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As the market heats up for wireless instant-messaging services, a handful of vendors are touting their rapid implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance’s IM specifications as a way to drum …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched an enhanced version of the currently available Yahoo! Inc. Messenger service that allows users to view who is online, send messages and conduct multiple conversations …

T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its America Online Inc. instant-messaging service in favor of a more open, standards-based offering. The carrier signed a deal with IM company Oz Communications to …

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a major new instant messaging strategy through a deal with IM company Oz Communications. T-Mobile said it will use Oz’s gateway and client technology to manage …

HELSINKI, Finland-Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera’s Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe. Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent …

Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera’s Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe. Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent equity …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry with its new application that will combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger. Verizon said the …

Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry, with the first application to combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger. Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger …

New wireless Internet browsing technologies may be giving rise to new business models for wireless content developers, and it appears the nation’s No. 1 wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless, is looking …

NEW YORK-Worried that your mechanic is giving you the runaround, or that your teenager might be fibbing? Soon, you may just be able to use your mobile phone to scan …

Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing …

LOS ANGELES-The wireless industry is looking to make a major show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the main trade conference for the video game industry. A range of wireless players …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. demonstrated the seamless Internet session hand-off between two base stations using its i-BURST technology near its San Jose, Calif., headquarters. During the demonstration, an ArrayComm team …

America Online Inc. announced that it is launching an industrywide mobile developer program for its instant-messaging services. As flagship members, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens AG …

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-FaceTime Communications, Foster City, Calif., introduced commercially Oct. 8 its IM Auditor application, which permits the management, control and interoperability of any enterprise’s wired or wireless device with …

TOKYO—LightSurf Technologies announced it teamed with Yahoo! Japan to allow Japanese wireless users to download and view pictures of items up for auction on Yahoo’s Mobile Auctions site. LightSurf’s service …

NEW YORK—Vivendi Universal has deployed MyNetonomy , developed by U.S.-based Netonomy, as the portal through which customers can purchase, activate and personalize services on Universal Music Mobile (UMM). Launched commercially …

NEW YORK-Vivendi Universal has worldwide ambitions, particularly in the area of wireless technology and interactive television, and equally important, it possesses a balance sheet to support its plans, said Jean …

NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to wireless customers interested in getting discounts …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. today announced two distribution deals, one with a major personal digital assistant company and another with a wireless data carrier. Brightpoint’s agreement with Palm Inc. involves distributing Palm’s …

Verizon Wireless has signed an agreement with Triad Holdings L.L.C. to acquire Triad’s PCS licenses covering the Southern Oklahoma BTA of Ardmore and Lawton-Duncan. The new area, which covers total …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The battle between Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc. rose to a new fevered pitch this week as Handspring announced a spate of new services and applications for its …

LAS VEGAS-Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wireless 2001 show, offering up opinions and advice about the comparatively new wireless industry …

ATLANTA-Online Yellow Pages provider BellSouth RealPages.com will offer consumer access to its Southeastern U.S. directory listing on Web-enabled phones through Yahoo! Yellow Pages. BellSouth said the deal will allow wireless …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. has announced the availability of Yahoo! Local Info, a directory of location-based information for Web-enabled phones. According to the company, consumers can find information on entertainment, …