LONDON-Revenue from wireless local area network hardware will reach $2.01 billion worldwide for this year, according to market research firm Infonetics Research. Total revenue from WLAN hardware for the fist …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Nearly 20 percent of new vehicles worldwide will be embedded with Bluetooth hardware by 2007, according to research firm Allied Business Intelligence Inc. ABI cites low cost and …
WASHINGTON-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) has launched a probe into whether scandal-plagued MCI, which recently won a $34 million defense contract to supply mobile-phone service in Iraq, …
PARIS-Airline carrier Air France plans to offer Wi-Fi service in 54 airport lounges throughout the world through a deal with Orange plc. The hot spots will be fully deployed within …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to trumpet is BREW application download service, announcing BellSouth International will offer BREW services in nine areas in Latin America and that South Korean carrier KTF …
LG Mobile Phones further outlined its major advertising campaign for the U.S. market, a move the company has discussed during the past few months as it looks to raise awareness …
WASHINGTON-The Commerce Department later today will announce that Michael Gallagher, deputy head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and a key government go-between on contentious spectrum issues pitting the …
Barely a week after Nokia Corp. announced an initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention to …
WASHINGTON-Motorola’s Commercial Government and Industrial Solutions Sector was one of three organizations awarded the 2002 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by Vice President Dick Cheney and Commerce Secretary Don Evans. …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless said it appointed Charles Levine to its board of directors. Levine was the former head of Sprint PCS. “Sierra Wireless is fortunate to …
TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch a mobile-commerce service the carrier said will allow its subscribers to purchase accessories, perfumes and health care goods using …
MIAMI-Latin American content provider Blah! said it will open a North American office to seek out business with U.S. wireless carriers. Blah! recently signed a deal with Verizon Wireless to …
SAN FRANCISCO-Sanyo is using Aplix Corp.’s JBlend Java virtual machine in its SCP-8100 wireless handset with a built-in camera phone. The handset, which enables users to send a 10-second voice …
LONDON-Analysts welcomed 2002 fiscal year results from European operator MmO2 plc even though the company wrote down the value of its third-generation licenses by taking a nearly $9.7 billion exceptional …
WASHINGTON-The Senate Judiciary Committee today appeared poised to approve the nomination of R. Hewitt Pate to be chief of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, a key Bush administration post that …
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. …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-National Semiconductor Corp. reported its progress with restructuring activities designed to improve profits it announced in February. The company expects to save about $30 million per quarter via …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced a mobile Virtual Private Network solution that uses IBM Corp. software to provide mobile workers a higher level of security, faster response times and more …
NEW YORK-IT consulting firm Business Technology Partners, with ticket vendor Ticketmaster, has designed and implemented a wireless point-of-sale ticketing system for the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum for use during upcoming Fleet …
Playboy Enterprises has signed its first major mobile carrier agreement through a deal with Hutchison’s third-generation operations. The agreement covers rights to provide Playboy’s print, online and broadcast libraries to …
