January 2005

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will sell its SCH-a890 CDMA EV-DO phone through Verizon Wireless starting next month. The phone will support Verizon’s recently announced Vcast streaming video …

MONTREAL-SR Telecom Inc. said it is revising its estimates for consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter to between $22 million and $25 million due to delays in receiving major purchase …

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has selected Texas Instruments Inc.’s imaging processor technology for a camera phone model with a hard disk drive for image and video storage. Samsung will use …

BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has entered into a joint venture framework agreement with China Putian Corp. for research and development, manufacture and sale of third-generation equipment and products to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy’s third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value …

Media reports indicate that certification for WiMAX products may be delayed for six months, but a spokesperson for the WiMAX Forum said the reports are inaccurate. Another prime mover of …

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-SBC Communications Inc. reported an agreement to install Wi-Fi networks covering 85 California state parks. SBC noted that San Eli State Beach located outside San Diego will be the …

The number of worldwide mobile users will nearly reach 2 billion by the end of 2005 as penetration rates surpass 100 percent in some countries, according to a new study …

KANATA, Ontario-BelAir Networks, which provides wide area Wi-Fi solutions, said Lucent Technologies Inc. now offers its carrier-grade wireless switch routers to service providers, enterprises and government accounts. Lucent Worldwide Services …

LONGMONT, Colo.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. chose Intrado Inc.’s 911 Call Center Solution to provide emergency service to its subscribers when they dial 911. The solution allows Iridium to process emergency calls …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International and The Consultant Registry, with the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, conducted a test to show how background sounds, which are important …

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced its senior vice president and head of global operations, Angel Mendez, is leaving the company. Mendez, who joined PalmOne in July 2001, will join Cisco Systems …

Two new services announced this week take advantage of cell phones as a medium for consumers to gain information on potential big-ticket purchases. Car maker BMW will promote its upcoming …

DALLAS-Consumers may finally be warming to the idea of using multimedia entertainment content on their handsets, according to a new study from technology consultancy The Diffusion Group. The report, released …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced two new GSM-based Push-to-Talk over Cellular handsets. The company released the consumer-focused C698p and the C381p push-to-talk phones, allowing the company to create a “true multi-tiered …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its second W-CDMA contract announcement this week, L.M. Ericsson said Connex, a wireless operator in Romania, has selected the Swedish vendor to supply gear for its W-CDMA rollout. …

WASHINGTON-Several Supreme Court justices today appeared not to buy arguments that municipalities are liable for attorneys’ fees and damages when they lose antenna-siting court cases. The case has huge monetary …

WASHINGTON-The EMR Network petitioned a federal appeals court here to review a three-judge panel’s rejection of a challenge to how the Federal Communications Commission crafts radio-frequency radiation safety guidelines for …

LONDON-The Open Mobile Terminal Platform group announced it bulked up its membership to 40 companies with the addition of firms such as Qualcomm Inc., PalmSource Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile …

The twists and turns in Research In Motion Ltd.’s legal battle with NTP Inc. continues with a new, separate lawsuit that pits NTP against a company that claims it actually …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Dutch government has sold 150 million shares in KPN Telecom to Lehman Brothers, cutting its stake to about 14 percent. The shares represent about a 6-percent stake. …

AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductors Inc. announced fourth-quarter profits as Scott Anderson, its president and chief operating officer, left the company stating it was time to move on. The company reported a …

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d’Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose …

As expected, Motorola Inc. reported a strong fourth quarter on an upsurge in its mobile-phone sales-numbers good enough for the company to reclaim the No. 2 position in worldwide handset …

A consumer survey conducted by independent research firm Adjoined Research singled out Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless as top-performing companies in the wireless sector, but noted that the pending …