wireless phones

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.-David Bell has quite a resume. He founded his own company in 1997 in his basement. He helped evolve the company from a mostly hardware-focused business into …

TOKYO-A three-hour bus ride from Tokyo will get you to Kakegawa, the leading production area of two popular Japanese items: green tea (ocha) and Panasonic wireless phones. But just like …

LOS ANGELES-Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. are donating 100 pre-programmed digital wireless phones and free airtime to eight domestic violence prevention programs in the Los Angeles area as part of …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

MCLEAN, Va.-Ventera Corp., an e-business solutions provider, announced it has formed a wireless Internet and mobile commerce practice group. The company already uses WAP technology to allow network system administrators …

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-Sierra Wireless Inc. will use PrairieComm Inc.’s PCI3800 integrated baseband processor to enable a next-generation TDMA/EDGE wireless modem now in development, allowing notebook computers and other mobile computing …

CHICAGO-At what was overall a relatively slow show in terms of floor traffic, Handspring Inc. took a piece of the spotlight by introducing an attachment to its Visor organizer product …

Verizon Wireless’ recent announcement that it would back laws restricting the use of cell phones while driving in Illinois may pump fresh life into attempts by local communities across the …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. has teamed with Bell Mobility of Canada to make Bell Mobility’s Mobile Browser service accessible via Wireless Knowledge’s WorkStyle Server. The combined solution will allow business …

NEW YORK-InPhonic, still in its corporate infancy, has skipped over baby steps and is making major strides as an outsourced, behind-the-scenes distributor of private-labeled wireless and mobile-commerce services. In mid-September, …

HILLSBORO, Ore.-Mobile office solutions provider etrieve Inc. reported it is now optimized for Lotus Notes applications, allowing users to use their wireless phones to prioritize their office e-mail based on …

While the “in-a-box” concept seems a natural fit for a fast-food chain, the more complex task of setting up wireless service may seem to be asking a bit much from …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. kicked off its Safe School Program in Orange County, Calif., by donating wireless phones, airtime and school supplies to Edison Elementary School in Santa Ana, …

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 …

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 …

Czech Republic Airspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media’s network, …

DENVER, United States-Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-a computer, pager …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported a partnership with Scandinavian Airlines Systems to sell Nokia’s 8210 and 8850 wireless phones on all SAS international flights through the airline’s Flightshop service. “As SAS …

One of the knocks against conventional wireless service plans is that customers are charged the same amount for airtime whether they are calling across the street or across their service …

iMedeon Wireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon’s iM: Work, includes an administration tool …

Bids in the German auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses have jumped substantially during week two, with the total bid amount standing at around $22 billion at the end …

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-CDMA-based wireless services will enable hundreds of millions of people to access multimedia content wirelessly, according to a study by Datacomm Research Co. “The wireless Internet market will explode …

WASHINGTON-The rapid growth of the wireless industry increases the importance of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum management responsibilities and may someday lead to service-quality regulation, the agency’s members said in …