WASHINGTON-Northpoint Technology Ltd. is again pushing its plan to offer wireless broadband using digital broadcast satellite spectrum, and it has received some powerful support on Capitol Hill in the form …
PARIS-Webraska Mobile Technologies has received an additional investment of $5.26 million from its current investors. The company said the capital will be used to fund growth opportunities in Webraska’s core …
Tropos Networks Inc., formerly operating in stealth mode as FHP Wireless Inc., has unveiled its new Tropos technology, products and services to enable metro-scale deployments of Wi-Fi technology, offering end …
WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the House commerce and judiciary committees introduced legislation on Friday to curb Internet spam. The legislation would allow consumers to opt out of any commercial e-mail they …
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers stripped out a broadband tax break in the economic growth package passed by Congress Friday, but kept intact incentives designed to stimulate equipment purchasing by small businesses in high-tech …
WASHINGTON-As the Bush administration shifts gears from overseas battles to domestic issues and the president’s 2004 re-election bid, key personnel changes and political shakeups could delay or derail timely action …
SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it plans to open a center to enable application developers in the Asia-Pacific region to jointly create mobile multimedia medical applications to battle the SARS epidemic. The …
In an apparent counter-punch to a recent Nokia Corp.-backed initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention …
Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel’s mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel’s technology will be available to all companies …
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. is aggressively rolling out plans for a public Wi-Fi network, said company spokesman Michael Coe. “We know we are going to pursue the public hot spot …
With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears …
WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration was berated Thursday by a powerful lawmaker for cutting and eliminating funding for telecommunications grants that could be used by Native Americans to improve teledensity in Indian …
After years of claiming there are too many competitors in the wireless industry for anyone to make a profit, the federal government finally pulled off the leash, lifting spectrum-cap rules …
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Psion Teklogix introduced a Windows CE .NET-based rugged handheld computer to the North American market. The 7537 is suited for traditional supply chain and logistics markets as well as …
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Value-added services on mobile messaging networks will generate more than $8.3 billion by 2008, compared with almost $5 million in 2003, according to research from Telecom Trends International. …
The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will …
After moving out of the U.S. market and making a name for itself in the high-end phone business in Europe and Asia, electronics giant NEC Corp. is reopening its U.S. …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless completed the acquisition of 50 PCS licenses and related network assets of Northcoast Communications L.L.C. for $750 million cash. The deal includes 10-megahertz personal communications services licenses …
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers stripped out a broadband tax break in the economic growth package passed by Congress Friday, but kept intact incentives designed to stimulate equipment purchasing by small businesses in high-tech …
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-A majority of Americans believe motorists should use a hands-free device while driving and talking on cellular phones, but many do not practice what they preach, according to …
