2004

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world. The i-mode service has been one …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, besieged by educators who oppose any auction of their spectrum, is expected this week to approve a new 2.5 GHz plan designed to foster wireless broadband …

NEW YORK-Symbol Technologies Inc. and several of the company’s former executives, including its former president and chief executive officer, have been officially charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier’s corporate and local business operations. Freeman will …

Wireless tower owner Global Signal Inc., formerly known as Pinnacle Holdings, has returned to the public market with an initial public offering of 7 million shares of common stock priced …

BOSTON-A new report by Strategy Analytics found high interest among cell-phone users in cordless headsets and push-to-talk connectivity. The report, “US Cellular Device Market Dynamics: End User Interest,” found 54 …

By coincidence, the hotel hosting last week’s Wireless Communications Association conference was also home to a three-day rally of the ReDefeat Bush crowd. Meeting rooms of the two diverse meetings …

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Legislation establishing the nation’s first cell phone recycling law has passed the California State Assembly and now advances to the Senate. The law would require any entity selling …

Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing. While total cost of equipment sales rose, inventory levels fell by …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless purchased a 10-megahertz section of a C-block PCS license from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. covering 1.1 million potential customers in the Little Rock and Pine Bluff, …

WASHINGTON-A plan to use auction revenues to fund grants for first-responder interoperable communications was withdrawn Thursday, allowing the House Commerce Committee to pass the Faster and Smarter Funding for First …

LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower …

WEST TRENTON, N.J.-DotPhoto Inc. introduced a new service for camera-phone users that the company said would allow them to quickly and easily print camera-phone photos. Under the new Click & …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters …

Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product …

As it continues to grapple with accounting woes, Nortel Networks Ltd. dashed market expectations last week by failing to announce its second-quarter results. The inaction drove down the company’s stock …

In preparation for its developer’s conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, …

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said last week he wants his committee to consider a “Berlin” subsidy plan to end the transition to digital TV so broadcasters can …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.’s stellar growth was dimmed slightly due to a downgrade from Bank of America Securities, which forced the company’s stock down from around $120 per share …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …

In a rare review of wireless advertising claims, T-Mobile USA Inc. received a modest slap on the wrist last week as The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better …

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. …

Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn’t really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed wireless networks or processor specifications for …

DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, …