ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Simplewire, an SMS aggregator, said it is working with Guinness Beer to launch its first short message service cross-carrier short-code advertising campaign.The...
TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which develops products under the Panasonic name, announced a multimedia processor-based platform that can be used with mobile phones...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Avocent Corp., maker of keyboard, video and mouse switching systems, has acquired software developer Sonic Mobility Inc. for $8 million cash.The deal adds...
Fourteen companies, including service providers, infrastructure suppliers and handset vendors, have come together to publish a set of open specifications for extending mobile voice...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has received the necessary consent from noteholders to authorize certain amendments to the indentures relating to its...
CHENNAI, India-Flextronics Inc. said it has signed an agreement to buy FutureSoft, spreading the breadth of the electronic manufacturing services company's acquisitions.FutureSoft makes software...
ATLANTA-PRE Solutions has purchased the assets of GTS Prepaid, strengthening PRE Solutions' position as a provider of prepaid transaction-processing solutions, the company said."Acquisitions such...
BOULDER, Colo.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology demonstrated a minuscule atomic clock that could one day be incorporated into wireless devices.NIST said it...
LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-Acclaim Entertainment, which boasted a string of console gaming successes last decade with hits including "Mortal Kombat" and "Turok: Dinosaur Hunter," filed...
WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a Mississippi car dealer accused in a $15 million suit alleging cell-phone use contributed to a fatal driving accident in March...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Utilities Commission to settle a proposed $12 million fine against the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier...
LONDON-British mobile entertainment provider Digital Bridges will continue to partner with U.S. gaming company EA Sports to bring console video games to handsets.The announcement...
European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Chinese handset manufacturer Amoi Mobile have signed a worldwide commercial CDMA subscriber unit license agreement under which Qualcomm has granted...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it has now shipped 1 million N-Gage and N-Gage QD game decks since the platform was introduced 11 months ago."We're...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sirf Technology Holdings Inc. said it integrated its global positioning system technology with Microsoft Corp.'s first GPS hardware device.The company's GPS Locator...
LANSING, Mich.-SBC Communications Inc. said it will begin providing access to its FreedomLink Wi-Fi service at 10 state parks in Michigan as part of...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment.This follows Nortel's completion...
Sprint Corp. reported that Ford Motor Co. has selected the telecommunications company to be the preferred wireless provider of Bluetooth phones and services for...
SAN FRANCISCO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance said it will announce a Special Interest Group and discuss the roadmap for the group's specification for ultra-wideband technology...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Modem-Art, which makes baseband processor chips for W-CDMA terminals, said it has closed $8.4 million in funding.Fund adviser Apax Partners with $4.2...
Centennial Communications Corp. reported $214.8 million in total revenues for its domestic and international operations during its fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31 of...
PARIS-The French government said it will sell a 9.6-percent stake in France Telecom to institutional investors, lowering its holding to below 50 percent for...
Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless have made the Samsung SCH-a790 global phone available to Verizon Wireless customers.The quad-band CDMA/GSM phone allows Verizon Wireless...
