WASHINGTON-Interoperability is not easy, but it is something that needs to happen and it is something Congress is concerned about, said Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House cybersecurity …
ROSEMENT, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its field tests and research have proved that its Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology can provide future all-Internet Protocol mobile networks with user experience “previously thought …
Dobson Communications Corp.’s Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems unveiled its Merge device and service offering that allows customers to place their handsets into Merge devices and make or receive …
In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans to retire up to $1.7 billion of …
Enterprise users can now seamlessly switch between outside GSM networks and enterprise 802.11-based wireless local area networks for both voice and data using Motorola Inc.’s Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution, launched …
TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp. announced an agreement with Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. to cooperate on research into compact fuel-cell batteries for mobile communication devices. A commercial product is …
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a contract with the National Communications System to provide wireless priority services to national security officials, emergency responders and critical infrastructure industries during …
BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. said it was chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to draft two international standards aimed at shaping the world
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. will acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, for $230 million. “The acquisition of Matrics is a …
GUILDFORD, United Kingdom-Volantis has launched one new product and updated another. The British mobile technology supplier announced the release of Distributed Service Broker (DSB), a Web tool designed to enable …
SAN DIEGO-Edgar Machinery, which supplies heavy equipment services in Texas, has signed an agreement to purchase Qualcomm Inc.’s GlobalTRACS equipment management system for use with its fleet. GlobalTRACS is an …
McLEAN, Va.–The Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. said its president and chief executive officer since February 2001, Laura L. Smith, has departed the association. Prior to becoming president, she was vice …
SAN DIEGO-FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless users with free cell-phone headsets. The program was prompted by legislation in several states requiring drivers to use headsets while talking …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a three-year general purchasing agreement with Motorola Inc. to deploy CDMA2000 1x radio base stations, Internet Protocol call processing platforms and an advanced messaging solution in …
Verizon Communications Inc. reported that its wireless division added a company record 1.5 million subscribers during the second quarter of this year compared with 1.3 million net adds during the …
Market share mayhem A two-way pager. A digital handset. A clamshell phone. A camera phone. All fine devices, and all devices whose introductions-and delays-have the power to change the fortunes …
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will …
As chips and mobile handsets shrink in size, so do base stations. Major infrastructure vendors believe it is the wave of the future. Nokia Corp. reflected this when it unveiled …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it has agreed to sell its transportation division to an affiliate of Platinum Equity for $24 million in cash. Stockholders and closing conditions will …
Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. extended its $780 million all-cash offer to purchase wireless rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. until Aug. 20. The unsolicited offer originally was made on May 13 …
