WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are now required to contribute 28.5 percent-up from 15 percent-of their revenues to the universal-service fund due to action taken on Friday...
NEW YORK-Slowing subscriber growth in the United States is an early sign that the wireless industry is approaching its maximum penetration rate, and consequently,...
LONDON-Following several streaming video announcements this week, U.K. company Oplayo said it launched the first network-independent consumer mobile video service, Mobile Media Club.Users of...
LONDON-Pogo Technology, which sold a unique mobile phone/personal digital assistant (PDA) to consumers in the United Kingdom through a deal with Carphone Warehouse, will...
CAMPBELL, California, United States-P-Com announced more than US$1 milion in orders for its point-to-point products to customers in China.The orders are from system integrators...
INDIANA, Pa.-YourInter.Net, a regional Internet service provider, has deployed Navini Networks Inc. nomadic wireless technology to provide broadband access to its customers.The Navini Ripwave...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Contec Innovations said it is acquiring Clearigo Solutions Inc., which develops mobile server software. The software will integrate with Contec's mobile application...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide.FutureDial's SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users...
WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has filed patent infringement law suits against Maxim Integrated Products Inc. in federal court over inventions that cover transmission, reception and...
TORONTO-With a view to better financial flexibility, Nortel Networks said it will terminate its $1.8 billion in undrawn credit that expires in April next...
NEW YORK-Walker Wireless, which owns spectrum throughout New Zealand, has contracted with U.S.-based IPWireless to build a broadband wireless network that covers the country's...
DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless confirmed that it has won a license to offer mobile services on the Caribbean island of Dominica. The U.S.-based operator...
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...
WASHINGTON-A new Pentagon report said spectrum loss to the wireless industry is hurting military capability and has forced it "to pursue proactive approaches...
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...
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...
GENEVA-Ten major electronics manufacturers, including Nokia, Motorola Inc. and Samsung, have pledged to help safely dispose of used mobile phones.The pact, signed with the...
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...
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...
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-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...
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...
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...
