WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed legislation to distribute universal-service subsidies more uniformly, but the legislation is not expected to become law."There are 18 of...
TORONTO—MDSI Mobile Data Solutions eliminated 30 workers in an effort to trim operating costs by $3 million a year, the software developer announced Thursday.The...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian messaging software developer Voice Mobility International Inc. raised $1.6 million in private placement.Mobility offered 2.5 million units consisting of one common...
WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia government Thursday showed off its public-safety wireless network as it urged Congress to allocate 10 megahertz of spectrum in the...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—InterDigital Communications Corp. this week announced it has entered a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp.The agreement covers...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans today to launch the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!,...
The wireless industry is stooping to conquer. Nickelodeon is partnering with content developer Jamdat to produce mobile games based on two of the network's...
Sprint Corp. and RadioShack Corp. reported a multi-year agreement to develop, deploy and operate Sprint-branded kiosks in about 500 shopping malls across the country...
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone operator, last week affirmed a record $12 million...
LONDON—Lucasfilm Ltd. and European operator Orange will partner to bring Stars Wars to mobile phones.Beginning this week, Orange customers can download images, film clips,...
POLAND Lucent Technologies Inc. has collaborated with Novatel Wireless to supply third-generation UMTS PC card modems to Polish wireless carrier PTC. The operator said...
WASHINGTON—The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier, today affirmed a record $12.14 million fine...
HELSINKI—Nokia Corp.’s new Nokia Remote Camera wireless home monitoring solution features an integrated motion detector and video capture with sound.The product includes a digital...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said it has supplied a network of wireless local area networks for Greek operator Vodafone Panafon to allow the carrier to...
NEW YORK—Millicom International Cellular said it sold its 65-percent holding in Millicom Argentina, a high-speed wireless data joint venture, to its local partner after...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless said it has agreed to supply Symbol Technologies’ mobile computers with its CDMA2000 1x modules.The modules, known as EM3420, will...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.—Andrew Corp. has lowered its fourth-quarter guidance, attributing the fall in revenue and margins to carrier consolidation and delays in commitments to...
TOKYO—Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. is reportedly set to join Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in a partnership designed to unify third-generation wireless technology, according...
Wireless phone use aboard commercial aircraft is moving a step closer to reality at an airline industry trade show this week.OnAir, a collaborative effort...
Telecommunications-focused investment bank Waller Capital Corp. reported that its client RFB Cellular Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. to...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—BSquare, which makes smart device solutions, said it has optimized the Microsoft Windows CE operating system to use Matrix Semiconductor’s 3-D Memory in...
Three wireless companies garnered new funding this week.Propagate Networks Inc., maker of AutoCell embedded cognitive radio software for maximizing wireless local area network performance,...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. has launched the Nokia 6670 imaging smart phone for mobile professionals around the world.The Symbian operating system-based GSM phone will come...
Nortel Networks Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. both announced contributions to Verizon Wireless’ planned CDMA2000 1x EV-DO high-speed wireless data service launch in 11...
