WASHINGTON-Experts said a merger between French telecom giant Alcatel SA and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies Inc. likely would undergo intense scrutiny over national security implications,...
WASHINGTON-With each significant manmade or natural disaster, the problem of public-safety communications networks not being able to interact with each other is underscored. Indeed,...
In the wireless universe, one outstanding fact about India trumps its ancient history, heterogeneous society and complex political and economic mix: With more than...
BOGOTA, Colombia-A national survey of Colombian wireless users found Nokia Corp. dominating the South American country's mobile handset market, which despite its modest size-at...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week passed the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act of 2006, but only after adding an amendment that the chairman...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-This year could mark the beginning of important changes for the U.S. wireless industry, according to research from IDC. Last year was a...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. sent ripples through the mobile-device industry by raising its 2006 growth estimate for global handset sales from 10 percent to 15...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In a move that could help it retain a core piece of business, Motorola Inc. is developing handsets for Sprint Nextel Corp. designed...
The advent of ancillary terrestrial component, or ATC, will revolutionize the mobile satellite services industry in the long run, according to a new report...
WASHINGTON-Network neutrality has emerged as a key sticking point in the debate regarding a scaled-backed communications draft bill-tentatively dubbed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and...
RFSRadio Frequency Systems said it plans to demonstrate a fast bit-rate remote radio head unit that permits fiber connectivity direct to the towertop at...
WASHINGTON-Cutting wireless out of the universal-service system seems to be gaining traction as legislation introduced in the House of Representatives that would make it...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. is ramping up its reach, with new distribution plans and content aimed at furthering its ambition of "liberating the digital tribe,"...
The global war on terrorism and natural disasters here and abroad are forcing policymakers to rethink-and redesign-public warning systems that take advantage of wireless...
WASHINGTON-Technology may be the only way to solve the centuries-old battle between copyright owners and consumers who want authorization to make copies of protected...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Groove Mobile announced it closed $8.5 million in new venture funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, while Charles River Ventures,...
Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it deployed a multitechnology, multicarrier wireless coverage system for the Chicago Transit Authority. In cooperation with Aldrige Electric, Powerwave installed...
As Alcatel Corp.'s board of directors met last Thursday to review its "merger of equals" with long-time rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc.,...
British wireless subscribers can send and receive text messages at bargain-basement rates thanks to an IP-based messaging service released last week. But-unlike Voice over...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-The Moto Q, Motorola Inc.'s flagship smart phone, will be available in April, missing by a hair the company's initial forecast for a...
