High-tech employment totaled 6 million jobs in 2002, down from 6.5 million in 2001. High-tech manufacturing declined by 233,000 jobs in 2002. High-tech services employment declined by 306,500 jobs, dropping …
WASHINGTON-Steven Berry, the No. 2 official at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, is leaving the organization to direct lobbying for the cable TV industry. The National Cable & Telecommunications …
LONDON-European carrier Orange plc announced it will offer wireless streaming-video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel Corp. only …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Corporate wireless e-mail company Good Technology Inc. announced a new pricing model under which it will charge on an annual basis per subscriber with no additional fees for server …
WASHINGTON-Ten years after Congress authorized auctions to award wireless permits, the market-based licensing scheme continues be a magnet for those needing funding for pet projects, but the Federal Communications Commission’s …
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he’s not alone. “It makes no sense to have two systems,” said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA. …
To the average consumer, wireless communication towers are not pretty. Therein lies the main argument from communities opposed to new local tower builds. But many in that camp are learning …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it will acquire from Intracom S.A 51.25 million shares in Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Co. S.A., representing 9.433 percent of the outstanding shares of the Greek operator. …
Much like Al Capone’s vault, the first few days of local number portability provided more hype than headlines as the feared millions of customers beating down the doors of retail …
WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense last week said it has begun investigating allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the award of three mobile-phone licenses in Iraq in October to a group …
“The Internet is a great tool for communication and commerce. It’s changing our lives-largely for the better. But as consumers, we should have the power to stop getting commercial or …
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz fight is heating up again as both sides argue that public-safety communications must be the overarching concern in any negotiation. The city of Baltimore weighed in against …
Nextel Communications Inc.’s youth-oriented Boost Mobile L.L.C. subsidiary lost its top executive last week as Peter Adderton, former chief executive officer and founder, said he was leaving the venture due …
It may not be the toys for the little tykes marked “some assembly required” that are the cause of beneath-the-Christmas-tree consternation this year. Many of the 31 percent of Americans …
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are missing from the membership list of Khronos Group, an open standards alliance that is pursuing open application programming interfaces for dynamic media in the …
Although there are numerous complexities in selling music over wireless, mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a new offering designed to give the world’s carriers a quick and simple way to jump …
WASHINGTON-The European Commission and the United States said that progress was made in November talks that would allow the European Galileo navigational system to co-exist with the satellite global positioning …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-As local number portability finally becomes a reality, a variety of players are looking to cash in on the opportunity. VeriSign, Telespree Communications and LetsTalk.com all announced LNP …
WASHINGTON-Wireless and high-tech vendors are undergoing a serious re-examination of policies they advocate before Congress, regulatory agencies and the White House in light of a growing outsourcing trend that some …
WASHINGTON-With the onset of local number portability and resulting potential increase in cord cutting, wireless subscribers and their carriers need to be aware that they might experience something they are …
