WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers' actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions,...
NEW ORLEANS-America Online Inc. is expected to expand on its mobile offerings this week, adding picture messaging, traffic data and premium services to its...
Wireless carriers' spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes...
NEW ORLEANS-Customer relationship management provider eAgency Systems is targeting small and mid-sized offices this week with the launch of Nice Office. The new offering...
David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday adopted rules in three spectrum-related proceedings meant to help spur the development of wireless broadband and keep up with...
Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to...
MONTREAL-Semiconductor developer Wavesat Inc. said the National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program will contribute $990,000 toward the company's development efforts, according to a...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The migration of fixed-line traffic to mobile networks is expected to create a $200 billion revenue opportunity for mobile networks as well as...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music provider Chaoticom said it is changing its name to Groove Mobile.The company provides more than 1 million tracks of fully downloadable...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced its OneBase Cell Extender, a high-power multicarrier power amplifier that extends coverage and increases capacity of wireless base stations.The...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has implemented Convergys Corp.'s Infinys rating and billing software within its systems architecture to support its growing wireless data...
GENEVA-The Cellular Emergency Alert Systems Association said it formed a global working group focused on development of early warning networks that use cell broadcast...
WASHINGTON-John Muleta, chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, said he will leave the agency later this month. Muleta left...
Following is a roundup of wireless industry companies that were either upgraded or downgraded this week by financial investment and analyst firms.UBS upgraded Qualcomm...
The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny...
WASHINGTON-Earlier this week, Nextel Communications Inc. submitted the financial paperwork required by the Federal Communications Commission as part of its plan to resolve public-safety...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday designated 811 as the dialing code for utility one-call centers, leaving only 611 as the only unassigned three-digit number.When...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless distributor CellStar Corp. said its Latin American operations have adopted a new strategy that focuses on GSM product distribution in the region....
DALLAS-The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium, one of two competing groups offering a proposal to IEEE for 802.11n technology, gained another heavy hitter...
MUNICH, Germany-Novatel Wireless Inc. said it signed a frame agreement with O2 Germany for the purchase of mobile communications equipment, which includes the supply...
Research In Motion Ltd. rival Good Technology Inc. announced it entered into a licensing agreement with NTP Inc., the patent-holding company that is suing...