WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed technical rules allowing broadband services to be delivered over power lines. The proposed rules “set forth procedures to measure the radiofrequency energy emitted …
EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it added 4,100 customers during the fourth quarter of 2003, ending the year with 85,100 wireless subscribers. The …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave the green light for bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. to sell spectrum in 34 markets to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for $1.4 billion. “Obtaining FCC regulatory approval …
MEERBUSCH, Germany-European wireless content company Mobile Scope announced an innovative new technology that combines perhaps the two hottest areas of wireless data: camera phones and gaming. Mobile Scope said its …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said that peer-to-peer Internet telephony services that do not touch the public-switched telephone network are information services and it began the process of regulating …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. reported $413.6 million in consolidated revenues during the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with $305 million during the previous year. Net income also increased from a …
NEW YORK-Bidding for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to center on two candidates as NTT DoCoMo Inc. reportedly informed AWS’ management that it does not intend to increase its …
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced its board of directors replaced the company’s current president and chief executive officer with a consulting firm that will look at ways to …
PORTLAND, Ore.-VeriWave Inc. has closed its first institutional round of funding. The funding, from investors U.S. Venture Partners and TL Ventures, will address the need for 802.11 wireless LAN testing. …
WASHINGTON-Revenues of cellular and other wireless telecommunications firms, both employers and non-employers, increased 17 percent in 2002 from $78 billion in 2001 to $91 billion, according to new U.S. Census …
TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., the company behind the Panasonic consumer electronics brand, announced its new v(nu)MAICOVICON next-generation image sensor, which the company said is a high-quality, low-power digital camera …
LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc. said it has been granted national non-exclusive marketing rights to a new line of prepaid wireless products and services provided by an unnamed national U.S. wireless …
ATLANTA-Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. signed a cooperation and co-marketing agreement with Renesas Technology Corp. that will allow Renesas’ SH-Mobile Consortium to offer ART’s speech and handwriting recognition solutions to its …
MOSCOW-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has deployed multiservice switches for wireless operator BaykalWestcom’s network connecting the cities of Irkutsk, Bratsk and Ust-Ilim in Eastern Europe. Nortel’s product, known as Passport …
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc. recently released its fourth-quarter 2003 results, warning they are not necessarily comparable to the previous year’s results since the company was reorganized in early 2003. The company …
TOMBALL, Texas-LitFiber announced it has secured approximately 200 radio towers and 200 rooftop sites in the United States and plans to begin building out three distinct nationwide wireless networks. One …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless’ Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share, organize and store …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported the early repayment of a $105 million inter-company note due in 2008 to parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. that U.S. Cellular said will reduce …
BEIJING-Siemens AG and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have signed a contract to form a joint venture for the third-generation mobile standard known as TD-SCDMA. The deal, which will …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reportedly is set to bid as much as $35 billion for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in an attempt to gain control of the third-largest wireless operator in …
