In two major announcements last week, Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom demonstrated the kind of attention the wireless industry is paying to voice over wireless local area networks. Alcatel …
Motorola Inc.’s advanced V600 camera phone suffered its second major delay, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pushing back the phone’s introduction to late April or early May. The phone is …
After nearly six years of semi-autonomous trading on the open markets, Sprint Corp. decided last week to rein in its wayward wireless division by folding in Sprint PCS’ tracking stock …
As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space. They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks …
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers and alternative telecom carriers decried a recommendation to restrict universal service subsidies to one line per household. The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, created to find a …
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin indicated Thursday there might be other ways besides rebanding to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band. “Ultimately some kind of rebanding or pulling the …
Wireless technology took its place in the election process last week. I am not referring to Motorola’s Rock the Vote Mobile campaign either. Still worth noting, Rock the Vote Mobile …
Following a hectic first couple of months, a survey released last week of wireless retailers found that local number portability problems have diminished since the beginning of the year, while …
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has officially challenged China’s homegrown Wi-Fi security standard that industry and government leaders claim is at odds with international guidelines and commercially harmful to U.S. companies that …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. is reportedly in talks with Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica SA about the possible sale of BellSouth’s Latin American operations. The U.S.-based carrier previously acknowledged it was in discussions …
LONDON-A firm representing about 13 percent of Psion plc’s shareholders said it will vote against the company’s plans to sell its stake in operating system company Symbian to Nokia Corp. …
BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract to provide GSM networks for the China Ministry of railways on the Quinghai-Tibet Railway. “It is also expected to be the …
LEVITTOWN, Pa.-2004 has been a busy year for FTS Wireless Inc., a company that operates retail wireless locations that market next-generation wireless products and services and operate Wi-Fi hot spots. …
SHANGHAI, China-Chinese wireless content company Linktone Ltd. made an impressive debut in its Nasdaq initial public offering, with share prices soaring as high as $19.50 per share. The company offers …
WASHINGTON-The European Union began imposing tariffs on various American products in retaliation for the U.S.’ failure to close an export trade tax loophole deemed illegal by the World Trade Organization …
You’ve got to feel for the President’s loyal pal, Don Evans, whose colossal bureaucracy oversees everything from the health of the atmosphere to the well-being of the airwaves. Days after …
Following are mobile contracts awarded in February 2004: Iraq. With Orascom Telecom for a GSM network in Central Iraq. Value: Undisclosed Serbia. With Telecom Serbia for a UMTS network field …
Nextel Partners Inc. said it plans to open at least 30 new retail stores this year to keep up with demand for its services and to build on the 40 …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is working with Anatel to conduct a trial of commercial CDMA450 to bridge the “digital divide” in the country. The trial follows a …
