MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance, a manufacturer of voice interface software, and OnStar, the telematics subsidiary of General Motors Corp., announced OnStar has licensed Nuance's speech...
NEW YORK-Debt downgrades for telecommunications carriers last year outnumbered upgrades by a two-to-one margin, setting the stage for increased pressure on ratings this year,...
ATLANTA-Just a few months after its successful initial public offering, O2wireless Solutions Inc. announced two acquisitions, which the company said will add site development...
Finally, a glass of champagne.Nortel Networks toasted its fourth quarter with a result that matched market expectations and a robust promise for the future.Nortel,...
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced last week it reached a licensing agreement to develop and market a Netscape-branded version of Nokia's WAP microbrowser for...
Drought is the bellweather for venture funds these days, but not for two companies, NetSanity Inc. and AppForge Inc., which received their third and...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. will supply third-generation equipment to Telecom Italia Mobile, according to international press reports. The value of the contract, which is the first...
WASHINGTON-In a move being watched closely by the wireless industry, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration proposed rules to reimburse the Pentagon and other...
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said last week testing showed that ultra-wideband systems "have the potential" to operate in the 3 to 6...
CanadaEricsson announced trials for Wireless Application Protocol technology over a TDMA network with Rogers Cantel, a Canadian wireless provider. The announcement is the first...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Eastern and Central European countries began to improve and modernize their telecommunications networks more than a decade ago, after the fall of communism.A...
DUBLIN, Ireland-When companies with international aspirations make their cases for being allowed to own mobile networks across a number of countries, one argument put...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Globalstar could be the last hope for global mobile personal communications by satellite (GMPCS) survival in Africa. During a heated debate at...
BulgariaOte Telecom won Bulgaria's third mobile-phone license for US$135 million, beating out Telecom Italia Mobile through an auction. Ote plans to partner with Bulgarian...
TORONTO-To the relief of the wireless industry, the Canadian government raised the four-year-old spectrum cap that limits the amount of radio spectrum each PCS...
GENEVA-With the world's first third-generation (3G) mobile systems due to come online in Japan in less than a year, Europe's wireless operators are gearing...
DENVER, United States-XO Communications revealed plans to launch a data-centric broadband network in Western Europe as early as mid-2001.Western Europe's early adoption of mobile...
TOKYO-The millennium bug was squashed in most industries around the world, with one exception in wireless.Due to a Y2K glitch, short message service (SMS)...
SINGAPORE-Four years after it was first introduced in Japan, PHS technology finally has made some headway in the international telecommunications arena. Taiwanese paging operator...
Microsoft and Ericsson announced a joint venture to develop and market mobile Internet products. In addition, Microsoft introduced its dual-mode microbrowser, called Mobile Internet...