2006

DALLAS—The Open Mobile Alliance Ltd. (OMA) will lead a consortium of companies looking to create an open gaming specification for high-end wireless games. The OMA said the members of the …

NEW YORK-Demand is strong at T-Mobile USA Inc. retail stores for the recently launched Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry Pearl, according to a national channel check by UBS analyst Maynard …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. handed Indian device-maker Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd. a royalty-bearing license agreement to make and sell CDMA2000 handsets and modem cards. Qualcomm says HFCL is its first patent …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Tower industry officials last week said lessons learned from last year’s horrific storms have made them better prepared for the next big one. Speaking at PCIA’s wireless infrastructure convention, …

Unlimited video streaming is unlikely to be in wireless carriers’ interest, Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Denny Strigl told a New York audience, but the company still believes …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The Wireless Infrastructure Association’s annual convention began with the launch of a new a new forum that says its mission is to promote the understanding, acceptance and deployment of …

WASHINGTON–Don’t blame the public-safety community if the 800 MHz reconfiguration process is not going smoothly, said Wanda McCarley, president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. McCarley’s assertion follows a …

Exchanging data over wireless networks is expected to grow at a steady rate in North America, according to the latest data from ABI Research. The firm said it expects growth …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will add two more handsets to its portfolio-both Walkman music phones-from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. in the next couple of weeks, the carrier acknowledged. The first …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications-reform bill, which includes the all-important wireless pre-emption provision, will not be debated on the Senate floor this week so its only hope for passage is if it is …

As a growing number of companies make efforts to take their workforces mobile, new stories are emerging as to how companies are actually making use of wireless technology in the …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC Telecommunications Inc. said it will lay off about 225 people as part of a restructuring program. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the company said the restructuring is …

There were no last-minute bombshells when the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped up last week after a few final, tedious rounds with a mere handful of bids. T-Mobile USA …

The health-care industry increasingly is looking to wireless technologies to save money, reduce inefficiencies and cut down on human errors. And the wireless industry is scrambling to oblige. Modern health-care …

Less than two years ago, carriers were blaming publishers for stifling mobile gaming by churning out a surfeit of high-profile, licensed games that made for a rotten user experience. Now …

Big deals attract attention. Watching mergers and acquisitions play out is a perennial spectator sport in the technology business, in part because the results of M&As take time to reach …

The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, which is supposed to get the work on a mobile wireless broadband access standard back on …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The global wireless market has experienced strong growth during the past five years, according to a study from Pyramid Research. The consulting firm’s latest Analyst Insight report said mobile …

WASHINGTON—Don’t blame the public-safety community if the 800 MHz reconfiguration process is not going smoothly, said Wanda McCarley, president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. McCarley’s assertion follows a …

PARIS—The newly formed WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance left their inaugural meeting in Paris yesterday determined to sign an international WiMAX roaming agreement by December that will cover all WiMAX services …

STERLING, Va.—NeuStar Inc., the company which issues phone numbers, has been awarded extensions on the seven contracts that allow it to manage wireline and wireless number portability in the United …

WESTCHESTER, Ill.—Roll with it—that’s what Andrew Corp. is doing as it streamlines its executive team and reorganizes its product groups to “capitalize on the company’s positive momentum” and address growing …

WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Communication Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for an Oct. 12 vote on the proposed $67 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp.—owners of No. 1 wireless carrier …

LOS ANGELES—NBC Universal and mobile entertainment company I-play are offering on-demand scenes from the NBC comedy series “The Office” on mobile platforms. The agreement with NBC’s Universal Mobile Entertainment makes …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to seek a stay in a court decision that orders the carrier to divest its iDEN operations in territories where CDMA affiliate iPCS …