House telecom subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) pressed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on reverse auctions and other aspects of a universal service...
The Federal Communications Commission officially grounded the idea of permitting cellphone calling on airplanes.FCC Chairman Kevin Martin signaled two weeks ago the agency likely...
U.S. Cellular Corp. has taken its push-to-talk retail offering out of commission and limited the sale of walkie-talkie phones and service only to business...
The nation's 236 million mobile subscribers rang up an impressive $4.8 billion in mobile data purchases last year, using their phones to do everything...
With their patent cross-licensing agreement scheduled to end today, Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp. each fired last-ditch legal salvos last week in hopes of...
Sure, cellphones have drastically changed the way people communicate, but what of the other powers mobile devices bring to the table?In this round-the-clock information...
This year, worldwide replacement handset sales will rise to more than double the number of first-time purchases, according to a forecast by market research...
With the intractable Iraqi war having become so divisive after four years and ironically so devastatingly disruptive to the once-overarching homeland security framework for...
The Government Accountability Office said the reliability of the nation's emergency warning system is questionable, and that a federal advisory panel addressing the integration...
A coalition of consumer and public interest groups said the Federal Communications Communication should craft the 700 MHz auction to foster wireless broadband alternatives...
Days after Steve Jobs emerged victorious, at least with one major record label, in his quest to eliminate digital-rights management, a new study appears...
The head of Motorola Inc.'s venture capital arm has quietly left the company. News of Warren Holtsberg's departure from Motorola Ventures surfaced after MVC...
As Disney Mobile L.L.C. approaches its one-year anniversary, the company provided a glimpse of how customers are making use of the innovative, family-centric applications...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.OtherCredit Suisse First Boston revised...
U.S. Cellular Corp. has taken its push-to-talk retail offering out of commission and limited the sale of walkie-talkie phones and service only to business...
Investors appeared pleased with preliminary financial results announced by NeuStar Inc., which offers clearinghouse services to wireless carriers and others, as well as a...
Shares of Veraz Networks Inc. dipped after the company's initial public offering raised $72 million at a price below its forecast range.Veraz opened at...
NeoMedia Technologies Inc. continued its retreat from the mobile marketing space, selling the German outfit 12snap for "just under" $5 million.NeoMedia, which is streamlining...
