WASHINGTON-A spokesman for a lawmaker at the center of the Internet tax debate said a front-page USA Today story last week that reported a compromise had been reached was incorrect, …
Timing is everything. As European wireless markets face saturation, the rollout of next-generation services becomes even more essential to the continued growth of the industry. “Ultimately, the potential is there, …
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Foundation, the charitable arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, has expanded its successful Donate-A-Phone program so that carriers and other wireless retailers may donate $2 to …
802.11b, otherwise known as WiFi, is growing into one of the most buoyant fountains of money in the wireless industry, challenging big and small vendors to seek differentiating models in …
With an eye to rich services, reduced complexity and higher profits for service providers catering to their enterprise customers, Lucent Technologies Inc. has rolled out five new high performance, attractively …
WASHINGTON-House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) last week asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to review the FBI’ s use of Internet wiretaps in light of a new Supreme Court ruling …
WASHINGTON-During the next five years, wireless data providers will face dwindling coffers and many could even be forced to sell their assets, according to a recent assessment from Mercer Management …
A few years back RCR Wireless News ran a story that said AT&T Corp. was exploring-just studying the possibility, mind you-of implementing a CDMA overlay onto its TDMA network, and …
NEW YORK-Bucking the spin-off and tracking stock trend among telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, plans to take Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. private by buying back the 48-percent stake that …
PacketVideo Corp. scored a major deal today with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, which will resell the streaming media company’s MPEG-4 technology platform to mobile operators. The deal is another …
NEW YORK-Amid a widespread retrenchment in venture-capital outlays last quarter, investments in the telecommunications and wireless sector fell to $3.7 billion, a $2.2 billion drop that marked the largest quarter-to-quarter …
NEWARK, Calif.-Socket Communication Inc. said its Bluetooth CompactFlash Cards have been successfully used in a Bluetooth wireless technology trial by Japan’s NTT and Sumitomo Corp. In the trial, the cards …
PARIS-France Telecom said it will rebrand its mobile service brands in France, Itineris, Ola and Mobicarte, with the Orange brand. Along with the June 21 rebranding, new services will be …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Svenska UMTS Nat AB has selected Ericsson as the sole supplier of its UMTS network in the country. According to the letter of intent, Ericsson will deliver and implement …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Verizon Wireless users are the most satisfied, according to a recent survey by Gartner Inc. Verizon received the highest marks in service satisfaction, with 87 percent of those surveyed …
ATLANTA-Men have become the phone-talkers of the 21st century, according to a recent survey by Cingular Wireless. Men were found talking on wireless phones 35 percent more than women, averaging …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. has launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Pittsburgh and Macon, Ga. According to Leap, the new services are both the first in their respective …
IRVINE, Calif.-Go2, a location-based directory and information services platform for mobile users, has launched its suite of services on Alltel’s wireless network. According to their agreement, Alltel will feature Go2 …
HONG KONG-Not even torrential rains around portions of Hong Kong could dampen the spirits of CDMA supporters at the 3G World Congress. Even with the lack of sunshine outside, to …
Move over, Neville Chamberlain. Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications that may or may not …
