Japan-based weather content provider Weathernews Inc. this week plans to launch a Java-based video application for users with Sprint Nextel Corp. multimedia phones.The Weathernews...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. will partner with Kmart Corp. to sell wireless phones and service in kiosks at select Kmart stores. Alltel has kiosks...
TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering improved video performance that is...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it bought a minority stake in broadband solutions developer 2Wire Inc., a move that puts the company into the coveted home-gateway...
WASHINGTON-The California regulator behind the campaign to overhaul the state's bill of rights for telecom consumers has been tapped as chief of staff to...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Fixed wireless broadband service provider Dynamic Broadband Inc. said it has acquired the fixed wireless assets and customer base of AiroLink Communications...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is giving the communications industry a chance to come up with a voluntary system to help parents control content over...
Consider yourself forewarned: This is a girlie column. But hey, it seems wireless handset designers have forgotten about half of the world's population, so...
LONDON-U.K.-based cable company NTL Inc. has bid $1.4 billion for U.K. mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile, according to published reports. Virgin Mobile confirmed...
NEW YORK-Investment banking firm CIBC World Markets raised its 2006 handset sales forecast to almost 1 billion phones, supporting claims that the worldwide mobile...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has conducted a live trial of interactive mobile TV services with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.Ericsson explained that the trial...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Caribbean carrier Digicel Group plc launched mobile service in three new countries: Anguilla, Bermuda and St. Kitts & Nevis. Digicel acquired Cingular Wireless...
WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless said it expanded its network coverage in four states, increasing capacity and the availability of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. In...
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. signed a subcontract with M/A-COM Inc. to equip the state of New York with a wireless public safety communications network that Alcatel...
BETHESDA, Md.-Wireless technology and broadband infrastructure provider MobilePro Corp. reported that the city of Akron, Ohio's city council is in the final stages of...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials late Thursday said it could not support the IP-enabled Voice Communications and Public-Safety Act of 2005 if language...
NEW YORK-Mobile technology is becoming a source of significant information security concerns within the insurance industry, according to a survey of insurance industry executives...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. infused some new blood into the languishing push-to-talk market with the launch of its PTT service. The carrier joins a market...
By Heather Forsgren Weaver WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday to delay the retuning process for the 800 MHz band,...
