Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won’t find the “m-commerce” designation in any of the literature about his company. However, as president and …
In an attempt to strengthen its bottom line, Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. announced a pair of deals last week that the carrier said would generate approximately $30 million …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry painted a rosy picture Sept. 15 of what happened to its networks during last month’s blackout. “The wireless industry really is a veteran in restoring service,” said …
HELSINKI, Finland-The world’s No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone for the United States and a …
BEIJING-In a simultaneous score for China’s stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while Lucent Technologies Inc. announced successful interoperability …
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms …
Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. announced an innovative plan to sell low-end mobile phones in Europe, a move that further expands the mobile-phone market to include telecommunications providers. Further, the company …
WASHINGTON-The collapse of global trade talks in Mexico could hurt exports of the wireless industry and other high-tech sectors in the United States. The Telecommunications Industry Association, which represents telecom …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Despite the dominance of the GSM family of network technologies over the CDMA family of technologies in the wireless market, next-generation CDMA, CDMA2000 1X EV-DO, is gaining traction …
BOSTON-Nokia Corp. managed to reclaim the No. 1 spot from Motorola Inc. in the U.S. handset market, according to new research from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. The firm …
WASHINGTON-As the House and Senate this week prepare to vote on a $29.4 billion homeland security spending bill, the wireless industry remains left in limbo on priority access service and …
NEW YORK-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. held a product showcase in New York to display its advanced electronics equipment from televisions to camcorders and took the opportunity to show off two …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Statewide organizations are furthering the wireless industry’s knowledge of local and state issues affecting it. Most recently, the state of Alabama formed the Alabama Wireless Association to address some …
As Hurricane Isabel bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard late last week, wireless carriers were confident their networks were already prepared for the worst. Unlike other recent emergencies, including …
Last week’s brush with Isabel aside, wireless local number portability-combined with other man-made turbulence-is the perfect storm. Never in the brief, spectacular history of the mobile-phone industry has there been …
Siemens AG announced it won a contract with Germany’s E-Plus to expand its GSM/GPRS network. The two-year contract is worth a “two-digit million euro amount,” Siemens said. Siemens will install …
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission postponed a vote set for last Thursday on a consumer bill of rights for telecom users, rescheduling it for Oct. 2. The request to withhold …
Following more than 15 months of trials, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. plans to commercially launch its Easyedge data service today, providing customers with access to the carrier’s expanding …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Dutch government sold a 12-percent stake, or about 300 million ordinary shares, in Dutch telecom company KPN NV for about $2.2 billion. The sale comes as the …
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. said it will sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and about 1 million HickoryTech shares …
