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HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Internet marketing company Smart Entertainment said it will team with noted producer Larry Klein on mobile marketing campaigns. The joint venture will spawn a new company that will use text messages based on musical artists and Hollywood celebrities. The …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. reported record revenues for the fourth quarter, but its outlook dipped slightly below analyst expectations. Symbol’s stock was down almost 11 percent following the news to about $15.87 per share. Symbol reported revenues for the fourth …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. “For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical …

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-Companies involved in the radio-frequency identification market largely believe there are not enough available employees skilled in RFID technology, according to a new survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Eighty percent of the companies that participated in …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-were using cellular phones …

Continued growth in the wireless industry is likely to come from untapped market segments that may not prove as financially rewarding as the saturated early-adopter segments, according to a new report from Compete Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. …

WASHINGTON-A new California bill would prohibit driver’s licenses and other identity documents issued by the state from containing radio frequency identification chips, an initiative that follows a huge uproar by parents of school children required earlier this year to wear …

American Tower Corp. said it will restate its previously issued financial statements for periods ending on or prior to Sept. 30 last year. It will affect the three-year period ended Dec. 31, 2003, and the first three fiscal quarters of …

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will file its unaudited financial statements for the third quarter of 2004 and the unaudited financial statements for 2004 by the end of April. The company also indicated it had about $3.7 billion in cash …

Two chipmakers are either selling or mulling selling part of their wireless businesses, while another company is selling its shares in a semiconductor firm. RF Micro Devices Inc. said it is doing away with its wireless local area network chip …

PARIS-SmartVideo subscribers can stay stylish and ogle supermodels with a new 24-hour-a-day channel from the mobile-video provider. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it has agreed to carry Fashion TV, streaming fashion, style and beauty programming to subscribers with smart phones and …

After years of mostly futile efforts to exploit the largely untapped wireless e-mail market, wireless companies are thinking small. Instead of working to put high-tech devices in the hands of every road warrior and high-level executive, messaging companies are targeting …

Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted $221.7 million in total revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was in line with analysts’ estimates and a 32-percent improvement compared with the $168.2 million the carrier posted during the …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has signaled it will aggressively litigate taxes deemed illegal, suing the City of Baltimore over a wireless fee and persuading an Illinois court to order hundreds of towns to return to wireless subscribers $1.3 million in charges …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Corp. today confirmed it received a second request for information from the Justice Department on its proposed $36 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. It is not unusual for the Justice Department to seek additional data from companies in …

Semiconductor company Sequans Communications said it has secured and closed about $9 million in its Series B financing round from major venture capital firms. Add Partners and Vision Capital co-led the round, according to Sequans. The company makes platforms and …

MAITLAND, Fla.-Nextel Communications Inc., which is in the process of merging with Sprint Corp., said it plans to invest $384 million in its Florida network in 2004 and 2005 to improve capacity and enhance coverage. The enhancements will include 500 …

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-The point-to-point microwave market will experience significant growth during the coming years due to emerging PTP application segments, according to a new report by Visant Strategies Inc. Wireless backhaul will be a key driver for the PTP market, …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of a company’s information technology network to provide enhanced and secure …

ATLANTA-This year’s “American Idol” text-message voting will likely surpass last year’s groundbreaking campaign, as Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s 49 million subscribers can take part in the short message service offering for the first time. Last year’s marketing effort, which allowed AT&T …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS …

Siemens AG appears to be in the midst of peddling its handset business, but by all accounts the world’s No. 5 phone vendor isn’t having any luck. That Siemens is unable to sell its mobile-phone operations is especially notable in …

WASHINGTON-Legislation introduced in the California legislature last week would create a bill of rights for telecom consumers that would be at least as comprehensive as guidelines state regulators approved last May, only to put on hold last month. The measure-SB …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. has rolled out a movie-search service for wireless subscribers, allowing users to access showtimes and theater locations and phone numbers via handsets. The offering expands on the Internet portal’s local short message service search service, which …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association is supporting a Dec. 31, 2006, date for the transition to digital TV. “Converting to DTV will clear valuable spectrum for other important uses, such as advanced wireless services with both commercial and public-safety applications,” said …