2009

Siano & PND Makers: TV chip maker, Siano, revealed that PND makers Mio, Garmin, Navigon and others have featured its MDTV chips in their latest products. Trango Systems & Multisource …

CTIA and the Consumer Electronics Association have proposed that TV broadcasters transition from high power/high tower antennas to a low-power antenna structure to free up between 100 megahertz and 180 …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Many …

Research in Motion on Tuesday night confirmed a BlackBerry outage affecting some users in North and South America – the company’s second in several days. The problems do not appear …

Globalstar Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spot L.L.C., have acquired substantially all of the assets of Axonn L.L.C., which makes satellite GPS asset-tracking and messaging products including Globalstar’s Spot …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.We are nearing …

For all that it promises to change in our daily lives, wireless technology still comes up short far too often. We live in a world that’s both fascinating and discouraging. …

Verizon Wireless said part of the reason its early-termination fees are more expensive for advanced devices is because the difference between what it pays manufacturers vs. what it sells devices …

Omnilink – Suzanne Henderson has been named VP of Engineering. Henderson most recently acted as VP of Engineering for TerraGo Technologies. Genband – Patrick Dolan has been appointed Senior VP …

Verizon Wireless said it plans to add between 150 and 200 customer service representative jobs to its call center in Mankato, Minn., during the next 12 to 15 months. The …

IP infrastructure solutions provider Genband Inc. named Jeffrey Kupp as CFO, where he will be responsible for accounting, finance and investor relations. Kupp joins Genband from Microtune where he served …

Imagine your business with no telephones on the desk top. No large PBX to maintain if you have digital phones, no PBX configuration changes due to office moves. If you …

BendBroadband, a family-owned cable operator in Central Oregon, turned on the nation’s first HSPA+ network to bring wireless Internet services to the region using AWS spectrum. Going forward, the operator …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. jumped Friday morning as investors cheered the company’s third fiscal quarter results and forecast – both of which soundly beat …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Two wireless projects are included in the first grants of broadband stimulus funds, according to a White House report released today. The first of the awards mostly concentrate on shoring …

Yahoo!’s Mobile Video StrategyYahoo! is a global leader in web news and online content, and video is playing an ever increasing role in their product mix. Yahoo!’s online video experience …

The Federal Communications Commission offered a preview of some aspects it is developing for its National Broadband Plan, including rules that bring more spectrum to the marketplace more quickly and …

Cellular Specialties Inc. has designed a “rail repeater” that is designed to attach to trains and subways to better enable wireless communications for travelers on those vehicles.The company said its …

Mobile Social Network Mozat Makes Waves In Asia, Raises Funding From: Tech CrunchMozat, the mobile social networking platform formerly known as Morange, is making strides in Asia and the Middle …

Europe: Eurotunnel has chosen Alcatel-Lucent to update the communications infrastructure in the Channel Tunnel using its GSM-R solution. The equipment will be functional in 2012, in time for the Olympics …

Allied Wireless Communications Corp., the carrier that is buying some former Alltel wireless assets, said it is planning to locate its company headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., and hire between …

A public debate between CTIA and Public Knowledge over the impacts of imposing net neutrality rules on wireless carriers yesterday highlighted the fine line regulators will face in imposing just …

Advances and declines for the RCR Wireless Stock Index were pretty much evenly split during the past week. Significant gainers were Clearwire, Leap and MetroPCS. The significant losers this past …

Arden Media Company today announced the winners of the inaugural RCR Wireless Ecosystem Awards, which honor the top achievements submitted in 10 broad segments of the wireless, telecom, media and …