DALLAS-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a deal with Kinko's that will expand the carrier's HotSpot Wi-Fi service into nearly 170 Kinko's locations by the end...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission postponed a vote set for today on a consumer bill of rights for telecom users, rescheduling it for Oct....
PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. and South Korean mobile-phone operator SK Telecom said they will jointly develop and market mobile applications worldwide. The companies said...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it won a contract with Germany's E-Plus to expand its GSM/GPRS network. The two-year contract is worth a "two-digit million...
LONDON-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a three-year contract to assess and analyze the performance of European mobile operator MmO2's GSM and GPRS...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The Wi-Fi hot-spot industry will continue to grow, propelled by lower price points and standardized technology, according to market research firm ABI....
WASHINGTON-The House Wednesday passed legislation permanently banning Internet access taxes and prohibiting states and localities from imposing multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce....
NEW YORK-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. held a product showcase in New York to display its advanced electronics equipment from televisions to camcorders and took...
As Hurricane Isabel bears down on the U.S. eastern seaboard, wireless carriers are confident their networks are already prepared for the worst. Unlike other...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has entered into an agreement with the state of Michigan to use its 800 MHz public-safety communications system towers for...
LA JOLLA, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced its Phone Suite Version 7 (V7) product for mobile phones will now work over the Linux-based operating system,...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will offer $1 billion worth of 7.375-percent senior serial redeemable notes due 2015 in a public offering. The...
NEW YORK-Swedish company Tele2 AB said its Swedish UMTS venture, Svenska UMTS-Nat, reached an agreement with a banking consortium to downsize its loan facility...
SOMERS, N.Y.-Wireless enterprise giants IBM Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they will more tightly integrate their corporate access servers, a move the...
STOCKOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract to embed its Bluetooth platform in the products of STMicroelectronics.The platform, which is known as...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-The San Mateo, Calif., Police Department is now using Tropos Networks Inc.'s metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network for law enforcement activities. With Tropos'...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has worked with China Unicom to complete the first phase of a comprehensive GSM1x technology trial.The technology allows GSM...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has unveiled enhancements for its solutions for wireless notebooks, cell phones, personal digital assistants and other handhelds.The chipsets...
LA JOLLA, Calif.-The threat of spam on wireless devices continues to drive new industry products, with startup DigiPortal Inc. and stalwart Nokia Corp. both...
In a further promotion of its text messaging services, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced plans to expand its services globally to allow users to...
BELLVUE, Wash.-Microsoft Corp said it has added the enhanced version of its 802.11g Wi-Fi solution to its suite of wireless products. The decision follows...
Wireless enterprise company Visto Corp. announced another financial transaction, this time the acquisition of the intellectual property and technology assets of wireless e-mail company...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64...
SINGAPORE-Five Asian companies joined the collaboration between the Singapore telecom regulator and Intel Corp. to help solve the challenges of hot-spot roaming. The initiative...
WASHINGTON-High-power, star power and political power were on hand Wednesday when actor George Clooney lent his support for the Calling for 211 Act. Clooney...
