TORONTO-Handspring Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with Hartco, which the company said would extend the retail distribution of its line of Visor personal digital assistants and Springboard expansion modules …
HERNDON, Va.-Instant communications company Ikimbo Inc. announced a partnership with wireless data software provider Broadbeam Corp. to jointly offer time-sensitive communication products to the business community. Under the deal, Ikimbo’s …
WASHINGTON-In an unexpected twist pitting billionaire Craig McCaw against a mobile-phone industry he once towered over, sources say the Federal Communications Commission may propose making some mobile satellite service spectrum-including …
Top players in both the vendor and carrier space are pitching in to advance GAIT-GSM ANSI Interoperability Team-a new network standard that fuses TDMA and GSM technologies to enhance roaming, …
Japan’s premier operator NTT DoCoMo has suspended sales of its i-mode-enabled Sony phones because of glitches that will make it possible for third-party providers to view some data stored in …
CALGARY-The Federal Communications Commission ruled Wi-Lan Inc.’s wideband-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology will be authorized for use in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz frequency band, Wi-Lan said. Wi-Lan’s original certification application …
SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp.’s first-quarter results reflected an increase in revenue as well as net loss, though the loss was not as extreme as some analysts earlier predicted. Revenues were up …
The roller-coaster ride local multipoint distribution services provider Teligent Inc. is on took an unwelcome dip last week when the company announced it cut 900 jobs, or approximately 38 percent …
Illness and retirement at Nortel Networks Corp.’s leadership level has set in motion a search for a successor for John Roth, the telecom equipment maker’s chief executive officer. The company …
WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Thursday denied a request from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to keep confidential test results showing some enhanced 911 Phase II technologies won’t work for …
WASHINGTON-Wireless phone use while driving is a distraction, but should phone use while driving be banned? Not unless more data proves they are the cause of a significant number of …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Hutchison has teamed with Telecom New Zealand to launch third-generation services in the Australian market and in New Zealand. New operating companies in both Australia and New Zealand …
LONDON-Supporters of GSM, including the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) and the GSM Association, celebrated as the technology’s subscriber base reached 500 million last week. “In the last 12 months, …
PORTLAND, Ore.-Consumer electronics retailer 800.com Inc. has acquired the assets of recently merged Roxy.com, an online consumer electronics retailer, and EverythingWireless, a wireless phone marketer. In the deal, 800.com acquired …
In a dramatic move to bolster its value and trim debt, British Telecom said last week it would spin off its wireless unit, BT Wireless, as a separately traded company, …
BURNABY, British Columbia-Telus Corp. plans to take advantage of debt capital markets in both Canada and the United States as it struggles to develop a long-term debt financing plan. The …
WASHINGTON-Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and attorneys in Atlanta were expected to file another lawsuit against the wireless industry either Friday or today in Georgia, demanding that mobile-phone carriers supply subscribers …
WASHINGTON-Legislation that would create a commission to study whether broad privacy protection legislation is necessary in light of various federal, state and local laws advanced to the full committee level …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said it was overhauling its universal-service program by proposing new rules to determine how much telecommunications carriers pay into the universal-service fund and largely …
WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is set to ask the General Accounting Office to investigate mobile-phone service problems and consumer complaints across the country, a probe that would be the most …
