The Third Generation Partnership Project, a standards body initially established by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to work on W-CDMA technology, last week agreed to include standards work on GSM …
WASHINGTON-On land and in air, the ever-popular mobile phone-America’s favorite toy in the New Millennium-is creating headaches for government, industry and citizens, and raising serious safety questions with no easy …
NEW YORK-The credit quality of the seven large incumbent U.S. operators will only be moderately affected by the capital costs of commercializing third-generation technology, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “We …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s recent rules setting aside spectrum for medical telemetry came under fire by Congress last week when two top-ranking FCC staffers were caught unaware of congressional concerns …
WASHINGTON-Subscriber growth in the global cellular/personal communications services markets increased to 54 percent worldwide in 1999 but is expected to slow significantly through 2007, especially in mature markets, according to …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has turned back an attempt from the aviation industry to overturn three waivers that allow limited use of ultra-wideband technology, but not until after some political …
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $397.7 million, a 10.2-percent increase from the $361 million reported for the same period last year. …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Holdings Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 4.1 million shares of its common stock. The company said …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland’s telecom regulator awarded Eircom plc the country’s fourth broadband wireless license. Esat Telecom, Formus Communications and Princes Holdings previously received broadband wireless local loop licenses. A legal proceeding …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector and its strategic alliance partners, Cisco Systems Inc. and Xybridge Technologies, will participate in Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo’s Internet Protocol-based mobile communications trial. …
LISBON, Portugal-Brazilian wireless operator Telesp Celular, a subsidiary of Portuguese communications provider Portugal Telecom, entered an agreement with Centrais Telefonicas de Ribeirao Preto S.A. to acquire Ceterp Celular, the Band …
Amid weeks of speculation and analyst prodding, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to spin off its $4 billion microelectronics business. The company is planning an initial public offering for up …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless released an online video featuring a third-generation wireless data call on its Lucent Technologies Inc.-supplied network. The video shows a comparison of two laptops loading the Verizon …
SEATTLE-Personal safety tops the list of reasons why most Americans want location-based services, according to a study conducted by Integrated Data Communications Inc. The study, conducted for a wireless data …
A broadcast radio alternative is fast approaching that will allow drivers to access a variety of audio newspaper and magazine content in their cars using a wireless Internet connection. More …
REDMOND, Wash.-Lifeclinic.com Corp. announced wireless access to the company’s consumer Web site, enabling customers to access information from wireless handheld devices including Web-enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants. The …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed updating wiretap laws for the Internet Age, despite concerns that federal law enforcement already may be exceeding constitutional privacy rights with a new system …
The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced by one penny the amount of regulatory fees commercial mobile radio services carriers must pay to 30 cents per unit. “Clearly the FCC is …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Integrated communications services provider CenturyTel selected Ericsson Inc. to supply a wireless broadband point-to-multipoint access system solution based on next-generation Time Division Multiple Access architecture with Fast Dynamic Capacity …
