WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Congress may have differing opinions on upcoming auctions of third-generation and digital TV spectrum, warned the Rural Telecommunications Group....
Verizon Wireless has tapped into the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it helped shut down an Internet firm that was selling its customers' calling records. "Accessing a person's personal telephone records...
MONTREAL-Satellite and terrestrial wireless equipment manufacturer Advantech AMT has acquired Powerwave Technologies Inc.' microwave operation in Gothenberg, Sweden. Advantech said it would resurrect the...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Palm Inc. authorized two mobile-phone distributors to distribute its Treo smart phone in the United States. The company signed agreements with Brightpoint Inc.'s...
BOSTON-Industry research and analyst firm The Yankee Group reported that wireless usage continues to outpace wireline usage in the United States. Citing its own...
Trip Hawkins believes the last thing wireless gamers want is to play console-style offerings on their phones."If you take Madden Football and put it...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has been expelled from the Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York, according to a report in a Rochester, N.Y., newspaper....
In the face of the lofty pronouncements and promises from official Washington about improving emergency communications and muscling up our telecom infrastructure in the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. this week plans to announce its fourth music service, a wireless version of RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody Radio. The offering includes five...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it teamed with an infrastructure vendor to launch a new product that provides high-speed mobile data connectivity for teams working...
Nokia Corp. released a new, low-priced wireless e-mail product that will work with almost any new mobile phone, be it a low-end, voice-centric device...
WASHINGTON-In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that he intends to create a new Homeland Security and Public Safety Bureau....
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless e-mail vendor Good Technology Inc. said it cut an unspecified number of jobs due to the company's transition from direct to...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America L.L.P. to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint...
Nokia Corp. is hoping to create a framework for Java-based developer tools with this week's expected announcement that it has joined Canada's Eclipse Foundation....
Wireless carriers continued the arduous task of repairing networks in the Gulf Coast region hit hard by Hurricane Katrina last month, though few operators...
Canadian telecom giants Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada said they plan to jointly build and manage a nationwide wireless broadband network that could...
Facilities-based telecommunications provider IDT Corp. unveiled its TuYo Mobile prepaid wireless service targeting the rapidly growing-and increasingly targeted-Hispanic community. IDT said the TuYo Mobile...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from...
U.S. wireless carriers ultimately want to get every American on their networks. In this utopian dream, everybody would be a paying customer. Subscribers would...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. raised its revenue expectations due to what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of mobile phones. Nokia's stock jumped almost 4...
