PLANO, Texas—A new study shows short message service chatting, embraced by European youth as the new cool way to communicate, is now quickly becoming...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—Cingular Wireless signed an agreement with TruePosition Inc. in which TruePosition's Wireless Location System will be deployed in Cingular's network as...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Sensoria Corp. launched the Sensoria Telematics Environment, a standards-based telematics platform that allows drivers to share music wirelessly between their PC and...
WASHINGTON—A New York bankruptcy court denied the Federal Communications Commission's request to postpone NextWave Telecom Inc.'s motion to schedule a confirmation hearing in its...
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with My Docs Online, a provider of remote file access and wireless messaging solutions, allowing Nextel subscribers...
ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.—Schema Inc. announced it has signed a nationwide contract with an unnamed U.S. TDMA carrier to optimize and increase the carrier's spectrum...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Wireless Internet software company WiredPocket released its new WP.AutoMapping version 1.1, which the company said is a fast and easy Web-to-wireless conversion...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—NewsTakes Inc. released a new product for packet-based wireless network operators and wired Internet companies that NewsTakes said allows users to control...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. introduced its First Fan Buzz service, allowing customers to have news from top college sports programs sent to their wireless...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—BitFlash extended its screen-scraping technology to include Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry device, a move the company said gives BlackBerry users the...
WASHINGTON—The State Department, responding to alleged transfer of sensitive missile technology from China to Pakistan, said it will not issue licenses to U.S. firms...
SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working over LG's...
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration tomorrow plans to ask Congress for legislation that would postpone next year's scheduled auction of third-generation mobile phone licenses for two...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Wireless solutions provider Vaultus released a client-server wireless software solution for providing enterprise mobile work forces with always-available access to mission-critical data."Experience...
MACCLESFIELD, England—Mobile Internet infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said BT Cellnet launched its developer program on BT's Expidas Web site, a move Geoworks said will...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. released its Unified Messaging product version 3.0, which is part of the company's overall Messaging Services strategy. The company...
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it joined the Unified Communications Consortium. The group's goal is to further the growth of the global unified communications market...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. named James Taiclet president and chief operating officer. Taiclet previously worked for Honeywell International where he was president of Honeywell Aerospace...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—In preparation for next week's GlobalXChange 2001 show, the Personal Communications Industry Association is announcing keynote speakers and discussion leaders.Author and consultant Don...
DALLAS-L.M. Ericsson said it has agreed to combine Texas Instruments' semiconductors with its mobile platforms in a memorandum of understanding."TI's wireless digital signal processor...
INDIANAPOLIS—TeleCorp Communications Inc. signed a deal with Brightpoint North America L.P. to provide integrated logistics services, including packaging and inventory maintenance, management and distribution...
MANKATO, Minn.—Nextel Partners launched wireless service in Mankato, Minn., expanding the carrier's coverage in the state, which includes Duluth, Rochester and Winona.
LONDON—Mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo selected PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as an application for its Z100 GPRS Smartphone, enabling users to access media applications...
