• The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board in awarding an AT&T equipment installer 100% disability due to his exposure to RF at levels slightly above the FCC RF safety limit. The decision could hold significant financial impact for the wireless industry going forward, says the EMR Policy Institute, adding that the decision opens to the door for disability claims from workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays and have suffered cognitive and neurological symptoms.

• MetroPCS Communications announced the launch of Metro411 Premium, an unlimited voice-activated directory assistance product for no additional charge to customers who buy $45 and $50 service plans. Metro411 offers directory assistance with access to business and residential listings, maps, directions and local information. The product is powered by V-ENABLE.

• A group of new and existing investors led by Plainfield Asset Management and The Cisneros Group of Companies committed $40 million in additional funds and trade financing to Movida Communications, provider of prepaid wireless services to Hispanic consumers. Movida recently topped the 250,000 customer mark.

• Medio Systems announced its acquisition of mobile advertising firm Suhari. The acquisition is part of Medio's effort to extend its on-deck search solution to off-deck publishers as an extension of the Media MobileNow Ad Network.

• The worldwide market for peer-to-peer and file sharing services is expected to generate nearly $100 million in revenue for carriers and ISPs over the next four years, according to a study from The Insight Research Corporation. The firm says peer-to-peer and file sharing services are widely available on fixed line and mobile networks. Carrier revenue from usage of peer-to-peer and file sharing services in Asia is nearly double North American revenue.

• Sony Ericsson and Mobile Complete unveiled the Sony Ericsson Virtual Lab - a remote testing service designed to reduce the time and resources required to develop and test Java ME based applications for Sony Ericsson phones. The on-line service is available globally to all members of Sony Ericsson Developer World and provides support for pre-commercial mobile phones released by the company.

• GoAhead Software appointed Asif Naseem to president and COO. He has held various executive management positions with Motorola, AT&T and Iospan Wireless. In addition to his current role at GoAhead Software, he is also the president of the Service Availability Forum.

• Cell Wireless Corporation signed a contract to be purchased by U.S. Media Team (USMT). The acquisition agreement calls for the purchase of 80% of Cell Wireless and the aggressive expansion of Cell Wireless in the United States. Cell Wireless will continue its subsidiary International Operations with an emphasis on equipment sales, services and software programs. The merger/acquisition will create over $10.5 million in new assets on CLWL's balance sheet.

• Leap Wireless International and Samsung Telecommunications America introduced the Samsung u340, a clamshell phone geared for the mobile Web, games and applications. The phone is being sold for $149.99.

• Sun Microsystems has agreed to license Synchronica's synchronization and client provisioning technology for Sun's communication products. As part of the agreement, Sun plans to incorporate key components of Synchronica's Mobile Gateway for industry-standard wireless synchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks and other enterprise data to Sun Java System Communications Suite and Sun Java System Application Platform Suite.

• Scott Weller was named president of Cequint, creator of the City ID application that Alltel Wireless offers. He previously spent more than five years at Research In Motion (RIM) and before that, was a founding member of Wireless Knowledge, the Qualcomm/Microsoft joint venture that developed wireless services targeted at enterprises.