WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged the Senate leadership that any decision to transfer the military's 1700 MHz band to the mobile-phone industry for third-generation...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., released the results of a study the company conducted to determine subscriber interest in 2.5- and...
TOKYO—Hitachi Ltd. denied reports that it had decided to shut down its plant that makes dynamic random-access memory chips.A news report also had said...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Multichannel multipoint distribution services equipment provider Hybrid Networks Inc. said it will be listed on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market effective today,...
SARASOTA, Fla.—Speedcom Wireless Corp. closed an $8.4 million private placement that leaves the fixed wireless broadband products provider in the enviable position of having...
LAGOS, Nigeria—Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions said it has won a $57 million contract from Econet to deploy GSM networks in northern Nigeria.The first phase...
BEIJING, China—China's state Development Planning Commission said it has approved 19 firms to make CDMA handsets to cater to part of its 120.6 million...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Networks said it has selected TietoEnator as its research and development partner effective Oct. 1.According to the terms, about 300 Nokia workers...
BOSTON—Viridien Technologies, Cape Clear Software and MessageMachines today announced they are teaming to offer a messaging platform that integrates instant alerts and notifications and...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission expects to begin releasing data on consumer complaints by the middle of next month, Rosemary Kimball, director of media relations...
SALT LAKE CITY—Verizon Wireless celebrated the opening of its newest customer service call center in West Valley City, Utah. The $42 million facility includes...
WASHINGTON—Dr. Jeffrey Runge, the newly installed administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said that NHTSA is watching closely the growing issue of...
PLANO, Texas—Mobile Internet consultancy and SmartTrust partner AU-System today said it will offer a gateway technology to carriers, which the company said will speed...
TOKYO—Kyocera Corp. said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs at is branches overseas, representing 20 percent of its 51,000 work force worldwide.The company said...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a UMTS contract to deliver core network and radio access for Europolitan Vodafone.Nokia will begin deliveries this...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched it Cricket wireless service in Boise, Idaho, allowing customers to make unlimited local wireless calls for a fixed...
FREMONT, Calif.—Wireless gaming company Synovial Inc. scored a major deal today with Sega of America under which the company will offer Sega's video game...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc. said today that Wisconsin-based motor carrier County Transit Inc. purchased its MobileMax2 wireless communications system, which Aether said will...
ATLANTA—Sprint Network Partners AirGate PCS Inc. and iPCS Inc. have agreed to merge their operations in a deal valued at nearly $900 million.The deal...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has licensed its technology for smart card transactions over the mobile Internet to France-based Xiring, which designs and markets personal...
SANTA CLARA, California, United States—In another vote of support for Intel's Personal Internet Client Architecture initiative, Compaq Computer said it will work with Intel...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—Teledesic said it has selected Alenia Spazio and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as the two finalists to build Teledesic's satellite...
