LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. will slash prices for its third-generation services beginning Monday. The two new service packages offer up to a 50-percent...
WASHINGTON-The board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday voted to join a coalition that supports technical solutions to solving...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will partner with its parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. to offer residential customers a single bucket...
WASHINGTON-The inspector general of the General Services Administration is investigating WorldCom Inc.'s contracts with the federal government and may issue recommendations to Congress shortly...
LISBON, Portugal-Portuguese mobile operator Optimus said it will include Opera Software's mobile Web browser on Optimus Zone, its new multimedia service supported by the...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Tecnomen Inc. said its prepaid solution has achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks based on GSM infrastructure equipment tests.Tecnomen's intelligent network supports CAMEL...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name.Visto provides personal...
BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry.First, marketing company M-Qube announced...
Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's...
HELSINKI, Finland-TeliaSonera will standardize its multimedia messaging system across four Nordic countries using equipment from Nokia. The Finnish vendor said its equipment will replace...
WASHINGTON-The White House later today is expected to issue a presidential memorandum on spectrum reform for federal government frequencies, according to industry sources. The...
WASHINGTON-Scott Ford, president of Alltel Corp., Wednesday was elected chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's board of directors for 2003-2004. "The wireless...
WASHINGTON-The House GOP leadership postponed a vote on Internet gambling legislation Tuesday after criticism surfaced that appeared to put the bill's passage in question....
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee on Wednesday called for the establishment of a federal grant program for the deployment of wireless enhanced...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies and Anite Telecoms announced they will team up to develop and market RF protocol and network emulation test solutions for...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. released its first-quarter fiscal 2003 results, which reflected lowered sales but an improved net loss. The company said sales were...
PARIS-Alcatel bowed to investors over the company's decision to sell bonds of about $1 billion.The French vendor was forced to shorten the maturity to...
WASHINGTON-Many house lawmakers expressed concern Wednesday that the deployment of wireless local number portability may divert resources from the implementation of wireless enhanced 911.This...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp. has extended its 1998 patent license agreement with Sharp Corp. of Japan...
WASHINGTON-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she is dissatisfied with the General Services Administration's response to her May 30 inquiry on...
The founders of personal digital assistant pioneer Palm Inc. have returned to the fold as the company announced plans to acquire Handspring Inc.Jeff Hawkins...
LONDON-U.K.-based telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless said it will cut 1,500 U.K. jobs, exit the U.S. market and suspend its dividend for a year.The...
