WASHINGTON-With apologies to Shakespeare, “To eliminate the analog set-aside rule or not to eliminate the analog rule, that is the question?” The answer, however, is in the eye of the …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. said it was ranked No. 1 in the United States in delivering CDMA handsets for 2000, with a 20.9 percent market share, in Dataquest’s year-end 2000 …
TOKYO-Barely two weeks after it recalled 560,000 Sony mobile phones, Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. announced another recall of 52,100 cell phones because of software glitches. The phones were made by …
NEW YORK-The free spirits from the domain of Internet content development lamented their “don’t tread on me” approach to government, whose intervention is seen as beneficial in 20: 20 hindsight. …
Group may prod FCC to probe NextWave A group of carriers impacted by an appeals court ruling that returns PCS licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc. is considering filing a petition …
WASHINGTON-After hinting at such legislation all year, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) last week introduced legislation aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile-phone users. “If you have a cell phone in …
WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911 calls. The statement comes as the …
The market for personal digital assistants, once thought to be a gold mine for anyone and everyone looking to make a profit, is now swimming in such bitter competition and …
Two major equipment vendors, one in the United States and the other in Europe, continued to walk on clay feet last week. Motorola Inc. announced a second-quarter loss while Marconi …
GREECE Greece has awarded three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses, one less than it had planned, when a fourth bidder failed to emerge. The country’s three incumbent operators, CosmOTE, owned …
The difficulties of the paging industry caught up with wholesale paging carrier PNI Technologies Inc., forcing the company into filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U. S. Bankruptcy …
WASHINGTON-Businesses that run networks critical to the nation’s economy are being encouraged to share information with competitors and the federal government about what they do to protect those networks under …
PHILADELPHIA-Lucent Technologies Inc. said more than 8,500 administrative and managerial workers accepted a voluntary retirement offer. The equipment vendor, which employs 104,000 workers, had offered the buyout to 10,000 employees, …
If GSM plus TDMA equals GAIT, some software providers want to ensure that the calculus makes sense. Last week, Schlumberger Sema and Sonera SmartTrust said they had received an order …
Congress seems to be catching up with industry regarding how spectrum auctions have been manipulated to solve federal budget shortfalls. The House has signaled the Senate that putting arbitrary deadlines …
SAN DIEGO-Now that wireless multimedia company PacketVideo Corp. has set up deals with many of the world’s major chipset makers, mobile-phone manufacturers and carriers-and is a technology standard for the …
Give up DoD spectrum fight Dear Editor, I am writing you in concern of the battle over the Department of Defense spectrum battle. I myself am split between how I …
BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission made surprise raids on nine mobile operators in the United Kingdom and Germany last week to investigate alleged price fixing, according to international press reports. The …
Cellport Systems and Ford Motor Co. have teamed to offer the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command hands-free docking station and adapter in select 2002-model Ford vehicles late this summer, Cellport …
As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms. The Japanese electronics giant dampened market confidence in its abilities as …
