FranceBrightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday assigned three-digit number codes to be used for abbreviated dialing.Abbreviated dialing codes enable callers to connect to a...
BellSouth Wireless DataMichael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry's team will be responsible for selling Interactive...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN, the former telecommunications monopoly in the Netherlands, plans to offer a new issue of shares to the public this year. The...
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-Bids in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction topped $1 billion at the end of bidding Thursday, 10 days and...
TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase a personal communications services operating license in Lakeland-Winterhaven, Fla., for an undisclosed amount.If...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed 10 digital cellular network expansion contracts with China Unicom. The contracts are valued at about $300...
Component shortages and a widespread shift to entry-level phones impacted second-quarter earnings from L.M. Ericsson. The company's stock fell 11 percent on the news...
WASHINGTON-The high-flying mobile-phone industry-poised to pick up its 100 millionth subscriber this week-could soon find itself in the throes of a major consumer backlash.Complaints...
Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world...
WASHINGTON-A congressional subcommittee and the wireless industry put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to delay the upcoming 700 MHz auction, while private wireless...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it completed the sale of its Microwave Data Systems division to Moseley Associates Inc. for $38.6 million in cash.Adaptive...
NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C.-Sprint Corp. launched a personal communications services network in Jacksonville and Roanoke Rapids, N.C., as part of the company's expansion into the coastal...
TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Group will launch fixed wireless service in four more markets in the coming months and is partnering with vendors to cope...
To its credit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking the driver distraction problem seriously. Last Tuesday's all-day conference at the Department of...
LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS Network Partner US Unwired Inc. launched personal communications service in nine southeast markets, including Anniston, Mobile and five counties in...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced a partnership with Proxicom Inc. under which the two will sell end-to-end wireless e-business services, including a mobile-commerce...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced a wireless Internet service called Mobile Web, featuring the ability for users to create custom home pages.Subscribers can configure a...
REDMOND, Wash.-America Online Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said they have agreed to provide AOL content to AT&T Digital PocketNet subscribers.Beginning this fall,...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a 9.8-percent increase in both second-quarter earnings and consolidated revenue compared with the same quarter last year and an increase in...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Financial services company E*Trade Group Inc. announced an alliance with Sprint PCS to provide mobile access to E*Trade wireless trading capabilities and...