Visto signs license for disputed NTP patents   15 Dec 2005 00:31 GMT
Visto Corp., a challenger to Research In Motion Ltd. in the push e-mail market, has signed a license for the wireless e-mail patents held by NTP Inc., the companies announced Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

Norway TV Tests Interactive Offering (AP)   15 Dec 2005 00:06 GMT
AP - Norwegian television is testing an interactive mobile offering that lets viewers watch the youth music program "Svisj" on their mobile phones and vote for upcoming songs by pressing a key on the phone.
Source: Yahoo

FCC chief backs Net phone taxes   14 Dec 2005 22:09 GMT
Chairman Kevin Martin says a top 2006 priority is expanding controversial tax so anyone with a phone number pays it.
Source: ZDNet

The High-Speed Cellular-Network Showdown (NewsFactor)   14 Dec 2005 21:48 GMT
NewsFactor - Voice quality has long been the primary concern of most mobile-phone users. But with a rise in the popularity of advanced smartphones as well as new interest in receiving audio and video streams on mobile devices, speed is likely to become a critical issue for those deciding which wireless provider to pick.
Source: Yahoo

Hawking Claims Dish Antenna Increases Wi-Fi Range   14 Dec 2005 17:02 GMT
Hawking eschews MIMO technology and releases a dish-shaped adapter that it claims increases WLAN range as much as 300 percent.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Next-Gen Wi-Fi Could Appear By Late 2006: Study   14 Dec 2005 15:51 GMT
The pieces are falling into place for the next-generation Wi-Fi standard to be ratified next year with products starting to appear by the end of 2006, a new study says.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

W3C publishes new multimedia spec for mobile devices   14 Dec 2005 15:06 GMT
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a standards-setting body for the Internet, has announced a new specification designed to enable multimedia presentations on mobile phones.
Source: InfoWorld

NEC licenses Bluetooth from Indian company   14 Dec 2005 13:48 GMT
MindTree Consulting announced Wednesday that NEC of Japan has licensed its protocol stack and other software for the Bluetooth wireless standard.
Source: InfoWorld

Japan Deploys Wi-Fi To Track Kids' Whereabouts   14 Dec 2005 13:40 GMT
In the system being deployed in Japan, Wi-Fi tracking tags worn by kids give their locations both to parents and drivers of nearby automobiles.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

India's New Export: Video Games (BusinessWeek Online)   14 Dec 2005 13:13 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - With multiple limbs and each hand wielding a different weapon, the fearsome Indian warrior-goddess Kali is a natural video-game character. And next year, Kali will be coming to game consoles, PCs, and mobile phones around the globe. Indiagames, a Mumbai (India)-based company, is currently working the goddess into the first original, Indian-themed game for international audiences.
Source: Yahoo