TORONTO-Bell Mobility said it will sell the new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. SPH-a600 camera phone, and that it will offer a picture-sharing service through a new deal with camera-phone technology …
SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc. said it has set up a center to purchase parts for third-party makers of its wireless equipment and handheld devices. The company said the center will take orders …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will provide its digital TETRA professional mobile radio system to Amec Spie Communications for the Communaute Urbaine de Bordeaux, the Bordeaux metropolitan area authority in France. Nokia’s system, …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG posted a fourth-quarter net profit of $847.6 million, or 94 cents per share, beating analysts’ expectations. For the fiscal year, it basked in a net income of …
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it will license its Infinys solution to PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo). Satelindo will use the Infinys application for order management, and Geneva, the Infinys application for …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday took the first step to altering the way spectrum interference is measured by seeking comment on the controversial “interference temperature” concept proposed by the FCC’s …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless enterprise company Aether Systems Inc. reported declining revenues and losses, and said that although its earnings were lower than expected, the company’s financial restructuring efforts continue to …
BELGRADE, Serbia-Serbia’s Telekom Srbija a.d. has chosen Alvarion Ltd. and Airspan Networks Inc. as suppliers for the rebuilding of its telecommunications infrastructure. The company plans to deploy more than 100,000 …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Corp. reported a net income of $3.4 million, or 6 cents per share, for the third quarter of this year. This compares with a net loss …
NEW YORK-Purchasers of Boston Communications Group Inc.’s publicly traded securities between June 12, 2003, and July 16, 2003, have filed a class-action lawsuit against BCGI alleging the company issued false …
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies said it has won a contract with General Services Administration to supply federal agencies worldwide with a wide range of wireless products. The contract covers 10,000 …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 670,000 net customer during the third quarter, which was ahead of the 606,000 customers the carrier added during the second quarter of this …
BERKELEY, Calif.-Sprint PCS yet again is offering a streaming TV service, this time through MobiTV and technology partner Idetic Inc. In February, Sprint announced its 1KTV Java application, which the …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a deal to supply EDGE equipment for Global Telecom in the Philippines. Global Telecom will deploy the services in Metro Manila. The actual …
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum announced it will form a special committee to handle over-the-air updates for wireless devices, and will work to promote the technology to the wireless …
MADRID, Spain-The Liberty Alliance said its Phase 2 specifications have been approved, rounding out the existing Liberty Federation Framework and the foundation for the Liberty Identity Web Services Framework. The …
HELSINKI, Finland-Following numerous reports of exploding batteries in Nokia Corp. phones-which the company continues to blame on unsafe, low-quality counterfeit products-Nokia said it has so far seized and destroyed more …
OCALA, Fla.-Switching carriers will mean switching phones, potentially leaving millions of cell phones in the trash following the implementation of wireless local number portability. Several companies are working to maximize …
LONDON-Wireless Java company Esmertec announced it raised a significant $27 million in venture funding, with Earlybird Venture Capital, Partners Group and Sofinnova Partners leading the investment round. Esmertec sells Java …
WASHINGTON-Only 24 states told congressional investigations that they plan to meet the 2005 deadline for wireless enhanced 911 Phase II deployment. “Implementation of wireless E911 is several years away in …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download service could soon pop up in Russia through a new agreement between the technology giant and Delta Telecom, a cellular operator in the northwest …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that its Nextel Partners Operating Corp. subsidiary is launching a $475 million senior secured credit facility that the company said would be used to repay …
MUNICH-Sun Microsystems and Siemens are inviting students worldwide to participate in the Java Masters 2004 competition. Participants are asked to develop innovative Java applications for Siemens M55, MC60 and SX1 …
OTTAWA-The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) said Canadians sent more than 32 million person-to-person text messages during the month of September, representing a tripling in monthly usage in the 18 …
CHICAGO-As the penetration of advanced mobile phones continues to rise, mobile operators must be aware of a changing mindset among consumers, as well as the differences in mindsets among diversified …
