BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. and LumenVox L.L.C. have partnered to offer speech and touch-tone solutions to service providers and enterprises. Through their partnership, SandCherry will offer LumenVox’s Speech Recognition Engine SRE …
MUMBAI, India-Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message …
DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, …
Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn’t really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed wireless networks or processor specifications for …
The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. …
In a rare review of wireless advertising claims, T-Mobile USA Inc. received a modest slap on the wrist last week as The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better …
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group …
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.’s stellar growth was dimmed slightly due to a downgrade from Bank of America Securities, which forced the company’s stock down from around $120 per share …
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said last week he wants his committee to consider a “Berlin” subsidy plan to end the transition to digital TV so broadcasters can …
North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile …
In preparation for its developer’s conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, …
As it continues to grapple with accounting woes, Nortel Networks Ltd. dashed market expectations last week by failing to announce its second-quarter results. The inaction drove down the company’s stock …
Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters …
WEST TRENTON, N.J.-DotPhoto Inc. introduced a new service for camera-phone users that the company said would allow them to quickly and easily print camera-phone photos. Under the new Click & …
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said U.K. mobile carriers must reduce their mobile termination rates, in a further blow to the highly competitive market, which has already been forced to lower …
WASHINGTON-A plan to use auction revenues to fund grants for first-responder interoperable communications was withdrawn Thursday, allowing the House Commerce Committee to pass the Faster and Smarter Funding for First …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless purchased a 10-megahertz section of a C-block PCS license from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. covering 1.1 million potential customers in the Little Rock and Pine Bluff, …
Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing. While total cost of equipment sales rose, inventory levels fell by …
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Legislation establishing the nation’s first cell phone recycling law has passed the California State Assembly and now advances to the Senate. The law would require any entity selling …
