The immediate problem has been solved. The 700 MHz auction has been postponed to March 6. Now the government quickly must decide on a long-term strategy for the use of …

Tell it. Tell it like it is. Prove it. Tell it again. At last week’s Motorola financial analysts’ meeting in Chicago, Chris Galvin started the day by politely stating that …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., has begun an intense national advertising campaign touting the Verizon name to customers and the general …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland’s telecom regulator said it will issue one 15-year national TETRA license through a comparative selection tender. “The introduction of public access mobile radio TETRA services in Ireland has …

MAINZ, Germany-Bidding for 12 blocks of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System spectrum picked up speed last week with the total bid amount nearing $4 billion. The amount is still substantially less …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson and Canada’s Microcell Connexions Inc. entered a multimillion-dollar contract for a new General Packet Radio Service network. The agreement covers a complete GPRS system, including software and hardware …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo submitted notification to Japan’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications that it will begin an international roaming service using the world’s first PDC/IS-95 dual-mode phones with Korea’s SK Telecom. …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless data products and services provider Aether Systems Inc. completed an $8 million strategic investment in ePhones, a wireless Internet products and services solutions provider. In addition to …

The cornerstone of any wireless carrier’s business is its customers, and while campaigns to acquire more of them are constantly in development, plenty happens behind the scenes to keep customers-and …

Astata Corp. is a new wireless application service provider with a focus on the enterprise application market. As a means of promoting its wireless gateway platform, the company recently introduced …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-As carriers continue to roll out wireless Internet services worldwide, subscribers are expected to migrate to these new data services at a high rate, according to Allied Business …

WASHINGTON-Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel wireless data modem line, filed for a $105 million initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Novatel makes the Minstrel V …

While there are several instant messaging solutions in the marketplace today, Invertix Corp. is using its IM Anywhere software product in ways that it says go beyond simple messaging. The …

PacketVideo Corp. and Warner Bros. New Media unveiled plans to deliver Warner Bros.-created original animated content to wireless devices, including wireless phones and personal digital assistants, using PacketVideo’s MPEG-4 streaming …

CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. sold its interest in Hawaii Rural Service Area 3 to AT&T Wireless Group for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes US Cellular’s nonwireline license and related …

Microwave communications equipment supplier Harris Corp. is beefing up its presence in the local multipoint distribution services market by purchasing Wavtrace Inc., a privately held developer of wireless broadband point-to-multipoint …

NEW YORK-Western Multiplex Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., a broadband wireless access equipment provider, went public last week with a 7.5-million share offering of common stock, priced at $12 each. The company, …

NEW YORK-Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans to buy wireless software firm IPmobile Inc. for $425 million in stock. IPmobile software is designed to enable wireless voice and data services on …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. made several announcements regarding new content and services now available to its Nextel Online customers. Nextel said mobileID will deliver a subset of its personalized wireless …