Midwest Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless properties from three partnerships providing wireless service in Iowa under the name Cellcom.Midwest said the...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Several more billing companies announced news as Billing World 2003 kicked off June 24 in Miami Beach, Fla. Portal Software Inc. said...
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...
BOSTON-The SALT Forum, a standards group aimed at promoting the use of speech technologies in multimodal and telephony systems, announced it combined new graphics...
SAN FRANCISCO-With push-to-speak services designed to rival Nextel Communications Inc.'s Direct Connect offering expected from a number of carriers in the near future, Telephia...
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it acquired 12 personal communications service licenses from Lafayette Communications and paid approximately $28.1 million to the Federal...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it will build a GSM/GPRS 1900 MHz network for Colombia Movil in Colombia. The Colombian operator will also equip its network...
WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today...
WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels.PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money,...
WASHINGTON-Tecore Wireless Systems said it is setting up a distribution center in Iraq to deploy GSM mobile-phone systems throughout the country."Our established regional presence,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
