• Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve 8330 will be available in Alltel Wireless retail stores beginning May 1. The handset is available starting today for pre-order from Alltel’s Website.
• Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it has been selected by China Mobile Beijing (CMBJ) to provide its Usability Consulting Service, focusing on the company’s color ringback tone service and Web portal user experience.
• AT&T has announced a video conferencing partnership with network equipment maker Cisco Systems. The two said they will start jointly selling a top-end video conferencing system in 23 countries during the second half of this year, expanding into more countries in 2009. The partnership allows the companies to sell video conferencing as a telecom service rather than simply an equipment sale. The new service includes Cisco’s video conferencing system called TelPresence. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
• Antenova, the integrated antenna and RF solutions company, announced the availability of two new high performing multiband High Dielectric Antenna embedded antennas for mobile handset and portable device applications; a 4 mm low profile penta-band antenna and a 6-band antenna. Antenova says its 4 mm low-profile penta-band HDA antenna is suited for ultra-thin mobile handsets, and the new 6-band HDA antenna is suited for mobile handsets, PDAs and UMPCs for the global markets.