NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or mobile content provider, according to research from NOP.The survey, which was commissioned by Israeli mobile software developer Olista, found that...
CHICAGO-More than half of the world's mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a report from Mobinet.The survey, initiated by consulting firm A.T. Kearney and Cambridge University's Judge...
BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. The carrier attributed the loss to the final integration of markets and networks in...
BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com operations-though it also expects to add jobs in other divisions. DT said the layoffs...
LAS VEGAS-Ford Motor Co. will offer a dealer-installed "mobile office" with a wireless-enabled PC, printer and GPS system in its F-250 trucks next year, the automaker said Tuesday .Ford is teaming with Microsoft Corp. and Stargate Mobile on the package, which will cost about...
TORONTO-Nokia Corp.'s Preminet offering gained another backer Tuesday as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira said it has made its Jump software available to developers and publishers looking to deliver content across a...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced an agreement with ZAO Start Telecom to construct a fixed WiMAX network in Russia based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. In the deal, Siemens will provide its SkyMAX solution, including base stations, end devices and its NetViewer monitoring and control...
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Transition Administrator released information Wednesday on how Sprint Nextel Corp. should reimburse labor and other costs as part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band. The TA gave examples of hard vs. transactional...
BOSTON-Product announcements are streaming out of Boston as the WiMAX World 2005 show gets underway. First up, Motorola Inc. is set to demonstrate the capabilities of its MOTOwi4 Canopy solutions. The product is based on Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture and delivers Voice over...
WASHINGTON-At least two national mobile-phone carriers are unilaterally selling huge amounts of subscriber location data to third parties for city and state traffic management. The practice has the potential to reduce traffic congestion where other intelligent-highway systems have failed, but has drawn mild criticism...
Few killer apps have fizzled the way mobile e-mail has. Although it seems nearly every U.S. consumer has at least two e-mail accounts-one for work and another for personal use-only a small percentage access e-mail from their handsets. And while Research in Motion Ltd....
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. "I'm pleased that my colleagues understand the urgency of developing a comprehensive and modern alert system," said Sen. Jim...
The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market. Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and others have vaulted into the space. Although...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies."I'm pleased that my colleagues understand the urgency of developing a comprehensive and modern alert system," said Sen. Jim DeMint...
WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said the Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring radio frequency identification chips in drivers' licenses, an option that it warned carries huge costs and poses privacy risks to Americans.In a new report, "Real ID: Big Brother Could Cost Big Money,"...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc.'s says its Asset-Link wireless tracking technology is keeping supporters informed of the whereabouts of cyclists in the Calgary-to-Austin Peloton Project, a 2,400 mile bicycle marathon helping raise for cancer research. Twenty-three cyclists left Calgary, Alberta, on Oct. 12 and are...
WASHINGTON-Industry is trying to fend off bill-of-rights measures in two liberal states at opposite ends of the country, while a court battle rages over how regulatory recovery fees are itemized in monthly wireless bills. The stakes are high for industry. Wireless carriers fear that...
Much of the wireless industry's strong subscriber growth over the past several quarters has been attributed to carriers' ability to target customer segments that had previously been unable to qualify for service using either prepaid or family plans. Some analysts have attributed up to...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc.'s says its Asset-Link wireless tracking technology is keeping supporters informed of the whereabouts of cyclists in the Calgary-to-Austin Peloton Project, a 2,400 mile bicycle marathon helping raise for cancer research.Twenty-three cyclists left Calgary, Alberta, on Oct. 12 and are riding...
BOSTON-The U.S. wireless industry is expected to become a larger sector of the U.S. economy than the agriculture and automobile industries within five years, according to a report from Ovum that assessed the economic impact of the wireless industry in the United States in...
Wi-Fi frenzy has hit a number of U.S. cities. I hope they know what they're getting into. EarthLink Inc. has promised the city of Philadelphia it will roll out a low-cost Wi-Fi system to its underprivileged, while a Massachusetts airport is furious that Continental...
The burgeoning Voice over Internet Protocol industry clipped a hurdle last week as Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that its subsidiary, Sprint Communications Co. L.P., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against VoIP service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo...
Municipal-Wi-Fi-mania has landed. By the end of the year, the world will have more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hot spots, according to Informa Telecoms & Media research. And the Asia-Pacific region is not in its usual predominant spot, as North America and Europe are getting...
WASHINGTON-The federal judge who a month ago dismissed a class-action lawsuit claiming the nation's top mobile-phone operators violated antitrust laws by tying handset sales to the purchase of wireless service from carriers has agreed to allow a similar lawsuit explicitly alleging industrywide conspiracy to...
