SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has acquired Berkana Wireless Inc., a wireless chip designer, for $56 million in cash. Silicon Valley-based Berkana provides metal...
WASHINGTON-Brian Kidney, CTIA's chief operating officer, is leaving the wireless trade association, CTIA confirmed to RCR Wireless News. "Brian Kidney and CTIA President Steve...
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp.'s earnings plummeted in its second quarter, despite an increase in revenue. The carrier reported $8.2 million in income from continuing...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. acquired Advanced Public Safety Inc. in an all-cash transaction, the companies announced.APS is a privately held company based in Deerfield...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless is offering Palm Inc.'s Treo 700w smart phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system for use on its EV-DO network.Verizon,...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc., which provides technology services to wireless communications companies, has renewed a multi-year contract with Alltel Corp to provide clearing and...
WASHINGTON-The top U.S. business lobbying group today said it will advocate for better governance of the nation's airwaves and for modern telecom laws. In...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Factory sales of consumer electronics will reach a new high of $135.4 billion this year in the United States, according to the Consumer...
LAS VEGAS-Ultra-Wideband chipmaker Staccato Communications announced $18 million in its third round of venture funding. Intel Capital's Digital Home Fund and Vision Capital led...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp.'s subsidiary, Crown Castle Mobile Media L.L.C., said it plans to use its tower network and its unencumbered spectrum rights to...
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Theatre Owners is considering asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow theaters to install equipment that would jam mobile-phone signals,...
WASHINGTON-CTIA told the Federal Communications Commission that the agency should focus on reforming the intercarrier-compensation system rather than attempting to snuff out so-called "phantom...
ATLANTA-ThinkPad notebook computers will have built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s BroadbandConnect network, according to plans from Cingular and computer manufacturer Lenovo. The preconfigured...
By Doug Halonen Republican Deborah Taylor Tate and Democrat Michael Copps were officially sworn in as commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent to Google Inc. for a technology that makes more data exchanges possible at faster...
SAN FRANCISCO-Razz headset vendor Phonebites Inc. announced a new partnership with Strax as well as a licensing agreement for audio clips from the cult...
NEW YORK-Mobile content distribution company Kargo has unveiled plans for a content portal called FeverMobile.com, which is designed to serve as a superstore for...
DURHAM, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. said it will use Motricity Inc. to power its Sony Ericsson Application Shop, a site for third-party application...
CONCORD, Mass.-A Massachusetts company has developed a product that allows mobile-phone users to project images from their phone onto a personal computer for presentations...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc.'s next music-centric phone will support its new iRadio service but not Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes software, the company announced. The handset...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Antenna vendor SkyCross announced it scored $14 million in its latest funding round. TL Ventures led the round.SkyCross, which sells antennas for mobile...
TUCSON, Ariz.-Cell Wireless Corp. is set to acquire EzTel L.L.C., a Voice over Internet Protocol wireless broadband and long-distance provider, according to a contingent...
KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia-Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and its Indian Joint Venture Company, JVC, plan to acquire Indian mobile carrier Aircel Ltd. The two...
OSAKA, Japan-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. said it entered the wireless broadband arena through a partnership with last-mile wireless broadband technology provider Soma Networks Inc....
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-Human RFID chipmaker VeriChip Corp. said it filed for an initial public offering. The company did not release information on the number...
