MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecom Corp. said it has received a $2.3 million contract modification on an earlier $42 million contract for additional mobile line-of-sight microwave communications equipment. The earlier deal was …
STOCKHOLM-Columbitech announced Carlsberg Breweries will deploy the Columbitech Wireless Suite in more than 1,200 of its delivery trucks. “Columbitech Wireless Suite was the solution most suited for our truck fleet …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS posted 390,000 direct customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, compared with 250,000 subscribers added during the fourth quarter of 2002. The carrier said it …
VACOUVER, B.C.-Yangtze Telecom Corp. said China Mobile Communications Corp. has authorized it to offer SMS services nationwide to China Mobile’s 180 million subscribers. Yangtze already offers SMS services to China …
TEL-AVIV, Israel-Network test and quality management solutions provider Radcom Ltd. reported Dobson Communications Corp. acquired Radcom’s Cellular Performer systems to monitor its GPRS network. Radcom said the purchase included its …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-News relative to wireless home networking continues, with several players announcing new initiatives this week. 2Wire said it has sold its millionth residential gateway since it launched its …
WASHINGTON-A national campaign has been launched to bring high-speed Internet connections to low-income housing, an effort with bipartisan support from Congress and top U.S. tech firms. One Economy, a nonprofit …
RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America handed out accolades to several contributors to the wireless industry at its recent annual banquet and its 94th Anniversary Dinner Awards Presentation. Arthur …
LONDON-Cerillion Technologies signed an agreement to provide a customer relationship management and billing system to APUA PCS, a subsidiary of the Antigua Public Utilities Authority. APUA provides telephone service, electricity …
EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. signed an addendum to its management and services agreement with Sprint PCS that Shenandoah said would provide greater certainty …
ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. posted preliminary operating results for its first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2003, including year-over-year drops in both customer additions and churn as well …
Although Bluetooth technology gradually is taking hold among the world’s mobile-phone providers, the short-range wireless technology has elicited somewhat differing reactions from U.S. wireless carriers. Most notably, Sprint PCS introduced …
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than $100 billion by 2008, according to a …
The wireless industry’s love-hate relationship with Wall Street appears to be on the mend as investors again flocked back to the segment that just over a year ago was offering …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones. “Through the end of 2004, smart …
More challenging than erasing a $477 billion budget deficit (which should keep the 3-percent federal phone tax intact for another hundred years or so) is figuring out where the U.S.-China …
WASHINGTON-A lawsuit was filed against a truck driver and a North Carolina company in connection with the death of a girl killed Jan. 13 when a school bus was rear-ended …
WASHINGTON-The public-safety members of the Consensus Plan coalition to solve the 800 MHz interference problem upped the ante by delivering a letter to the White House asking President George W. …
Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance of the technology, the Open Mobile …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, provided clues about what criteria should be used for ETC designation, which is necessary …
