KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Co. introduced the Sanyo SCP-5000, a clamshell-design handset featuring a full-color screen. The two-inch, 256-color display includes backlighting for easier readability and allows …
Two U.S. companies are taking their respective technologies to the Australian market, following third-generation spectrum purchases in the country last month. Qualcomm Inc. paid $79 million for 10 megahertz of …
Which way does new FCC Chairman Michael Powell jump as he ponders wireless deregulation and technology disruption? Should the FCC, for example, eliminate the spectrum cap as requested by top …
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa., the communications semiconductor unit of Lucent Technologies Inc., made it to market with an initial public offering priced at $6 that began trading on the …
HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. has partnered with SignalSoft Corp., SnapTrack Inc. and Wireless Facilities Inc. to develop a location solution on one platform called the Compaq Discovery Location System, the company …
Wireless industry insiders increasingly seem to be making the case that governments should consider “rebates” to carriers that bid too much money at spectrum auctions for third-generation wireless services. While …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. announced plans for an integrated personal digital assistant and wireless phone, to be introduced in the third quarter of this year. According to Audiovox, the wireless …
China Taking one step ahead in the arduous process of establishing CDMA technology in China, China Unicom Group invited bids from vendors for a $2.42 billion project to build a …
The Ides of March hit the telecom space last week as vendor after vendor announced layoffs and subdued forecasts, indicating that the leash on the economic drift continues to lengthen. …
MobileSys Inc., a wireless messaging platform provider, reported an alliance with Siebel Systems Inc. to provide enterprise organizations with real-time wireless messaging for employees and customers. “Our customers are asking …
HONG KONG-Telstra Corp. Ltd. has formed Telstra International, a new business group that will manage Telstra’s Asia-Pacific interests. Telstra International’s headquarters will be in Hong Kong and Dick Simpson, currently …
WASHINGTON-Law firm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll P.L.L.C. filed a lawsuit against Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., which provides Internet infrastructure software, has acquired technology and service offerings developer Webhelp Inc.’s Web Application Event Framework (WAEF) technology. WAEF technology, which is compatible with most …
NEW YORK -British Telecommunications plc will undertake “a massive, massive restructuring, and I don’t want to underestimate what we plan to do this year,” Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive officer, …
With its feet in the New York Stock Exchange and an eye toward the future, Siemens AG has advanced a package of products and strategies to make it a major …
LONDON-Britain’s mobile carriers are beginning to do away with handset subsidies, with both Vodafone U.K. and One 2 One announcing plans to sharply increase the cost of their cheapest phones. …
The board of directors of Sprint Corp. formally amended a stock-option plan allowing accelerated vesting of stock options upon shareholder approval of a merger, according to a recent Securities and …
Bluetooth’s image took a hit last week as a demonstration of the short-range wireless technology went awry at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. According to the Associated Press, the …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. said it will create a reseller program for its Visor line of PDAs, a move to create a stronger distribution channel for …
SAN FRANCISCO-Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a subsidiary of Alcatel, and Deutsche Telekom have announced Contact Routing Solutions, a range of managed services for customer contact centers. The companies said the …
