The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that the Federal Communications Commissions illegally repossessed NextWave Telecom’s personal communications services licenses has turned a once $17 …
Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year. Wall Street jumped at the news, …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from the Federal Communications Commission on a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on the bankruptcy …
NEW YORK-AARO Broadband Wireless Communications Inc., which moved to Oklahoma City from Springdale, Ark., in May, must pay $530,000 in judgements related to securities fraud charges brought against it by …
WASHINGTON-As the potential ramifications of the passage of New York’s mobile-phone law reverberated through the wireless industry last week, a representative of the Personal Communications Industry Association met with a …
WASHINGTON-The impact on the federal budget of last month’s decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the reclamation and re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 90 PCS C- and …
NEW YORK-With a stroke of Republican Gov. George Pataki’s pen June 28, New York became the first state in the country to impose a statewide ban on the handheld use …
In spite of recent questions regarding the availability of spectrum for next-generation services, Sprint PCS pushed forward last week, announcing two deals with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks to …
Just beating a federally mandated deadline, Verizon Wireless sold off its Chicago interests in PrimeCo Personal Communications last week to a telecommunications investment group led by Southern California-based Clarity Partners …
Telia sells remaining Vodafone shares STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia said it sold the remaining 66.5 million Vodafone shares it owned for about $147.1 million. When Irish telecom operator Eircom disposed of its …
WASHINGTON-An Illinois state court this week is poised to rule on a proposed $1.4 million health-related privacy suit against the cellular industry, which faces increased litigation as science raises more …
I hesitate a bit to write a column about driver distraction since the last time I did so a few readers found it necessary to disparage me on our letters …
WASHINGTON-Advocates hoping to get legislation passed this year to protect privacy in a digital age will have to get past the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force as evidenced by remarks …
NEW YORK-Kyocera Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showcased new wireless phones at the TechXNY PC Expo 2001 last week that are more than conversation pieces. PC-EPhone In …
In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now the CDMA operators and manufacturers seem …
NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Corp., South Korea’s largest fixed-line telecommunications operator and second-largest mobile wireless carrier, raised $2.24 billion in American depository receipts sold June 28 to investors outside the country. …
A search for a new corporate identity may be a major result of the storm of layoffs rocking the telecom world as the majority of the victims are long-term employees …
So you can check your e-mail wirelessly. Talaris Corp. says “so what?” How about reserving a table at a nearby restaurant for that important work lunch? How about scheduling a …
Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed a hardware and software chipset solution for GPRS class 12 wireless handsets. HiddenMind Technology Inc. announced it merged with AnyDevice Inc., a move …
The digital technology wars that marked the launch of second-generation services in the United States is one of the most storied and significant events in the industry’s short history. In …
