Mobile Phones

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is reaching out to public-safety officials in Texas to make sure they know that 911 calls should be rerouted if a public-safety answering point is damaged …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its new 2652 phone for emerging markets, which the company said will sell for around $122. The new phone comes on the heels of news that …

NEW YORK-More than 75 percent of U.S. mobile phone and personal digital assistant users say 48 hours of active battery life would be the most important feature of the perfect …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted T-Mobile USA Inc. a short extension of time to comply with last Friday’s deadline for national mobile-phone carriers to begin making hearing-aid-compatible handsets available to …

SAN DIEGO-Chipmaker Sequoia Communications today released an RF transceiver for mobile phones that supports W-CDMA, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM technologies. The company said the transceiver will lower the cost …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will offer an information-capture function called ToruCa in the Osaifu-Keitai when compatible handsets are released this winter. Osaifu-Keitai refers to mobile phones equipped with a …

DALLAS-Regional wireless provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. unveiled a prepaid Visa card issued through a relationship with the Meta Payment Systems division of MetaBank and Galileo Processing. MetroPCS said the reloadable …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry appears to have averted a potential public-relations disaster; quickly responding to government leaders who were concerned that Hurricane Katrina evacuees’ wireless services had been cut off for …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-NEC Corp. said it will use L.M. Ericsson Mobile Platforms’ new U250 W-CDMA chip in its line of mobile phones for Europe. NEC previously used Ericsson Mobile Platforms’ U100 …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Trolltech said Cellon International AB is using its Qtopia software for Linux-based mobile phones as the application development foundation of Cellon’s C8000 handset platform. Cellon is an independent …

Motorola Inc. plans to unveil its long-awaited iTunes-capable mobile phone Sept. 7, said an analyst familiar with the company’s plans. The device will sell through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Roger Entner, …

PARIS-DiBcom snared $30 million in its fourth round of financing, the French chipmaker said Monday. Partech International led the round, which DiBcom said was the largest venture-backed financing for a …

WASHINGTON-Two of the four national mobile-phone operators will not meet the first major deadline this month for rolling out hearing-aid-compatible handsets to the public. T-Mobile USA Inc. on Aug. 26 …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Financial executives say their cell phones are even more indispensable than laptop computers, according to a survey from Robert Half Management Resources. The staffing division of Robert Half …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s board of directors added two new members to its executive board, appointing Kai Oistamo to lead the Mobile Phones business group and Robert Andersson to head customer …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA Inc. and device vendor i-mate were among those introducing new phones to the market last week. Cingular Wireless said it will sell two new clamshell-style, …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages selling …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge in New York last week threw out lawsuits alleging the nation’s top mobile-phone companies violated antitrust laws by improperly tying the sale of handsets to the purchase …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s board of directors added two new members to its executive board, appointing Kai Oistamo to lead the Mobile Phones business group and Robert Andersson to head customer …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA Inc. and device vendor i-mate were among those introducing new phones to the market. Cingular said it will sell two new clamshell-style, low-end phones from …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Wednesday sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages …

IRVINE, Calif.-Las Vegas gamblers will be able to pay for parking using their mobile phones and credit cards under a new service from Reino Enforcement Technology and Peppercoin Inc. The …

WASHINGTON-A privacy group petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to require mobile phone operators and other telecom carriers to better safeguard subscribers’ calling records. The Electronic Privacy Information Center said the …

WASHINGTON-European researchers said a major study found consumers are not apt to have a nervous-system tumor known as acoustic neuroma develop during the first 10 years of mobile-phone use, but …