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Hunt heats up for mobile's holy grail
News Nokia and Ericsson say they've independently hit milestones for the w-CDMA standard.
Japan proposes 911 cellphone location system
News Japan may soon have its own version of the American E911 system that pinpoints the location of a person making an emergency call.
Is Africa ready for 3G?
News The region sees its first next-generation cell networks. But does it make sense to try to sell mobile phones to people who don't have old-fashioned landline models? Some firms bet yes.
Report: Spies hacked into US electricity grid
News Quoting national security officials, report says spies have infiltrated the power grid in an apparent attempt to map the utility infrastructure.
Tags: Hacking, Security Management, Security, Powerline, Grid, cell phone network, electricity grid, software, network, Internet
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
News RIM's BlackBerry may not be certified by the National Security Agency to handle top-secret material, but a PDA-phone called the Sectera Edge has been. Its operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile.
Tags: BlackBerry, Mobile/Wireless, Wireless e-mail devices, Politics, RIM BlackBerry, Security, Sectera, Flexispy.com, e-mail, aide
Ericsson touts cell network for planes
News Amid growing interest in relaxing the ban on cell phone use on airplanes, Ericsson said Monday that it has created a mini cell phone network for commercial aircraft.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless
HP partners with 3G gear maker
News in brief Hewlett-Packard is set to announce that a major cell phone infrastructure provider plans to use HP's telecom software in third-generation cell phone network gear.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless
Lucent banks on fast-modem demand
News The struggling equipment maker sees big demand ahead for wireless modems as gadget sales pick up. A new deal will help it deliver the goods.
Cell phone giants work on wired-wireless bridge
News NTT, BT Group and others team up to speed development of devices like the Wi-Fi cell phone.
Tags: Cellular phones, 802.11/Wi-Fi
Lucent wireless add-on ready to roll
News The high-speed wireless data add-on for 3G networks successfully supports video, voice and data in Shanghai test, Lucent says.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Software
Wi-Fi push picks up force
News Makers of cell phone network equipment are joining the race to sell wireless carriers ways to add Wi-Fi service onto their networks.
Qualcomm mum on Nokia 5 percent solution
News The companies that control most of the patents for an important cell phone standard have agreed on a relatively modest licensing fee. But one big patent owner is holding out.
AT&T Wireless may be near 3G launch
News The wireless carrier schedules a briefing Tuesday about an "innovative new wireless service offer."
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
VoIP cozies up to cell phones
News Net telephony shook up traditional phone service, now it's on to cell phone variants of VoIP for companies such as start-up Mint Telecom.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, VoIP/IP telephony
Lucent building wireless bridges
News The networking equipment maker joins Nokia and Qualcomm in trying to get incompatible cell phone networks on speaking terms.
