Shares in Chinese mobile companies soared this week after China approved the issuance of licenses for next generation (3G) mobile networks. China's state council approved the issuance of the long-awaited licensees, opening the door to some $41 billion in spending for equipment. Competi...

Globaltel Media (GTM) launched the pre-release version of its new application, dubbed Cherple, which allows two-way text communication between online computers and mobile wireless cellular devices. Cherple will officially launch in 2009. Globaltel Media claims Cherple will eventually p...

SayType.com is offering a service that uses voicemail to instantly turn talk into text and send converted messages to any phone, e-mail address or license plate. SayType also searches the internet and translates messages into selected languages. In 2008, the CTIA reported 85 billion te...

Rand McNally today introduced significant additions to its IntelliRoute® and MileMaker® commercial trucking solutions to help carriers and shippers save time and money. These enhancements will provide more flexibility and customization in freight rating and truck routing, more specif...

InterDigital has announced that its patent-licensing subsidiaries have signed a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Paris-based ModeLabs Group. The agreement covers the sale of certain wireless terminal units and infrastructure built to the Second Ge...

The Estonian Riigikogu (Parliament) this week approved a law making Estonia the first country in the world to allow voting in a national election by mobile phone. The first "cellular election" will be Estonia's next parliamentary elections in 2011.

InnerWireless has announced that the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) is deploying InnerWireless’ broadband Horizon solution as the platform to deliver its 802.11 (WLAN) services as well as future wireless clinical applications. UMC chose InnerWireless because its C...

Keynote Systems has expanded its on-demand mobile test and measurement network to include Beijing, China; Chennai, India; Mexico City, Mexico and Madrid, Spain. Keynote and its subsidiary Keynote SIGOS give its customers the ability to test mobile performance in over 700 locations on o...

Under ActivIdentity’s new solutions strategy, the company will leverage its identity assurance platform and credential management system to apply a common approach to registration / enrollment, authentication, authorization, auditing, credential issuance / management, and use of cred...

ActivIdentity is proud that the Queensland Government has selected our identity assurance technology for this groundbreaking deployment. The scale and unique features of this program demonstrate and leverage our strong experience, product excellence, and ability to deliver identity ass...

Global IP Solutions announced the availability of its VideoEngine Mobile on the Windows Mobile platform, which enables peer-to-peer video calling and multi-point video conferencing on mobile phones. Using GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, wireless carriers, application developers and mobile han...

Sybase iAnywhere has launched its new Nokia Intellisync Migration Program. The program is aimed at supporting Nokia Intellisync partners and customers affected by Nokia’s decision to stop the development and marketing of its behind-the-firewall business mobility solutions. Sybase iAn...

Wavelink has announced a strategic partnership with Vangard Voice Systems. The agreement enables Wavelink to extend its voice offering beyond the four walls of warehouse and distribution centers and into cross-industry data collection applications such as mobile field services, sales a...

Wavelink has announced the availability of Wavelink Avalanche Site Edition (SE), which offers all the device management functionality of Wavelink Avalanche Mobility Center (MC) without the infrastructure management and distributed server components generally needed by larger enterprise...

Acceleware and Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announced a new CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) based Acceleware solution for accelerating EM simulations with CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS). Trial tests of this new acceleration product have delivered performance gains o...

Carlson Wireless announced the addition of the SafeTCOM Wireless PBX/PA System to its existing line of fixed wireless solutions. The SafeTCOM is a point to multipoint digital microwave radio system specially designed for outdoor industrial facility and campus public safety applications...

"If you're one of the many developers who were waiting for something a bit more mature," wrote Google Developer Advocate Dan Morrill yesterday on the Android Developers Blog, "this might be a good time to take another look." The occasion of his suggestion was the beta release of the An...

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Positive Networks announced PhoneFactor 2.1, the newest version of the company's phone-based, two-factor authentication service. In an effort to combat the growing number of attacks against corporate networks, PhoneFactor 2.1 includes enhancements which enable companies to deploy and m...

Sony Ericsson is launching a limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot phone as used by James Bond in the eagerly awaited QUANTUM OF SOLACE which will be released worldwide November 2008. The new mobile phone will make sure you are ready for any challenge, immersing you into the ...

"I am delighted Sanjay will be joining Motorola as Co-CEO and as CEO of Mobile Devices, and I look forward to partnering with him," said Greg Brown, Co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola’s Broadband Mobility Solutions business today, as the wireless giant announced that its Board of...

