WASHINGTON-L. Paul Bremer, head of the U.S.-led occupational authority in Iraq, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week that mobile-phone licenses in the...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-TelASIC Communications said it has rolled out what it calls the world's first cost-effective wideband radio chipset, baseFlex, which supports major standards,...
WASHINGTON-Universal service was a hot topic in Washington last week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign by...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission again will postpone a vote on a controversial bill of rights for telecom consumers, increasing prospects for either major...
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003, changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points to...
FRANCENortel Networks Ltd. has won a $200 million, 15-year GSM-Railway contract with French railway operator SNCF. The new system will handle all voice and...
A new wireless local area network standard is being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-the 802.11n protocol. According to the standards...
SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular-phone users are uniting via the Cellular Telecom Users Alliance Inc., a newly formed organization that plans to negotiate cell-phone rates on behalf...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved even closer to completing its previously announced deal to acquire 34 PCS licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc....
LONDON-ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi has been accused of "atrocious financial management" and threatened with dismissal, according to a report in the respected Swiss business...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Wireless operators have less than 24 months to define, design and implement new charging architectures for mobile data services, according to a new...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-SkyFrames Inc. is enlisting the help of companies interested in joining its effort to provide U.S. military personnel in Iraq the ability...
Nokia Corp. said it will reorganize the company into four divisions to focus on convergence, new mobility markets and growth.The four segments include mobile...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Vista Information Technologies Inc. to acquire its software tools and service business...
A new wireless local area network standard is being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-the 802.11n protocol. According to the standards...
Motorola Inc. will miss out on the critical camera-phone rush during the holiday season, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless said.Jim Gerace, a spokesman for...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it will supply a $23 million network to Kazakhstan's second-largest mobile operator Kar-Tel. The upgrade will increase the operator's transmission capacity...
BRASILIA, Brazil-Brazil's lower house social and family safety commission has approved a bill to create rules for the installation of wireless communications towers.The bill...
WASHINGTON-It looks like 50 million Americans who were looking forward to Wednesday to have an uninterrupted dinner with their families will have to wait...
SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular-phone users are uniting via the Cellular Telecom Users Alliance Inc., a newly formed organization that plans to negotiate cell-phone rates on behalf...
Operating system consortium Symbian signed a development agreement with Japan's leading mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc. The agreement gives NTT DoCoMo access to Symbian...
CHICAGO-The U.S. Department of Labor has sued wireless company Meade Communications Inc., of Berkeley, Ill., for failing to remit employee contributions and loan repayments...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday rejected Northrop Grumman Corp.'s request for broadband spectrum to support emergency and homeland security wireless applications.Northrop Grumman filed a...
OTTAWA-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will use Spotwave Wireless Inc.'s SpotCell adaptive repeater to provide in-building coverage. The repeater will allow U.S. Cellular to...
