WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as...
BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic,...
LITTLE ROCK-Alltel Corp. signed Faith Hill to help it launch Total Freedom, its national digital wireless rate plans that eliminate all roaming and long-distance...
STRATFORD, Conn.-Motorola Inc. and Food Automation Service Techniques Inc. announced a solution to speed the implementation of Internet-enabled appliances in commercial kitchens.FAST said it...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. began a nine-city product demonstration of its INPosition location-based service in San Francisco.By calling a toll-free number, wireless users...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Wireless Internet application service provider GiantBear.com Inc. signed an agreement with Hollywood.com Inc. to serve as the centralized Web-to-wireless application provider for...
SEOUL, South Korea-Korean operator SK Telecom said it will launch commercial cdma2000 1X service in the fourth-quarter, using equipment from Samsung Electronics.Samsung and SK...
As the wireless Internet evolution develops, government should resist the temptation to bury the industry in regulations and instead, let competition for customers shape...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission last week rejected the notion that new rules designed to reduce the amount consumers pay for long-distance...
WASHINGTON-When fanfare over the American delegation's victory in securing global frequency bands for third-generation mobile-phone service subsides, the United States and the wireless industry...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. and Flextronics International Ltd. signed an outsourcing agreement valued at approximately $30 billion under which Flextronics will supply and manufacture certain...
FRANKFURT, Germany-The German telecommunication regulator approved 11 bidders to participate in its Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction, set to begin in July. The regulator...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc formally launched Cable & Wireless Global, incorporating operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan.C&W said revenues...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Globalstar USA announced international roaming service is available in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, all of which are served by the Bosque...
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. shareholders adopted a provision at the company's annual meeting submitted by the Communications Workers of America Pension Fund requiring shareholder approval for...
WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp. lawyers were in Brussels, Belgium, last week defending their proposed $115 billion merger to the European Commission.The EC issued...
SAN DIEGO-MP3.com Inc. launched its first Wireless Application Protocol application called MP3.com Wireless Live Events Calendar, which allows users to locate and buy tickets...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Mobile wireless data management product supplier PointBase Inc. is teaming with Microware Systems Corp., an embedded real-time operating software provider, to address...
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-More than 40,000 U.S. physicians are using a Palm Pilot application designed to prevent medication errors, according to ePocrates Inc.The ePocrates network...
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. has initiated testing of its Cellocate System for the Global System for Mobile communications air interface, the company said.The Cellocate System...
Internet-enabled mobile devices are fast becoming the new playground for advertisers, since for the first time, companies don't have to anticipate where a potential...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Third-generation wireless revenue will increase from $4.3 billion in 2002 to $63 billion in 2007, while wireless infrastructure purchases will grow from $4...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Despite the outlook by many in the industry that paging is a market in decline, Southeastern Communications Association members are excited abut...
In an effort to encourage businesses to use palmtop personal computers as mobile access tools to enterprise systems, Palm Inc. released its HotSync Server...
