It’s been nearly three years since attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, yet the city still does not have interoperable public-safety systems. It’s unthinkable. And yet, it …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved rules improving radio frequency identification systems for commercial shipping operations, a move that comes as enterprise applications and consumer concerns about the wireless technology attract …
WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a long struggle, important progress is being …
Following its sluggish first-quarter earnings report, Nokia announced it scored a distribution deal with third-generation carrier Hutichson 3 and released a new camera phone for the Europe, Middle East, Africa …
Wireless customers are often viewed as the most valuable asset a carrier has, though they are often the hardest to quantify. While having more customers usually translates into higher revenues, …
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless is at odds with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information services, including push-to-talk. CTIA filed comments saying information …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. put wireless communications tower stock traders in a frenzy this week when it offered up a concrete sign of hope for the sector by raising its …
Developers: Wireless wants you. At least, that’s the message coming from many of the largest players in the wireless industry. Companies from Microsoft Corp. to Nokia Corp. to Verizon Wireless …
Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation works, according to a series of …
LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than 100,000 subscribers. The carriers include Cellular …
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. extended its agreement with Brightpoint Inc. to be the exclusive master agent for Virgin Mobile through March 2006. The agreement calls for Brightpoint to provide …
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry-already facing the prospect of new rules and hefty fines in trend-setting California-suffered a major setback last week with the announcement that enough signatures were collected to put …
While market watchers sounded their disapproval of Nokia Corp.’s handset sales in the first quarter, the Finnish vendor witnessed sound activities in its infrastructure business, including a 16-percent increase in …
The twists and turns continue in a year that most predict will be the biggest ever for the mobile-phone industry, as market leader Nokia Corp. disappointed with a flat second-quarter …
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association said Friday it will support waiver requests from small wireline carriers hoping to delay the May 24 rural wireless local number portability deadline. “NTCA is …
With what it describes as the first clearinghouse of its kind, LightSurf Technologies Inc. hopes to raise the bar on how wireless operators will do business by democratizing the ebb …
WASHINGTON-In a move expected to make spectrum available to commercial operators sooner, the FCC’s Media Bureau is proposing to move the digital TV transition date back to 2009. The proposal …
WASHINGTON-More than 21 million people, or 17 percent of Internet users, have logged onto the Internet via a wireless device, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet & …
WASHINGTON-Disability advocates have urged federal regulators not to reconsider a mandate that would force wireless carriers to offer hearing-aid compatible mobile phones. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association challenged various …
Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, “I’m not dead yet,” AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to …
