NEW YORK-Basic research for wireless Internet development received a multi-million-dollar stimulus as one of three parts to the new California Institutes for Science and Innovation, announced Dec. 7. The San …
A major contract from multichannel multipoint distribution services provider WorldCom Inc. boosted the bottom line of network equipment manufacturer Vyyo Inc. amid speculation the wireless broadband market is slipping slightly. …
NEW YORK-A U.S. class action lawsuit was filed last week against Turkish cell-phone operator Turkcell. The lawsuit was commenced on behalf of all persons or entities purchasing Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetler …
TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest privately held paging carrier, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy late Friday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in …
NEW YORK-Following similar moves a few weeks earlier by Spain’s Telefonica Moviles and Telekom Austria, Telenor ASA of Norway had to discount its initial public offering in order to get …
The SyncML initiative publicly released version 1.0 of the SyncML specification, a protocol designed to support universal data synchronization of both remote and local data among various devices. The group …
BIENNE, Switzerland-The auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Switzerland ended quickly last week, with only four companies bidding on four licenses, raising $120 million for the government. Swisscom; …
NEW YORK-A law firm said it was continuing a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on behalf of AT&T’s shareholders, alleging the company failed to disclose ongoing business problems. …
WASHINGTON-Can the news media disseminate information of public significance even if that information is stolen? That is the question before the U.S. Supreme Court which last week heard oral argument …
WASHINGTON-The Iridium satellite network has found a home, in part, at the Pentagon, which agreed to pay $36 million a year to Iridium Satellite L.L.C. for unlimited use by the …
The great wall between China and the deployment of CDMA technology may finally fall. And soon. After a year-long soap opera with Qualcomm Inc. over proliferating the technology in the …
The year is ending on a bleak note for Motorola Inc. after it cut its fourth-quarter sales and earnings expectations, causing its stock to hit a new 52-week low and …
With a new venture fund and optimistic forecast extension, Nokia set out last week to fortify its already strong position in the wireless communications industry. Its venture arm, Nokia Venture …
WASHINGTON-The British government, acting on recommendations of a blue-ribbon scientific panel, called for $10 million in new mobile phone-health research on Friday and for precautions in order to limit radiation …
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.-Vox2 Inc. announced its new Vox.Link, which combines cellular phones with other traditional phones in a home or office, will be available from Hello Direct Inc. Vox.Link, a cellular …
NEW YORK-For telecommunications companies that believe the capital markets have become like Ebenezer Scrooge, Gerald W. Thames, a principal of the new Lehman Brothers Inc. Global Communications Fund, offers some …
SEATTLE-Versatile Mobile Systems, which provides wireless automation solutions, released its new line of wireless enterprise applications, Mobiquity, which the company said would provide delivery operations management. Mobiquity provides wireless applications …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itronix Corp. announced it would supply its 780 Husky fex21 handheld computers to Federal Express in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission completed the auction for the lower 80 channels of the 800 MHz band less than a week before it plans to begin re-auctioning the personal communications …
AUSTIN, Texas-Infrastructure software company Simplified released its new Open Services Platform, which the company said will allow service providers to deliver and manage any communication service over any network. The …
