• InterDigital and Samsung signed a patent license agreement under which Samsung agreed to pay $400 million in installments to resolve disputes around 2G and 3G products.
• Ericsson and TeliaSonera announced the signing of a contract for a commercial LTE network. The network will cover Sweden’s capital Stockholm; the contract is Ericsson’s first for commercial deployment of LTE.
• mig33 appointed Steve Boom to the role of CEO. Steven Goh, co-founder and former CEO, will retain an active executive role with the company as executive vice president and member of the board of directors. Boom previously was senior vice president of Yahoo’s Connected Life division, where he had global responsibility for Yahoo!’s mobile business.
• The U.S. military is launching a pilot telehealth outreach program to better track the progress of injured service members. Through AllOne MobileSM, a health information management application provided by AllOne Health and secured by Diversinet, secure, 2-way mobile technology will link wounded soldiers recuperating at home with their case managers and unit support staff. Initially, AllOne Mobile’s platform is anticipated to support the rehabilitation needs of up to 10,000 returning soldiers in a phased implementation over the next year.
• Onset Technology announced the launch of its expanded METAmessage Advanced Paging solution. The solution targets healthcare enterprises with paging features on smartphones transmitting on cellular data lines as well as over secure Wi-Fi connections.