2003

Wireless enterprise company Visto Corp. announced another financial transaction, this time the acquisition of the intellectual property and technology assets of wireless e-mail company Jarna Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Visto said …

In a further promotion of its text messaging services, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced plans to expand its services globally to allow users to send messages to subscribers in China, Germany, Philippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom and a variety of …

NEW YORK-Due to the recent issuance of new stock by Dobson Communications Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s stake in the rural operator has dropped from nearly 12 percent in June to less than 4 percent as of late August, according …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it plans to sell $3 billion of bonds in the United States to enhance its investments in the country. The vendor said it aims to establish a debt shelf in the United States, according to Heinz …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64 kilobit per second data transmissions to the United Kingdom with technology partner Hutchison 3G U.K. The …

WASHINGTON-High-power, star power and political power were on hand Wednesday when actor George Clooney lent his support for the Calling for 211 Act. Clooney acknowledged that getting funding for the $200 million in annual matching grants contemplated by the act …

LA JOLLA, Calif.-The threat of spam on wireless devices continues to drive new industry products, with startup DigiPortal Inc. and stalwart Nokia Corp. both announcing new anti-spam products. Although so far the issue has seen little attention in the United …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. unveiled an outline for a three-year growth and cost-reduction plan designed to save the company more than $1 billion per year. The plan is linked to Sprint’s recently announced initiative to realign its operations from the …

KANATA, Ontario-Bridgewater Systems released its Clearinghouse Solution, a solution for telecommunications clearinghouses that allows CDMA 1x and Wi-Fi service providers to offer roaming data services. Clearinghouse Solution enables real-time authentication of roaming subscribers, collection and distribution of usage information between …

PARIS-Apple launched its Bluetooth-based Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse. The products use Adaptive Frequency Hopping (AFH) software that eliminates interference between Bluetooth devices and other wireless networks and devices, allowing them to perform reliably in home, office, school …

WASHINGTON-California mobile-phone operators say a proposed bill of rights for telecom consumers will increase subscribers’ bills by nearly $4 a month and result in a loss of 11,500 jobs in the state. The claims are included in two new studies …

Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant messages using their phones. The announcement is AOL’s latest carrier deal, but is more extensive than many …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry painted a rosy picture Monday of what happened to its networks during last month’s blackout. “The wireless industry really is a veteran in restoring service,” said Kathryn Condello, vice president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. …

WASHINGTON-The collapse of global trade talks in Mexico could hurt exports of the wireless industry and other high-tech sectors in the United States. The Telecommunications Industry Association, which represents telecom manufacturers, said today it was disappointed over the breakdown of …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has unveiled an addition to its i.MX line of multimedia applications processors with the i.MX21, which is based on ARM926EJ for mobile phones and personal digital assistants. “The i.MX21 not only enables smart LCD displays …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it expects its revenue and earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal 2003 to achieve the high end of its prior guidance. In July, Qualcomm said it expected its fourth-quarter revenues to edge …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration, charging Chinese trade practices hurt U.S. tech firms and facing mounting criticism about layoffs heading into the 2004 election season, has proposed a further Commerce Department reorganization in hopes of reducing a $40 billion trade deficit. Commerce …

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell said he does not favor mandating the use of best practices developed by the FCC’s Network Reliability & Interoperability Committee as some state regulators have suggested. “As long as the process works effectively, there is no …

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America today applauded a federal court’s dismissal of a contempt-of-court charge brought by Verizon Wireless against CWA Executive Vice President Larry Cohen. “This action by Verizon Wireless is nothing short of another attempt to regulate and …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. reported the availability of its previously announced PCS Wi-Fi Access service in hundreds of locations across the country, including all Wayport Inc. airport and hotel hot spots and select Airpath Wireless locations. Sprint also announced its …

In a simultaneous score for China’s stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while Lucent Technologies Inc. announced successful interoperability testing. Nortel said it has invested $200 million in R&D …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Despite the dominance of the GSM family of network technologies over the CDMA family of technologies in the wireless market, next-generation CDMA, CDMA2000 1X EV-DO, is gaining traction more rapidly than next-generation GSM, W-CDMA, according to research from …

BOSTON-Online information from competing wireless carriers will actually facilitate churn and could lead to more than $3 billion in revenue loss for the industry during the next 12 months, according to predictive analytics firm Compete Inc. According to Compete, approximately …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. signed a service agreement with wireless multimedia and messaging solutions provider Ztango to provide downloadable ring tones to MetroPCS customers. MetroPCS said the service is available through select handsets and through the carrier’s Web site. Ztango signed a …

Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. said it has entered into agreements to sell certain “non-core operating assets,” including its cellular operations that served approximately 57,000 subscribers at the end of the second quarter and eight of its 13 10-megahertz …