So far, the question has been: Who drives the traffic? Do content providers for the wireless Internet push user traffic for wireless carriers, increasing their revenue stream, or do carriers …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week signaled he will not get in the way of President Bush’s plan to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and …
WASHINGTON-Facing deadlines to implement location-based wireless 911 technology, two major vendors and an advocacy group presented wireless carriers a plan to give carriers extra time to deploy enhanced 911 Phase …
NEW YORK-The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a formal investigation of Lucent Technologies Inc. for possible fraudulent accounting practices, The Wall Street Journal reported. The SEC reportedly is looking …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. debuted a new company tagline, “We connect with you,” supported by consumer and business-to-business advertising campaigns. The company said the tagline and multimedia campaigns highlight its focus …
High-speed wireless data access provider Metricom Inc. posted a fourth-quarter loss and said it will postpone the introduction of its Ricochet data network in some markets until it secures additional …
Deutsche Telekom AG’s $35 billion proposal to buy U.S. GSM operators VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Powertel Inc. has been delayed as DT and VoiceStream are said to be re-negotiating the …
WASHINGTON-After 31 years, he’s been there and done that. Now it is time for Mark E. Crosby, president of the Industrial Telecommunications Association, to leave the private-wireless advocacy group to …
NEW YORK-With the stocks of mobile operators down from their 52-week highs, despite some recent rebounding, now is a good time to buy them, said Sean P. Butson, wireless services …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. stands to gain licenses covering about 2.4 million people, the company announced, due to deal with American Wireless License Group L.L.C. The licenses cover Birmingham …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s placed its “B+” corporate credit and “B” senior unsecured debt ratings on Pinnacle Holdings Inc. along with the company on CreditWatch with negative implications. The CreditWatch …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it is seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin an auction process to sell the business as a going concern. Orbcomm has been operating under Chapter …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced today it won a competitive bid process to supply wireless communications to the city of Philadelphia, which calls for the company to furnish a variety of …
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, buoyed last week by the third study in two months that failed to link mobile phones to brain cancer and other diseases, still remains mired in mushrooming …
LONDON-Vodafone plc denied reports that it plans to delay its planned flotation of U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, saying it is simply waiting for market conditions to improve. The Times …
NEW YORK-The largest democracy in Asia represents a substantial opportunity for American companies seeking to serve India’s growing telecommunications market and to import to our shores the high-technology products and …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a deal to deliver a $50 million GSM network expansion in the southern and eastern parts of Venezuela. The contract, signed with Venezuela-based Digicel, will allow …
Australia’s premier telecom company Telstra has strengthened its presence in the Asia-Pacific by establishing three joint venture companies with Hong Kong’s Pacific Century CyberWorks. The three joint companies-the Internet Protocol …
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. said it intends to license Digita Photivity technology from FlashPoint Technology Inc. to create new digital cameras compatible with FlashPoint’s wireless imaging platform. …
Marconi Corp. plc and ArrayComm Inc. announced a deal under which Marconi will embed ArrayComm’s Intellicell smart antenna technology in its third-generation wideband-CDMA base stations. The open-ended deal is expected …
