Mobile Phones

GOLDEN, Colo.-nReach will deploy new digital vending ports, private label Web sites and prepaid card locations in seven wireless retail chains in the U.S. on Nov. 29. With the new …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. and Samsung Corp. came out ahead of the curve in worldwide mobile phone sales during the third quarter, according to Gartner Dataquest. However, Motorola Inc. and …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to auction spectrum of financially troubled mobile satellite service providers.The FCC is expected to …

LONDON-Damovo said it won the Nabarro Nathanson Most Effective Use of Technology in a Project award for developing the Metropolitan Police Service’s Silent Solution which routes silent 999-the U.K. version …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said sales of its i-shot handsets have topped 3 million after six months of availability. I-shot is NTT DoCoMo’s picture messaging service, which it launched to compete with …

Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services. “Movilnet’s subscribers will be able to access the cdma2000 …

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty Ltd., an Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has launched a pre-commercial trial in Sydney of the i-Burst personal broadband system. ArrayComm’s patented IntelliCell …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau on Friday said it wanted to evaluate test results by the Wireless Consumers Alliance that claimed that none of the 33 mobile phones tested by the …

WASHINGTON-Wouldn’t it be cool to receive e-mail, a mobile-phone call or connect to the Internet while you are flying? That was the question examined last week at the Wireless Onboard …

Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at some of the latest initiatives in …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom. “The flexibility of the WISMO module and Wavecom’s best-in-class …

WASHINGTON-None of the 33 mobile phones tested by the Wireless Consumers Alliance meet the Federal Communications Commission’s 911 strongest-signal rules adopted in 1999, WCA charges in a series of lawsuits …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics laid out its vision for the U.S. wireless market in conjunction with the Comdex show in Las Vegas, boasting of its worldwide mobile phone sales of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia’s mobile subscribers will be able to access Hotmail e-mail sent via short message service to their mobile phones under a new deal the operator signed with MSN, Microsoft’s …

CAMBERLEY, United Kingdom-Toshiba launched its first European mobile phone-the TS21i-in the Netherlands through KPN Mobile. The phone will offer one-touch access to KPN Mobile’s i-mode service. “Since we announced our …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc., which sells software and platforms for wireless applications, announced it will likely not meet its previously announced revenue expectations for this year and next year. Summus blamed …

WASHINGTON-White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke said today industry unity could help win funding for wireless priority access service implementation and that security remains a big problem with wireless local …

PALM BEACH, Fla.-422 Inc. and its partner Varetis Communications launched a new and unique service for mobile phone users-wireless directory assistance. “422 will be the most significant information service short …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Technology platform provider Summus Inc. announced it will maintain and resell mobile phones and services from Single Touch Interactive, which controls a portfolio of media brands and applications including …

NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc. closed out its fiscal year with a flourish, as sales in Asia helped bring about a return to profitability, the company reported Nov. 7. Revenues rose to …

WILMINGTON, N.C.-ComScape Telecommunications Inc., which owns a number of C-block and F-block spectrum licenses, launched its Kiwi PCS service in Wilmington, N.C., offering customers flat-rate unlimited local calling for $35 …

CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service (SMS) is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use …

CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use in …

BALTIMORE-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake Thursday dismissed the $800 million brain cancer lawsuit against the mobile phone industry. Today, Blake heard oral argument on industry’s motion to dismiss six class …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, will launch a flat rate mobile service in the second quarter of 2003, the company said on Thursday. According to the firm, …