WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) is resigning as chairman of the House Commerce Committee and will not seek re-election to Congress, creating a vacancy atop the powerful panel that Rep. Joe …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission unveiled its Tower Construction Notification System to allow historic preservationists and tribal cultural authorities the ability to warn if a proposed tower could be problematic. “By …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. believes it reached profitability during fourth-quarter 2003, according to its preliminary results. Moreover, the company is “looking forward to continued commercial revenue growth and to …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it enjoyed a second-quarter net income of $1.3 billion, or 18 cents per share, compared with $991 million, or 14 cents per share, in …
LONGMONT, Colo.-911 infrastructure company Intrado Inc. said it has acquired Swiss company bmd wireless AG to more effectively design, build and deliver messaging platforms. Bmd wireless makes core network messaging …
TORONTO-Mobile Diagnostix Inc., which provides a smart-phone customer-care system, said it is introducing its Mobile Care Framework to Saskatchewan wireless carrier SaskTel Mobility. The carrier’s customer-care team will use the …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint is offering a new Video Mail phone to its customers nationwide. The VM4050 phone allows customers to take and send video and audio directly on their mobile …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported preliminary full-year 2003 results showing the carrier added 70,700 net subscribers last year compared with 78,200 net additions during 2002. The carrier said …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Wireless broadband solution provider Vyyo Inc. said China Railway Communication Co. Ltd. has deployed its products in Hohhot and Xining. China Railcom operates China’s second-largest fixed-line telecom network, …
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members. The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it added 141,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2003, which was in line with analysts’ estimates but a 12-percent drop from the 160,000 subscribers …
NEW YORK-Wireless enterprise company Onset Technology announced it acquired InfoClarus Inc.’s METAmessage wireless application, as well as its 1,000 METAmessage customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Onset said …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS recorded a one-time pre-tax charge of $352 million during the fourth quarter of 2003 related to the termination of an in-house developed billing platform that the …
HONGKONG-Huawei Technologies Inc. moved to strengthen its U.S. business and microwave offering by investing $2 million in LightPointe Communications Co., a free-space optics firm. Huawei joined other investors in a …
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. signed a network roaming agreement with Inter-touch Pty. Ltd. to add Inter-touch’s Wi-Fi hot-spot network to the Boingo Roaming System in 10 countries. Inter-touch’s network …
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. completed interoperability testing to verify compatibility of its Prepaid Wireless for GSM networks using CAMEL standards for intelligent networking. CAMEL compliance was tested and certified …
FRESNO, Calif.-DPS Telecom and Tridium Inc. said it has entered a strategic alliance to allow their telecom customers integrate their building automation and network telemetry systems. Both companies aim to …
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Mindspeed Technologies Inc. said it will supply its Miro voice processor for use in LG Electronics’ CDMA2000 wireless base-station controllers. The controller, the Starex-IS, handles up to 4,000 …
SAN DIEGO-Juno Cho will serve as the new head of LG Mobile Phones, the mobile handset division of LG Electronics USA Inc. Cho will oversee LG Mobile Phones North American …
BOSTON-New research shows the mobile-phone market shattered all records by selling more than half a billion units last year. Numbers from research firms Strategy Analytics, Gartner Inc. and IDC all …
