WASHINGTON-Representatives from the wireless industry and officials from the Federal Communications Commission were blindsided on Thursday by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which said that two negotiated exclusions from …
WASHINGTON-Thomas Wheeler, until recently the nation’s top mobile-phone lobbyist and now a major fund-raiser for surging Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, had his $2 million salary padded in 2002 with …
ATLANTA-Motorola said it will introduce four new Motorola Talkabout two-way radios in 2004. The “Innovative Series” of Talkabout radios will include MP3, solar-charging, text messaging and games, targeting active family …
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. followed the pattern of major vendors in its fourth-quarter results by beating estimates with a net income of $499 million, or 11 cents per share, in contrast …
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhances a network’s capacity to …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Paging and messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. said it expects to generate revenues between $460 million and $470 million for fiscal year 2004. The carrier said it expects operating …
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reversed past losses with a slim profit in its second quarter, but the news failed to please Wall Street as the company’s stock …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced that current chief executive of Vodafone U.K., Gavin Darby, has been appointed chief executive Americas Region effective April 1, where he will report to group Chief …
PHOENIX, Ariz.-Avnet Cilicon announced it will distribute a line of short-range antenna solutions from Sweden-based gigaAnt. “Avnet Cilicon’s Wavelength Design Solutions program offers our target customers a fast time to …
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will introduce unlimited domestic mobile-to-mobile calling between its customers on qualifying rate plans beginning at $40 per month starting Feb. 6 for …
NEW YORK-Citing what it called modest improvements in the carrier’s financial profile, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its outlook on US Unwired Inc. from negative to developing and reaffirmed …
LONDON-Wireless gaming company Macrospace announced its new “Fatal Force: Earth Assault” Java game, which the company said will support Bluetooth technology and allow users to play against other gaming fans …
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 …
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one step closer to making a formal bid for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the Wall Street Journal reported Cingular’s parent companies SBC Communications Inc. …
CAMBRIDGE, England-Samsung Electronics said has licensed the PowerVR MBX 3D graphics solution from ARM for use in smart phones and personal digital assistants. This will enhance such applications as gaming. …
WASHINGTON-The public-safety members of the Consensus Plan coalition to solve the 800 MHz interference problem upped the ante on Thursday by delivering a letter to the White House and promoting …
COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Wireless Systems said it has deployed what it describes as the first GSM network in Guinea Bissau with carrier Guine Tel. “With Tecore’s integrated switching platform, software-defined base …
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless said it added approximately 1.5 million net subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with 970,000 net customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2002. The …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said it recorded a six-fold increase in its net profits to $479.3 million. The company attributed this to a rise in customer demand. Some of …
ROCKVILLE, Md.-Spirent Communications said it has enhanced its SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator for wireless receiver testing with an Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) option. According to Spirent, the AWGN simplifies …
