NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, Va., can expect a total of 302 current and former employees to file complaints against it with the Equal...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced new application hosting and development abilities designed to allow rapid deployment of wireless Internet services using Extensible Markup...
Comverse Technology Inc. made an undisclosed investment in Speedwise Technologies Ltd., a privately held firm specializing in software designed to accelerate the time required...
Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sprint PCS announced they will conduct a joint trial of 1XEvolution technology, a third-generation technology based on High Data Rate...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it is offering a prepaid feature called AT&T eMinutes, which allows the company's prepaid customers to refill account...
LONDON-U.K. mobile carrier BT Cellnet said it launched commercial service on the world's first General Packet Radio Service network. The "always on" service will...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a free online billing system for most of its wireless customers, allowing them to analyze their calling patterns and...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced optional enhancements for its E6380A Code Division Multiple Access test sets allowing engineers and technicians to conduct measurements...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute's Technical Committee Special Mobile Group, which has been responsible for setting Global System for Mobile communications standards,...
After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Cellmania.com introduced wireless e-commerce solutions Mfinder and Mstore, created for businesses pursuing mobile customers.Mfinder is a directory of Web sites written in...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, breaking with the public-safety community, last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap efforts to improve technical capabilities of 911-only...
PARIS-Lloyd Carney knows U.S. carriers hate him for saying it, but the facts speak for themselves."Europe is the dominant player in the wireless data...
Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from...
PHILADELPHIA-Connexus Corp.'s *CD service has integrated its audio sampling technology with Wireless Application Protocol technology, enabling music identification on wireless Web devices.According to Connexus,...
AT&T Wireless Group announced it entered agreements with Verizon Wireless to acquire wireless systems in San Diego, San Francisco and Houston for approximately $3.3...
WASHINGTON-A group of wireless and telecommunications executives are planning to roll out a new service they hope will lead to residential wireless broadband service...
Europe is embarking on a third-generation license auction frenzy the rest of this year, and operators are not happy about it.Since the United Kingdom...
WASHINGTON-A coalition of dispatch radio operators urged the Federal Communications Commission to restrict Neoworld Inc. from readily reselling to Nextel Communications Inc. licenses purchased...
The GSM community, which has struggled to make inroads in Latin America, was ensured access to an important market as the Brazilian government granted...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision last week to encourage rather than mandate band-clearing arrangements at 700 MHz could be moot if a powerful lawmaker's...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Mesa Communications Group L.L.C. announced it acquired a 25-percent ownership stake in Centerpointe Communications L.L.C., based in Arlington, Texas.Centerpointe manages approximately 2,000...
NEW YORK-The conventional wisdom that communications software and enhanced services were "a one-night stand as an investment opportunity," has faded away amid a proliferation...
Not many 44-year-olds can put on their resum, that they built a nationwide wireless business from the ground up with a capital infrastructure budget...