Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced legislation to require telecom recipients of rural universal-service funds to provide automatic roaming on just and reasonable terms to wireless carriers, adding a new dynamic to a raucous roaming debate that...
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Visa Inc. outlined a series of initiatives with three big-name partners in an effort to make mobile payment services "broadly available" to U.S. consumers by year's end.Visa next month will begin rolling out m-commerce offerings for Nokia Corp. phones, beginning with the handset maker's...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has erased the worrisome fine print on the data-usage agreement related to its recently announced G1 phone, which the carrier unveiled with Google Inc. and HTC Corp. earlier this week.At the launch, T-Mobile USA outlined the unlimited data plans priced at...
A new application created by a San Francisco-based company pledges to give enterprise workers with Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhones mobile access to Microsoft Corp.'s Office Communication Server.CallWave recently announced the launch of its new version of WebMessenger Mobile, an enterprise unified communications solutions for...
On the surface, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to reverse a three-judge panel and hand San Diego County a surprise victory over Sprint Nextel Corp. is just another in a series of conflicting court rulings on antenna siting. But legal wrangling...
M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission's wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim. The company accused T-Mobile USA Inc. and others of distorting data in order to persuade policymakers to enact safeguards so...
The government's goal of restructuring 700 MHz public-safety/commercial rules by year's end and conducting a re-auction in mid-2009 could be in jeopardy, with key House members urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to slow down the rulemaking so parties have more time to...
Sony Ericsson finally unveiled its response to Nokia Corp.'s Comes With Music service.The company outlined PlayNow plus, a hardware-and-content offering that will bundle as many as 1,000 pre-loaded songs with the purchase of a phone. Buyers will be enrolled in a monthly all-you-can-eat subscription...
Nokia Corp.'s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, isn't counting out rival Motorola Inc. Although Nokia has benefited as much as any company from Motorola's stumbles in the cellphone business during the past two years, Kallasvuo didn't gloat Tuesday when he addressed the Executives' Club of Chicago....
Machine-to-machine companies around the world have banded together to form an alliance geared at providing a unified, seamless network across the globe for delivering applications created by providers in the emerging technology.Announced today, the m2mGlobal Alliance consists of M2M providers in North America, Australia,...
The typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends and receives more text messages than phone calls. In a finding that might benefit mobile marketing, Nielsen Mobile found that during the second quarter of this year, domestic wireless subscribers sent or received an average of 357 text...
While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel's hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and others over critical issues - especially the licensing approach - a week before telecom...
As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been criticized in the past for its customer care, has taken steps to enhance its "street cred." The carrier earlier this...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Nortel Networks after the company lowered its guidance. New estimates are a loss of 6 cents...
In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North America, according to a recent study by ABI Research.However, Huawei Technologies Inc. is gearing up to tackle the U.S. market...
SanDisk's plan to use memory cards as vehicles for digital music has drawn derisive snorts from Apple fanboys and techier-than-thou types who dominate industry blogs and message boards. But for those who have yet to use their phones as music players - which is...
TOKYO (AP) -- A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key....
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of a congressional hearing on a long-running health controversy that mobile-phone carriers cannot shake - despite having kept such litigation in...
Alltel Communications L.L.C. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over levying early termination fees on consumers that left the wireless carrier before the end of their service contracts. "Through a uniform scheme and common course of conduct, defendant charged plaintiff and other customers...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.'s mobile offerings, but the device's prospects may hinge on the success of Android Market. The phone will integrate Google Maps (with Street View), Gmail with Contacts, Google's...
The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. - dubbed the G1 - debuted today and its pre-launch reception appeared positive.Timed for release on Oct. 22 at $180 with a two-year voice and data contract, the touchscreen-and-QWERTY device may...
