Lucent claims to have completed a successful demonstration of Wi-Fi to UMTS handoff. It passed a secure internet session between the two networks using its own UMTS infrastructure, Proxim WLAN equipment and software from ipUnplugged. The capabilit…

NTT DoCoMo has announced that it will start selling a new 3G videphone from 27th September 2002. FOMA T2101V is smaller and lighter than existing 3G handsets and offers up to 125 hours of standby time, addressing criticisms that the original FOMA …

Mobile phone sales across Europe are likely to pick up in the fourth quarter as consumers upgrade to handsets with colour screens, according to Europe’s largest mobile phone retailer. Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, said h…

Vodafone’s new service – to be known as Vodafone Live! – will be launched across Europe in October including the UK, Netherlands and Italy to combine with Vodafone’s launch of their MMS service. Rumours suggested that this is the end of the line f…

Sprint has announced that content from Disney and ESPN will be available through its Vision CDMA2000 1x network. Users will be able to download a selection of Java games, ringtones, animations and images to their handsets.

The content, which wi…

Research In Motion (RIM), provider of the Blackberry wireless e-mail solution, is pursuing patent infringement claims against Handspring and Good Technology. RIM’s suit against Handspring alledges that the company’s Treo 180, 270 and 300 communica…

Microsoft has announced a range of wireless and fixed networking products to spur adoption of broadband within the home and small office environment. Using an 802.11b Wi-Fi chipset from Intersil, Microsoft will brand wireless base stations, USB ad…