EMR Network's request that the Federal Communications Commission consider revisiting its radio-frequency radiation regulations and guidelines has been denied.EMR was fighting the earlier dismissal...
OTTAWA-Canadian wireless carriers are now required to provide wireless enhanced 911 service everywhere E911 network access services are available, according to a ruling this...
NEW YORK-Shares of semiconductor giant Texas Instruments were up Thursday morning following SoundView Technology Group's ratings upgrade to "outperform" from "neutral."The company was trading...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission stepped up its consumer-education campaign regarding wireless enhanced 911 Thursday when FCC Chairman Michael Powell appeared on the "CBS Early...
WASHINGTON-Two rural trade associations tried Wednesday to shoot down Western Wireless Corp.'s basic argument that competition and universal service can co-exist."Congress was careful to...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc., which recently announced it would transfer its nearly 1 million wireless customers to Sprint PCS' network, is reportedly eliminating wide-area...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazilian fixed-line operator Embratel plans to acquire Brazilian wireless local loop carrier Vesper from Qualcomm Inc. The amount of the deal was...
EDISON, N.J.-Regional sales company Business Payment Systems announced it will resell a wireless credit card processing service from Comstar Interactive Corp.Comstar's CHARGE ANYwhere wireless...
WASHINGTON-Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Largent (R-Okla.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News that he is the leading candidate to replace Thomas Wheeler, president and chief...
PLANTATION, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced a teaming with Bobby Jones Sportswear to offer a mobile phone branded with the golfer's signature and logo for Nextel...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless reported a five-year deal with L.M. Ericsson to provide GSM/GPRS and EDGE technology equipment for the carrier's planned overlay of its...
PEABODY, Mass.-Following shareholder approval, speech technology giant ScanSoft Inc. has closed its acquisition of rival SpeechWorks International Inc.Upon closing, SpeechWorks shareholders received 0.86 shares...
MONTREAL-Canadian operator Microcell Telecommunications, which filed for bankruptcy and was taken over by its creditors earlier this year, reported a profit for the second...
TORONTO-In a document it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it forecasts a further $30 million to $40...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-3Com Corp. reported a deal with Apple Core Hotels to provide free wireless local area network access in its five Apple Core hotels...
BEIJING-A state-run Chinese electronics manufacturer introduced a Dick Tracy-style mobile phone/wristwatch that features a tiny keypad, color screen, clip-on camera and support for CDMA...
Verizon Wireless' highly anticipated press-to-talk service is expected to introduce tomorrow with the carrier rolling out a nationwide offering using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x...
CALGARY-Wi-LAN Inc., provider of broadband wireless communications products, said it was cash-flow positive from operations in its third quarter ended July 31. The company...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Costa Rica's sole telecommunications provider, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, has contracted it to deploy Lucent's next-generation optical...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced a $32 million contract with China's Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its GPRS network. The system will be rolled...
WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study Wednesday that it claims shows that the proposed California Telecommunications Users Bill...
Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company's stock up almost 8...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported a relatively solid quarter of declining losses and a more positive outlook, although the company's revenues also continued...
BOULDER, Colo.-Roving Planet said Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida has selected its management platform for it wireless local area network."After installing a full...
