Supreme Court denies RIM a stay as appeal considered   26 Oct 2005 21:08 GMT
The U.S. Supreme Court will not delay NTP Inc.'s patent-infringement case against Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) while the court considers whether to hear RIM's appeal, sending the case back to a lower court in Virginia where an injunction against the sale of BlackBerry devices in the U.S. might be imposed.
Source: InfoWorld

WiMAX Not Cheap Or Easy, Carriers Say   26 Oct 2005 20:44 GMT
Costs of implementing new wireless technology still too steep for widespread deployment, say carriers who have WiMAX trials underway.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Altera, Wi-LAN To Partner On WiMAX Modems   26 Oct 2005 16:06 GMT
FPGA supplier Altera Corp. has formed a partnership with Canadian broadband wireless technology provider Wi-LAN Inc. to deliver a programmable, low-cost WiMAX-compliant base transceiver station (BTS) modem solution supporting the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

In Brief: Systinet boosts Web services   26 Oct 2005 15:40 GMT
Systinet has announced version 6.0 of its Systinet Server product family for building Java and C++ Web services.
Source: InfoWorld

Sun Trials RFID Asset Tracking   26 Oct 2005 13:50 GMT
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday launched a combination of products and services meant to simplify the process of designing and integrating an RFID system for tracking physical assets.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Sprint Nextel Corp. reports profit in first quarter after merger (Canadian Press)   26 Oct 2005 13:41 GMT
Canadian Press - RESTON, Va. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. posted Wednesday a third-quarter profit but missed Wall Street's expectations in its first quarter since Sprint's $35-billion-US purchase of Nextel closed in August, creating the third-largest U.S. cellphone carrier.
Source: Yahoo

Nokia rolls out entry-level CDMA phones   26 Oct 2005 13:36 GMT
Nokia will offer two new CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) handsets that are part of its continued push into emerging markets, the company announced Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

German security agency warns of VoIP security risks   26 Oct 2005 13:30 GMT
Germany's Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) is warning businesses of potential security risks with VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) technology in a study presented at the Systems IT exhibition and conference in Munich.
Source: InfoWorld

SK-Earthlink rebranded "Helio" in bid for young callers (Reuters)   26 Oct 2005 13:26 GMT
Reuters - SK Earthlink, a venture of SK Telecom (017670.KS) and EarthLink Inc. , changed its name to Helio Inc in a bid to lure young, tech-savvy consumers to a mobile phone service it plans to start selling early next year, the company said on Wednesday.
Source: Yahoo

China mobile airwaves hum with ghost-writing (Reuters)   26 Oct 2005 13:12 GMT
Reuters - Move over, Cyrano. The poetic, big-nosed Frenchman, who fed lyrical lines to a friend pursuing a beautiful lass, is getting a run for his money these days in China from legions of modern-day ghost-poets working for the nation's two mobile phone companies.
Source: Yahoo