business content viewed …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Sonera zed have teamed together to develop platforms for mobile value-added services, working together in systems integration and sales and marketing efforts worldwide. The agreement has …

NEW YORK-In tandem with the anticipated debut of Wireless Application Protocol services by American carriers in fall and winter, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., Irving, Texas, plans to begin shipping its …

PASADENA, Calif.-Google Inc. introduced its Google Number Search, a new feature of its search engine designed to streamline the process of entering text on Web-enabled mobile phones. The system allows …