REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wireless messaging and e-mail market continues its race toward consolidation with news of two new funding and acquisition deals, including a...
NEW YORK-Columbitech announced its flagship Columbitech Wireless Suite now supports the Department of Defense's new Common Access Card (CAC) smart card authentication system."The CAC...
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson said it plans to outsource its information systems unit to IBM Corp., transferring 1,000 employees to the software giant. Ericsson sees...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Under a new service launched in Europe by credit card giant MasterCard, mobile-phone users will be able to transfer money to other users...
TORONTO-A Canadian wireless operator is getting into the telecom bundling game, with Canada's Microcell announcing an agreement with Sprint Canada Inc. to offer a...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet software company Openwave Systems Inc. again announced plans to cut costs amid dwindling revenues, this time with plans to eliminate...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Location-based services have struggled to find their feet in Europe. Mobile data has taken a long time to deliver on the technology,...
The National Emergency Numbering Association held its annual meeting here in Denver last week. During my albeit brief attendance, I got a glimpse of...
Following much speculation, Nextel Communications Inc. signed a 10-year exclusive agreement to become the title sponsor of the National Association for Stock Car Auto...
WASHINGTON-Local number portability lobbying has been fast and furious of late as the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association tries to get legislation passed to...
The two main rivals in the PDA operating system business sought to bolster their offerings, each touting improved and enhanced products.Further, Microsoft Corp. announced...
China has a different take on the great experiment. The Asian giant wants all the economic benefits of Western-style capitalism without the political baggage...
Content provider Handango expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics, a move that places the company...
SAN FRANCISCO-Including wireless numbers in traditionally wireline-based directory assistance/enquiry (DA/DQ) databases, could create a $3 billion market for U.S. carriers and DA/DQ service providers...
MONTREAL-Canadian operator Microcell said it will become the latest operator to launch the Sony Ericsson P800 smart phone. The phone first became available in...
WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said a quasi-governmental corporation set up to fund small telecom startups spends nearly as much on executive salaries and overhead as...
Battle won, even before the first shot is fired.Early in the life of the technology, industry analysts and players already regard Cisco Systems Inc....
Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Avenue subsidiary is set to further blur the line between wireline and wireless communications when it launches its Verizon One...
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is protesting the Federal Communications Commission's proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization.The FCC wants...
Barely nine months after Nokia Corp. led a base-station interoperability initiative, L.M. Ericsson and other major infrastructure vendors have countered with a new one,...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it will use Texas Instruments Inc.'s 802.11 wireless networking and OMAP application processors for its Wi-Fi and cellular dual-system phone.Motorola...
Wireless carriers have joined the millions of homeowners who are taking advantage of the country's economic slowdown and resulting low interest rates to reduce...
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched a trio of unlimited calling plans for its Northeast SuperHome calling area, which includes New York City and northern...
