WASHINGTON-Five percent of the nation's broadcasters are holding the nation hostage by refusing to give back their spectrum, which has been allocated to public safety, charged Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.). "Because of broadcaster intransigence, some 5 percent of the TV stations in the U.S....
WASHINGTON-A new congressional report concludes the existing spectrum-management regime does not promote efficient use of the nation's airwaves and needs repair, a finding that comes as the Bush administration prepares to release its own spectrum findings. "The current structure and management of spectrum...
WASHINGTON-U.S. officials are close to delivering potentially far-reaching spectrum reports to President Bush, culminating a year-long review at a time when development of third-generation mobile-phone and wireless Internet services are being hindered by the kind of regulatory, legislative and bureaucratic obstacles the White House...
GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union said its standardization arm plans to create a focus group that will produce global standards for next-generation networks. The focus group will address what industry experts call "nomadicity," which allows seamless roaming between fixed and mobile networks in an all-Internet...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, said it welcomed the 10 new member countries of the European Union, which it said represent some of the fastest-growing European economies due in part to strong mobile markets.The new EU countries, which officially...
IRWINDALE, Calif.-Wireless accessories company Superior Communications and Incase Designs said they are working together to provide carrying products to Superior's customer base of national and regional wireless carriers, retailers and distributors.The agreement between the companies expands on an existing vendor-partner relationship and calls for...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry reacted angrily to a revised bill of rights for telecom consumers in California, claiming such a rule will hurt the state economy and runs counter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) deregulatory agenda. The California Public Utilities Commission late yesterday released...
In this case, the suffering is widespread, with states north to south and east to west bleeding in an uncertain economy with costly homeland security demands on governors, mayors and county officials. This too was foreseeable, as American manufacturing fades into the sunset and...
WASHINGTON-A House Government Reform panel has plans to hold a hearing March 16 on how U.S. policymakers prepare and execute spectrum policy positions at World Radiocommunication Conferences, the first of a series of hearings in Congress' investigation of spectrum management in this country. ...
WASHINGTON-A House Government Reform panel has plans to hold a hearing March 17 on how U.S. policymakers prepare and execute spectrum policy positions at World Radiocommunication Conferences, the first of a series of hearings in Congress' investigation of spectrum management in this country. ...
CAMBRIDGE, England-Samsung Electronics said has licensed the PowerVR MBX 3D graphics solution from ARM for use in smart phones and personal digital assistants.This will enhance such applications as gaming."As the market demand develops for high-end technologies like 3D graphics on mobile devices, we look...
Nortel Networks Ltd. is in talks to divest most of its major operations, including factories and supply chains, to Flextronics Inc., a contract electronics manufacturer. If the talks materialize, it may lead to a major loss of up to 2,500 jobs."This proposed transaction would...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Camera phones took a further step forward in the world stage with British news firm BBC announcing plans to arm a significant number of its journalists with video-capable mobile phones. The BBC said reporters will be able to instantly send 15-minute video...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Camera phones took a further step forward in the world stage with British news firm BBC announcing plans to arm a "significant" number of its journalists with video-capable mobile phones. The BBC said reporters will be able to instantly send 15-minute video...
LAS VEGAS-Bill Gates told a packed audience at the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week that technology has become commonplace. Because as of this Christmas my parents have joined the world of people who use wireless phones (with a little arm twisting...
Just in time for the holiday season, New York area T-Mobile USA Inc. sub-dealers claim the wireless carrier has increased pressure prohibiting the independent agents from selling both T-Mobile USA and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. products and services in the same location. The increased pressure...
TORONTO-Williams & Moore Capital Corp., private equity investment arm for the Reliance Aerotech group of companies, will become a strategic investor in Sinclair Technologies Inc., according to a recently signed letter of intent. "We are strongly attracted to the growth in avionics, secure public...
TORONTO-Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., which operates under the co-brand Rogers AT&T Wireless, reported that its board of directors has authorized an agreement with AT&T Corp. to transition the company's corporate branding to Rogers Wireless.Rogers, which said the brand transition will begin early...
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are missing from the membership list of Khronos Group, an open standards alliance that is pursuing open application programming interfaces for dynamic media in the wireless space.In spite of stellar members like Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and Motorola...
Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies.In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with their core competencies."The long-term trend...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible.Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, the company describes it as...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has extended its deal with ARM Ltd. to license the ARM1136J core and the ARM1136JF core for smart phones and personal digital assistants.The ARM products "feature a combination of high performance, low power, small size, high-code density and powerful...
SEATTLE-Airline passengers may soon be able to access personal mobile communications applications during flights with a new subscriber identity module-card based solution from Altobridge.The solution combines Altobridge's communications architecture with a passenger's SIM card to convert seatback Inflight Entertainment Equipment (IFE) into a personal...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Telenor Mobile Interactive said it will use technology from Irish mobile applications company Xiam to offer wireless services that allow U.S. TV viewers to interact with broadcasters using their mobile phones.Telenor Mobile Interactive is the U.S. arm of Norwegian mobile communications company Telenor...
