WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today 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 …
SAN DIEGO-Applied Micro Circuits Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire a chip unit of IBM Corp. for approximately $227 million. The deal covers intellectual property and a …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a music recognition service that allows customers to dial #ID from their handsets, and when prompted, hold the phone near a music source for …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Salt Lake City Department of Airports awarded Sprint PCS the right to deploy and operate a wireless local area network at the Salt Lake City airport. Sprint …
WASHINGTON-Mayor Anthony Williams said the Washington, D.C., public-safety wireless network has been upgraded to operate in underground subway tunnels, complementing other improvements to a communications system that now enables police, …
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its Cingular Nation GSM plans in New York City, providing customers with unlimited nationwide mobile-to-mobile calling minutes and 5,000 nationwide night and weekend minutes on …
Mobile satellite services provider Globalstar announced it has completed its financial restructuring and will emerge from bankruptcy following the closing of the acquisition of its main business operations and assets …
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it does not agree with the position taken by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association regarding the expansion of the digital wiretap act to information …
ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-First Cellular of Southern Illinois said it has selected Andrew Corp.’s caller location system known as Geometrix to provide public-safety agencies with accurate information on cellular calls to …
Verizon Communications Inc. said it will start offering new digital subscriber line customers a full rebate on the $100 price of new wireless routers, allowing users to hook up multiple …
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 …
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Wireless systems providers YDI Wireless Inc. and Terabeam Corp. announced plans to merge. Under the signed agreement, Terabeam will become a wholly owned subsidiary of YDI, focused on …
ATLANTA-Longtime BlackBerry supporter Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell the BlackBerry 6280 and BlackBerry 7280 wireless handhelds through its more than 6,000 company-owned retail stores, a move the carrier …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 3 deadline for challenges to Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a deal the two mobile-phone carriers want …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘CCC’ rating to Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc.’s Escrow Co.’s $180 million senior unsecured notes offering due 2012 and assigned its ‘CCC+’ …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In spite of a substantial surge in its first-quarter profits, Intel Corp. did not live up to Wall Street expectations, and company shares fell 23 cents to $27.44 …
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for misusing its dominance in the CDMA market to snuff out the competition. “Maxim’s claim states that …
TORONTO-Wireless merger-and-acquisition activity continues with Wireless Age Communications Inc. and Wireless Frontier Internet Inc. both announcing purchases. Wireless Age said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Westcan Wireless, …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint will provide wireless voice and data devices and solutions to the telecommunications services division of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) under a new two-year contract. …
ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. said it expects to report 7,909 net customer additions during its second fiscal quarter ended March 31, compared with 5,755 net additions last year, …
