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DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor was pushing something else. Though his technology is not new, Joe Miller’s digital magnetic frequency transmissions …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA …

SAN RAMON, Calif.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. signed an agreement with push-to-talk vendor Kodiak Networks to install Kodiak’s PTT software in its phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kodiak does not charge handset makers for the use of …

BOSTON-In just a year, Nokia Corp. has managed to steal the W-CDMA show. In the second quarter of last year, the handset vendor was fifth in terms of W-CDMA handset shipments, behind the likes of NEC Corp., LG Electronics Co. …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. announced a deal with Rural Cellular Corp., which operates in the Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and Southern regions, to provide VeriSign’s wireless billing service for RCC’s GSM customers. RCC already uses several VeriSign products, including billing and …

NEW YORK-Two U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese mobile-content conglomerate For-side.com Co. Ltd. have integrated operations in what may be a first step toward an initial public offering. Zingy Inc., which offers ringtones and other mobile music, said it has merged with …

DENVER-The Denver Police Department and the Consolidated Communications Network of Colorado each used the 71st annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show here last week to showcase their successes in public-safety communications. DPD demonstrated its M/A-COM Inc.-built radio communications …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless carriers they will not have to share spectrum. The interference-temperature concept is a way to facilitate …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group will partner with SingleTouch Interactive to offer a music-focused phone with both pre-loaded and downloadable content such as ringtones and wallpapers. The handset, called MoveU Mobile, will include prepaid wireless service provided by SingleTouch on …

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FREMONT, Calif.-Investors continued to get behind nascent WiMAX technology, with two service providers announcing successful funding rounds. California-based fixed-wireless Internet provider NextWeb said it snared $3.5 million in Series E equity financing and a revolving line of credit from Silicon …

M/A-COM’s NetworkFirst Land Mobile Radio interoperability solution received official designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology from the Department of Homeland Security’s Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act. NetworkFirst LMR is the first and only LMR to receive such a …

Verizon Wireless added a handful of new markets to its growing CDMA2000 1x EV-DO coverage area and at the same time lowered the price for accessing the network. The carrier’s high-speed wireless data service is available in Sacramento and San …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it will create a committee to establish technological standards for terrestrial broadcasts and wireless multimedia services. The committee will be charged with developing and maintaining standards for terrestrial mobile multimedia multicast interfaces as well …

Two infrastructure giants formed separate partnerships with advanced technology developers. Aiming to speed Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) rollouts, Motorola Inc. and Intel Corp. joined forces to create an IMS server proof of concept that will be shown in Intel …

Planned mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile signed a mutually exclusive agreement with talent agency William Morris Agency to secure strategic and marketing partnerships, as well as content deals in entertainment, music, sports, lifestyle and literary. To date, WMA has …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Time Warner Inc. is the latest media giant to join the stampede to the “third screen” with a $7.5 million investment in wireless game maker Glu Mobile. The stake was part of a $27.5 million haul in Series …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based …

EGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone sales popped in the second quarter to 190.5 million units, up from 157.6 million units sold in the same quarter of 2004, according to research and consulting firm Gartner Inc. The firm said demand for phones continued …

TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. announced it will get out of the paging business to focus on its global positioning system tracking, telematics and homeland-security services. The carrier said it will sell its paging business to a group of private Texas …

WASHINGTON-Nearly six months after launching mywireless.org to educate and energize wireless consumers about taxes and regulations at the state and local level, the group is claiming victories even as opponents try to paint the organization as anything but grass-roots. Around …

WASHINGTON-As the bill-of-rights brawl in California enters a critical stage, emerging developments on the federal front could end up eclipsing state regulator Susan Kennedy’s campaign to enact by year’s end a consumer protection regime far less regulatory than the one …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial location is in Kona, Hawaii, and is the 27th …

WASHINGTON-California regulators did something they have never done before, creating an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may find themselves with phone numbers beginning with 424 rather than the fashionable 310 …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it would score an after-tax gain of $780 million in the third quarter thanks to the sale of its Nextel Communications Inc. stock following Sprint Corp.’s acquisition of the carrier. Motorola said it received 69.3 million …