MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The Mobile Marketing Association formed an anti-spam committee, marking the organization’s work to keep wireless content and applications spam-free. The committee is charged with researching the merits of …
MIAMI—The CDMA Development Group announced winners of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards this week at the CDMA Americas Congress taking place in Miami. Among the winners were: c Wang …
Comarco Comarco Wireless Test Solutions introduced Seven.Five for EvDO, a comprehensive test system for North American EV-DO cellular systems. Seven.Five for EvDO provides drive-test and in-building-test systems that combine an …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. have launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 digital video and camera phone. The device features a 2.2-inch high-resolution color screen, a built-in camcorder, embedded flash, …
The wireless industry is expected to take its customary third-quarter breather this year. The nation’s six largest operators are forecast to post relatively strong customer growth results that might not …
Nortel Networks said it has appointed Clent Richardson to the post of chief marketing officer. Richardson will lead the company’s newly formed global marketing organization responsible for brand development and …
With a new product and two deployments, Tropos Networks Inc. has staked itself firmly in the wireless LAN space. The firm announced its Tropos 4210, an in-vehicle mesh Wi-Fi router. …
Thailand Orange S.A., in conjunction with co-shareholders True Corporation Public Co. Ltd. and CP Group, said it has reduced its stake in Thai company BITCO from 49 percent to 10 …
SARASOTA, Fla.—Global Signal Inc. said it will purchase all of the equity of GoldenState Towers L.L.C. for up to $63.1 million, in a transaction excepted to close in the fourth …
NEWTONVILLE, Mass.—A slim majority of mobile-phone users aren’t interested in watching television broadcasts on their handsets, according to a report released Monday. The survey indicates 46 percent of U.S. cell-phone …
A year ago, the semiconductor sector seemed on cruise control, while other sectors of telecom had just begun to rev up their economic recovery engines. Quarter after quarter companies reported …
Four years after leaving Microsoft to start their own business, Pete Mansour and Chad Schwitters are coming to market. The co-founders of Sproqit, a mobile software developer, plan to unveil …
WASHINGTON—Mark Crosby, who left the Industrial Telecommunications Association in February 2001 to become president of Access Spectrum L.L.C., has returned as ITA’s president and chief executive officer. Laura Smith is …
WASHINGTON—After complaining that a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. was trying to gobble up the remaining available spectrum in the 900 MHz band, the Industrial Telecommunications Association is asking the …
Congress—and California—need to take a couple of steps back on industry plans for a 411 directory of wireless telephone numbers. Regardless of where one stands on whether it is a …
LONDON—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin U530. This will give the carrier’s …
WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. has requested an extension of time to comply with certain provisions of the telecom consumer bill of rights approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in May. …
It was a remarkable coming-out party for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The mobile-game developer raised $88.8 million in its initial public offering, then watched as its stock soared 41 percent Wednesday, …
RICHMOND, Va.—The mobile-phone industry last week appeared to dodge another legal challenge to government radiation limits for handsets and towers, but found itself looking at the possibility of seeing headset …
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from California involving whether a city has to pay attorney fees if it loses a tower siting case. “With the …
