Wireless News Desk

Sprint announced the availability of Sprint and Nextel service to customers in the 20 busiest underground stations in the Washington, D.C. Metro system. The move promises to improve the workday commute for hundreds of thousands of passengers who depend on Metro to travel between... (more)

Market research firm, In-Stat (www.instat.com), believes we are entering a very critical time for smartphone OSs, as exemplified by four major smartphone announcements on October 6 from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Palm, and Microsoft. “With Android on the upswing, Palm’s Web OS star... (more)

Wireless Developer's Journal Qualcomm Incorporated announced the Company is powering many new Windows phones that are available today with its highly integrated MSM7xxx-series and Snapdragon chipsets. Windows phones make it easy to manage work and home from a phone that is as un... (more)

Sybase 365 announced its Advanced IP Messaging Server (AIMS), available as a fully hosted or on premise solution. AIMS is built upon Sybase’s experience as the leading global messaging interoperability provider as well as the company’s broad database, development tools, and analy... (more)

Cisco and Openet have announced that Turkcell, Turkey's communications and technology company, has deployed a combined solution to provide a flexible charging system for its general packet radio service (GPRS) mobile data network. The joint solution from Cisco and Openet, which w... (more)

In response to a growing demand for advanced security solutions among mobile device users, VeriSign, Inc., is putting its VeriSign® Identity Protection (VIP) strong authentication into the hands of millions more users. VeriSign today announced that the latest release of VIP Access... (more)

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "1H09 Wi-Fi Products Tracker Database" directory to their offering. The Wi-Fi Products Tracker Database provides summary data of branded WLAN end-products by product name, vendor, 802.11 technology, category, and subcategory... (more)

The vast majority of U.S. drivers believes handheld texting while driving is very dangerous and should be banned nationwide, according to a new national survey released today The survey showed that 86 percent of U.S. drivers believe handheld texting while driving is "very danger... (more)

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3d123b/mobile_wimax_devic) has announced the addition of the "Mobile WiMAX Devices—2009 Global Mid-Year Update" report to their offering. This report provides an update to In-Stat's annual 802.16e, mobile WiMAX, ... (more)

The GSMA, which represents the interests of the mobile communications industry, today announced the release of the next set of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) service specifications, RCS Release 2. The GSMA has also launched the RCS DevChallenge, a competition for developers that ... (more)

In an effort to provide mobile device users an easier and more natural way to control their applications, AT&T* and Vlingo today announced a licensing agreement and strategic alliance to incorporate AT&T's Watson technology into Vlingo's speech-enabled applications. The alliance ... (more)

iPass Inc. has launched a global enterprise Wi-Fi® client for the popular BlackBerry® platform. With the addition of the iPassConnect Client for BlackBerry, iPass supports the leading smartphones used by large enterprises – including the iPhone, and Windows Mobile- and Symbian-ba... (more)

"Sybase is a proven leader in device management software and together we are well placed to minimize the pain points for customers through our new highly accessible, comprehensive managed mobility service," said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president of global business products at Ve... (more)

Volantis Systems, a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, has announced that it has added enhanced scalability and integration to the latest version of its Mobile Content Storefront. This latest release of Volantis Mobile Content Storefront includes out-of-the-box integration with... (more)

Callidus Software Inc. has announced that Fujitsu Network Communications has selected Callidus On-Demand to manage sales performance and incentive compensation programs for its direct sales force. Under the agreement, signed in the third quarter of 2009, Fujitsu Network Communica... (more)

CelLynx Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CYNX), a producer of breakthrough, plug 'n play cell phone signal-amplification technology, today announced highlights of its updated sales and marketing plan in preparation for the national launch of its 5BARz(TM) Road Warrior device -- its first devi... (more)

Greenville residents now have a new choice for their television and communications services, powered by the most advanced technology. AT&T* today announced the launch of AT&T U-verse(SM) services in parts of Greenville and Asheville beginning Monday, August 10. AT&T U-verse TV, ... (more)

Endace Limited, a provider of high speed, packet capture networking technology, and Vixtel, specialists in network monitoring, lawful intercept and mobile network analysis and optimisation, announced today that they have entered into a technology partnership agreement. Based in ... (more)

Following the outcome* of the auction for the CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) assets of Nortel, Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE: NOK) remains focused on maintaining its leadership in the global wireless infrastructure industry and sustaining its recent momentum in the North Ameri... (more)

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication Systems Division (Toshiba — www.telecom.toshiba.com) has announced the availability of its Unified Communications Suite, which bundles Toshiba’s unified communications applications in a single software package. All appli... (more)