TORONTO-Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented a flexible infrared-sensitive material that converts solar energy into electrical energy.Ted Sargent, a professor of electrical...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said it will close a Colorado call center and eliminate 40 jobs by the end of the month.The e-commerce company said...
WASHINGTON-President Bush has withdrawn certain trade benefits accorded Cote d'Ivoire, the western African nation that stormed Western Wireless Corp.'s offices in 2003 and forced...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin offering Kyocera Corp.'s Koi camera phone for its Cricket wireless service, which Kyocera claims is...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Labor said it reached a settlement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. whereby the No. 1 mobile-phone carrier will pay more than 25,000...
A California lawsuit claims that Verizon Wireless displayed "willful, deceptive and oppressive conduct" in limiting the capabilities of its Bluetooth-capable Motorola Inc. V710 camera...
WASHINGTON-Telecom and tech firms, some already in the wireless business and others planning to enter it, are helping foot the bill for President Bush's...
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.-Interchange Corp. launched a localized text-messaging search service that allows wireless users to find products, services and businesses from their handsets. The...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Mobile-phone maker Motorola Inc. signed an agreement with sunglasses company Oakley Inc. to build "wearable wireless communications devices" using Bluetooth technology. The companies...
LONDON-U.K. content company Wasted said it has partnered with MmO2's U.K. division to offer music, wallpapers, logos, pictures and text competitions on O2's Web...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its ratings on American Tower Corp. on CreditWatch with positive implications. S&P said American Tower, which has...
PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. appointed Olivier Baujard as its new chief technology officer. The company said current CTO Niel Ransom is leaving "to pursue...
LONDON-The GSM Association reported that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has replaced AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on the trade association's board following Cingular's $41 billion acquisition...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Aptilo Networks, which develops system solutions for public wireless local area networks, said it is increasing its presence in the United States by...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will move its mobile-phone and telemetry manufacturing operations from its headquarters in San Diego across the border to Tijuana,...
Sprint Corp. has decided to delay its participation in the controversial wireless directory this year due to continued legal challenges to the service. The...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it expects that by the end of the year, 95 percent of the handsets...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary L.L.C. permission to launch a satellite to serve South America and the area between South...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. announced it purchased privately-held Wi-Fi company Airespace Inc., based in San Jose, Calif., for $450 million in stock. Cisco...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. announced plans to jointly deliver global broadband wireless solutions using WiMAX technology.Intel and ZTE...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-3G Americas signed a memorandum of understanding with the Association of Telecommunications Enterprises of the Andean Community that calls for the mutual cooperation...
BERNE, Switzerland-Swisscom Mobile said it has launched the first UMTS mobile phone with a 2-megapixel camera. The Sharp V902 UMTS mobile supports services such...