Sybase iAnywhere announced immediate support for the new iPhone 3G model to extend wireless email from Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange email systems. Sybase iAnywhere was early to market in offering iPhone users wireless email access to Lotus Domino with its product release in Q1 20...

ARC Wireless Solutions' Wireless Communications Solutions Division announces that the Freedom Blade and supporting Freedom Clip Pack have been fully launched and are now available to ship domestically and internationally via their retail and distributor partners. The Freedom Blade is t...

Carlson Wireless Technologies announced a trade-in program for Optaphone telephone line extenders. Carlson is offering a $500 trade-in credit that can be applied to an upgrade toward any of Carlson's Trailblazer point-to-point or point to multipoint digital radio systems. While Carlson...

Nokia announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be ap...

Lifeboat Distribution announced the availability of Sybase's iAnywhere Mobile Office to its worldwide network of solution providers, value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, corporate resellers and consultants. iAnywhere Mobile Office, a component of the Information Anywhere ...

Sybase iAnywhere announced that it has expanded its mobile security portfolio to include handheld antivirus and firewall capabilities. Sybase Information Anywhere Suite's Afaria management and security solution will be enhanced with antivirus and firewall technology, addressing growing...

Recursion Software released a private beta version of their Voyager mobile platform, with powerful interoperability for Android, Microsoft .NET and Compact Framework (CF), all Java editions (JME CDC, JSE and JEE), and more than 15 embedded operating systems. The Voyager platform is a p...

Aperto Networks announced the complete line of PacketMAX base stations and subscriber units supporting the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard. This line includes the new Wave-2 compliant PacketMAX 4000, the company's 1-4 sector modular Mobile WiMAX base station.

Aperto Networks announced that its line of PacketMAX base stations has been chosen by NextPhase Wireless, a service provider based in Southern California, for a nationwide WiMAX network in the 3.65 GHz band.

Asurion Mobile Applications has released CellBackup on its next generation Mobile Solutions Platform (MSP 2.0), providing subscribers with the power to easily share the user-generated content stored on their mobile phones wherever and with whomever they want.

comScore announced the acquisition of M:Metrics. The acquisition places comScore in high standing within measuring the emerging and strategically important mobile Internet market and adds to comScore's standing in measuring PC-based Internet usage. The transaction involves a cash payme...

Celio announced its REDFLY Mobile Companion has joined the Citrix Ready Program, and compatibility with Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. Using a REDFLY-tested and Citrix ICA enabled smartphone and Citrix XenApp, a user can connect to a back-end server and then access Windows...

Velocent Systems announced that Si.mobil will be launching its solution. As the second largest mobile operator in Slovenia, part of the mobilkom austria group and a partner of Vodafone Group, Si.mobil has integrated the Velocent Session Engine (VSE) 2000 into its existing network. This...

Raising the bar even higher for Web browsing capabilities, Opera announced the availability of Opera Mobile 9.5 on the new HTC Touch Diamond. The customized HTC-specific version enables one-handed viewing and effortless navigation. As a result, your favorite Web sites look exactly the ...

Subscribers to British Telecommunications (BT) BT Total Broadband Anywhere service, will receive the top-of-the-range broadband service at home and BT ToGo, an all-in-one, Internet-enabled phone designed to email and surf the Internet, in-or-out of the home. These new phones will come ...

DeviceAnywhere unveiled the new public Palm Virtual Developer Lab (VDL) - a remote testing service designed to reduce the time and resources required to develop, test, monitor, and deploy applications and content for Palm smartphones. The on-line service is available globally to all de...

Handango and Capcom Interactive announced a partnership to distribute top gaming titles to North American smartphone users. Capcom's top franchises include Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Street Fighter and Mega Man, among many others. The first title...

AccuRev announced that PacketVideo (PV) has standardized on AccuRev for process-centric software configuration management (SCM) to enhance the efficiency and collaboration of its worldwide development organization. PV conducted an exhaustive evaluation of SCM solutions to replace its e...

ShoZu announced that it has expanded its mobile social media service to Photobucket, Dailymotion, Friendster, Twitter and four additional Web 2.0 and Mobile 2.0 communities. With these eight new integrations, ShoZu now enables mobile users to interact with their choice of 36 social net...