WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering making additional radio channels available for unlicensed wireless devices in TV spectrum and higher frequency bands. The FCC,...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The only company that participated in the auction for the three regional personal communications services (PCS) licenses-one of which is a national...
MANILA, The Philippines-The Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel) plans to invest 6 billion Philippine pesos (US$113 million) next year for its nationwide wireless telephone...
SAN JOSE, California, United States-Swedish mobile operators TeliaSonera and Vodafone Sweden have entered into a price battle over their recently launched multimedia message services...
OSLO, Norway-Swedish-Japanese mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson's flashy P800 phone will start arriving next week, but confusion reigns about its availability. Sony Ericsson spokesman Peter...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced the number of subscribers for its third-generation (3G) service exceeded 4 million. KDDI launched its 3G...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal to revert the decision taken by Judge Julio V
BEIJING-Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has rated Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer TCL Mobile Communications Asia's fastest-growing technology company during the past three years.TCL is now China's third...
TOKYO-Coding Technologies, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) and NEC jointly released a new low-power decoder version for the upcoming MPEG-4 AAC-plus-SBR standard. The low-power implementation...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-LG Electronics has chosen Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM 6200 mobile station modem chipset and system software for its dual-mode third-generation handsets, according to...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics have come together to establish an open standard with the Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces for application processors targeting...
WASHINGTON-The auction policy which saw the mobile-phone industry pay millions of dollars for radio-frequency spectrum was wrong, said Sen. George Allen (R. Va.).Speaking later...
BEIJING-China marked its one-year anniversary World Trade Organization (WTO) membership 11 December. As part of its members, foreign operators gained the right to set...
SAN JOSE, California, United States-While much has been promised for the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the delivery has been less than sparkling with delays...
NEW DELHI, India-The number of wireless local loop (WLL) lines installed using CorDECT technology, developed by an Indian group, has reached 1 million. In...
PARIS-French vendor Alcatel said it expects market deterioration next year, although the company still expects to meet its targets.Alcatel said it also anticipates...
DALLAS-Wireless broadband service provider airBand Communications said its Phoenix market has reached profitability four months ahead of schedule. airBand said its customer acquisitions in...
WASHINGTON-A new Pentagon report said spectrum loss to the wireless industry is hurting military capability and has forced it "to pursue proactive approaches...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it was named the sole provider for P&T Luxembourg's third-generation (3G) network. The value of the framework agreement, which runs into...
BOULDER, Colo.-Internet tracking firm iNet-Blue Corp. has acquired Apex Wireless, a developer of wireless transmitters, receivers and transceivers."Apex's wireless products let us send important...
CLEVELAND-United Wireless now counts 22 locations throughout northeast and central Ohio, following the opening of two new retail locations in Streetsboro and Montrose.United Wireless...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS' chief financial officer will leave the company in January, and no replacement has yet been named.A Sprint spokeswoman declined to...
