Wireless networking and Mobile Phones

Update: Verizon, Sprint Launch Global BlackBerrys(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The new Verizon BlackBerry 8830’s killer feature is dual CDMA/GSM functionality, which makes it Verizon’s first global BlackBerry. Sprint also issued their own version.

Schools weigh text alerts for crises(USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - After last week’s Virginia Tech massacre, hundreds of colleges are considering a text-message emergency-alert system, and thousands of students have signed up for the cellphone service on campuses where it’s already in use.”The standard changes after Virginia Tech,” said Mark Rosenberg, chancellor of Florida’s state university system. He is asking the state Legislature for$1.5 million for new emergency-alert systems that include text-message notices for the 11 state-run campuses.

Orange seeks to deflect EU limit on roaming charges(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - French mobile phone operator Orange sought Wednesday to deflect attention from European Commission plans to regulate roaming fees, with the introduction of new tariffs for the calls its customers make and receive while traveling abroad.

Qualcomm says profit, revenue rise, ups forecasts(Reuters)
Reuters - Wireless technology and chip developerQualcomm Inc on Wednesday posted higher quarterlyprofit and revenue and raised its estimate for full-yearearnings on strong demand for its chips for mobile phones withhigh-speed Internet connections.