PORTLAND, Ore.-Sonera Corp. announced it will invest $68 million to purchase one-fourth of Metro One Telecommunications.The deal gives Metro One enough capital to pay...
The evolution of the Symbian initiative advanced last week as the company held its first developers conference in London, supporting the release of version...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to develop GPRS phones using Microsoft Corp.'s Stinger smart phone platform and Mobile...
The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, Motorola Inc. and others convinced the Illinois Supreme Court to stay the publication in USA Today last week...
After answering more than 5.5 billion questions in the past four years, Ask Jeeves Inc.'s online question answering service is finally learning to talk.The...
NEW YORK-The 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio-frequency band is getting a bit crowded these days, with cordless phones, microwave ovens and the new guest, Bluetooth,...
NEW YORK-Wireless interactive marketing company SkyGo Inc. announced it completed the first phase of its market research study in Boulder, Colo., and has more...
Qualcomm Inc.'s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its "Buy" rating of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-A new wireless ventures company will help Scandinavian entrepreneurs build "world-beating wireless companies," according to a release from Argo Global Capital and Northstream.The...
Wal-Mart's 1,000 stores nationwide will begin carrying disposable zinc-air cell phone batteries from Electric Fuel Corp. in time for the holiday shopping season.Each battery...
WASHINGTON-Carriers last week overwhelmingly warned the Federal Communications Commission that while they will make their best efforts to meet implementation deadlines for enhanced 911...
WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it plans to fine Clear Communications Group $120,000 for willful and repeated violations of federal workplace safety...
WASHINGTON-Neoworld Inc., a newcomer with a back-to-the-future wireless strategy, represents a new breed of dispatch operator forced by massive consolidation and other industry trends...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands-NewsEdge Corp. and CMG Telecommunications announced an alliance to combine NewsEdge's eTopics with CMG's WAP Service Broker, which will allow CMG to...
Sprint PCS made several announcements last week aimed at increasing its role in the wireless transmission of photos and videos over its network.The carrier...
SINGAPORE-Singapore operator MobileOne (M1) accused rivals SingTel Mobile and StarHub of efforts to lure away its CDMA customers. An advertising war has been under...
TOKYO-Matsushita Communication Industrial announced a new company in the Czech Republic to manufacture mobile phones and car audio equipment. The company will begin production...
Over the past several weeks, Sprint PCS has rolled out several additions to its Wireless Web service designed to target the consumer market, particularly...
LONDON-Ten companies are vying for 42 wireless broadband licenses in the United Kingdom in a government auction commenced last Friday.The auction is expected to...
Following the disclosure of their third-quarter earnings, two leading local multipoint distribution services carriers proved the business of financing is a hit-and-miss proposition.Winstar Communications...
NEW YORK-Seeking to become a dominant player in the emerging lithium-ion polymer battery field, Valence Technology Inc. plans to buy all rights to this...
WASHINGTON-For all the confusion and uncertainty following last week's presidential and congressional elections, it is possible telecom policy could escape the massive political gridlock...
