Wireless

Communications service providers are fighting internal battles between their financial, IT and marketing departments that prevent them from deploying innovative plans that would help them retain customers and increase consumer …

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off earlier today for the final mission of its kind in space, it was also carrying a first of its kind for m-health. General …

BOULDER, Colo. – Recently installed Federal Communications Commission Wireless Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan ventured out west this week to participate in a question and answer session at a Silicon Flatirons …

As a child I was enthralled with buffet restaurants. Here was a place where I could get a wide variety of all the salt-drenched food and ice cream I could possibly manage to shove down my pie hole for a single price. Sure, I did not actually have to pay anything since all of my disposable income at that time went towards more important things like candy and bottle rockets, but you get the point. The best part was always sticking my head under the ice cream machine and just letting it run.

Huawei and IDEA, GSM mobile service operator in India, announced the successful launch of the first commercial MNP (mobile number portability) solution in India. The whole project was completed one …

With more than half of 2011 behind us, Chetan Sharma Consulting is projecting the mobile industry to drive $1.3 trillion in activity by year’s end. Mobile data is expected to …

eBay Inc. (EBAY) has reached a deal to acquire Zong for $240 million in cash. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides mobile payments through carrier billing channels and has deals …

Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) is taking its machine-to-machine communications strategy seriously. So much so, that the German-based operator just inked an agreement with TeliaSonera (TLSNF) to extend global M2M roaming capabilities …

Raytheon Co. (RTN) will build out a public-safety LTE contract awarded under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, winning an $8.7 million contract to provide Adams County, Colo., with a public-safety …

Enterprise Fleet Management is working with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) to bring the carrier’s wireless connectivity and new features to its Mobile Resource Manager (MRM). The Web-based machine-to-machine offering provides …

Every once in awhile a “wireless” news story makes the jump to the front page in a move that always provides me with a bit of extra entertainment. In most cases these “jumps” are connected to something Apple related as it seems that the Cupertino-based company has a wireless connection directly to the minds of mainstream media types.

Editor’s Note: John Williams is a human resource consultant to RCR Wireless News and TelecomCareers who is blogging on HR matters that impact the wireless industry, including hiring and retaining …

RCR Wireless News has named Roberta Prescott editor in chief of RCR Wireless News Latin America, as the news group expands its global coverage of the mobile and wireless industry. …

Logicalis Group, the international IT and Communications solutions integrator, has acquired Netarx, Michigan-based solution provider. Netarx provides IT professional services including managed services, data center, collaboration, and infrastructure design solutions …

RCR Wireless News has named Roberta Prescott editor in chief of RCR Wireless News Latin America, as the news group expands its global coverage of the mobile and wireless industry. …

Tellabs France: With French broadband Internet service provider CELESTE to exclusively provide the nationwide optical transport network in order to expand its high performance and high bandwidth fiber optic network …

Considering how frequent new projections come out for the mobile payments space, at least one conclusion can be drawn: expectations for mobile finance is high. The latest study from Juniper …

Of all Latin America countries, Chile is in the top position of Global Innovation Index ranking 2011, just released by Insead. Chile holds the 38th place, followed by Costa Rica …