WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association fell short in proving to critics that its voluntary code of conduct, which it officially unveiled Sept. 9, is an adequate response to jabs …
It is a curious contrast, not without painful irony, this reconstruction business in Iraq and democratic experiment in the Middle East. The United States, unmatched hyperpower of the 21st century …
SEATTLE-Cometa Networks said it will launch more than 100 new hot spot sites in the Seattle area Sept. 25, and it expects to activate an additional 150 locations in the …
WAYNESBORO, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. said it had completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings following the confirmation of its reorganization plan by the U.S. …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The emergence of converged wireless handheld devices capable of multiple communications tasks may provide relief for the seemingly slowing PDA industry, according to research firm ABI. Converged devices, …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS President Len Lauer added the title of president and chief operating officer of Sprint Corp., where he will lead the company’s sales, marketing and customer care …
WASHINGTON-The chiefs of the FCC’s Enforcement and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus want to go on field trips to see how well carriers are implementing wireless local number portability. In letters to …
Often seen as lacking a strong next-generation wireless data roadmap, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has began to nudge its way up the wireless data ranks thanks to the continued strength of …
Tropos Networks Inc. will supply equipment to enable Verge Wireless Networks Inc.’s metro-scale Wi-Fi network in downtown Baton Rouge, La. The Tropos system works like a mesh network in which …
During the past 11 years, Nextel Communications Inc. has carved out a healthy niche for itself in the wireless market while using a proprietary network technology and infrastructure provided by …
ATLANTA-Reinforcing its relationship with parent companies BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its FastForward device that allows wireless customers to automatically forward unlimited calls from their …
As Sprint PCS continues to trial its push-to-talk solution ahead of a planned pre-year-end launch date, details emerged last week about the offering that is expected to include at least …
Wireless call centers should be gearing up for this fall’s implementation of wireless number portability when they are likely to be inundated with calls for information about the service, according …
Nextel Communications Inc.’s dated handset selection is set to receive a jolt next month as the carrier is expected to begin launching new handsets based on the “Falcon” platform, which …
WASHINGTON-With the United States facing $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs from the European Union by month’s end, telecom and high-tech firms find themselves split on competing legislation to repeal tax …
HONG KONG-Hong Kong mobile operator CSL said it launched Asia’s first commercial EDGE network using infrastructure equipment and handsets from Nokia Corp. The operator plans to roll out the EDGE …
KARLSKRONA, Sweden-Johan Sandberg freely admits that UIQ Technology AB, based in Ronneby, Sweden, is not exactly a major force in the hotly contested mobile-phone operating system market. “We are more …
GOTEBORG, Sweden-Speaking from one of L.M. Ericsson’s major design headquarters in the company’s home base of Sweden, Hakan Eriksson pronounced Ericsson’s massive cost-cutting and reorganization efforts a success, while at …
WASHINGTON-Congress last week dipped its toe into the dirty waters of digital pornography, an emerging issue with financial and intellectual property implications for mobile-phone operators globally. Last Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary …
On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry’s only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter …
