Devices

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), attempting to play off GOP tax-cut and anti-big-government campaign themes, said he will push legislation this year to kill the telecom excise tax, …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is pressing the White House to include funding for mobile phone-cancer research in the president’s fiscal 2001 budget proposal. President Clinton is expected to submit his …

HELSINKI, Finland-Hoping to make e-commerce a little safer, Sonera SmartTrust Ltd. announced a deal with Gemplus to market a Global System for Mobile communications Subscriber Identity Module card that will …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo unveiled its DokoNavi Global Positioning System-based mobile personal location service. Using a cellular phone linked to a personal digital assistant from Denso, called Naviewn, and GPS technology from …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In a recent survey by Cellmania.com, an online information resource for wireless products, 53.7 percent of respondents said any legislative prohibition of cell phone use while driving would …

Brightpoint Inc. will continue as the exclusive distributor of Ericsson Mobile Phones in the United States, according to the company. The agreement extends Brightpoint’s distribution and sales of Ericsson wireless …

This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and …

Did you see Virginia Tech freshman quarterback Michael Vick play last week in the Nokia Sugar Bowl? Wow! I don’t follow college ball so I had never heard of this …

NEW YORK-Calling it “a first step toward demonstrating fully open standards in General Packet Radio Services,” Symmetry Communications Systems Inc. said it will collaborate with Lucent Technologies Inc. on interoperability …

LAS VEGAS-RangeStar Wireless introduced a new embeddable Bluetooth antenna, about the size of a penny, suitable for a host of wireless applications. The antenna, the V-pol Omni, will enable users …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The majority of Americans do not want the government regulating their rights to communicate while driving, according to a poll released by the Personal Communications Industry Association. The poll, …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Prepaid cellular phone service took a step forward this holiday season with Shared Technologies Cellular’s announcement that it achieved a one-day record for phone activations. STC, a national cellular …

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market …

Aether Systems Inc. said it will license Diversinet Corp.’s Passport software to enhance the security of wireless e-commerce applications. The agreement integrates Aether’s wireless data enterprise solutions with Diversinet’s ability …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group plans to introduce a digital signal processor-based chipset optimized for the hands-free cellular environment in automobiles this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las …

LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc and British Telecom are in a race to take control of Spain’s wireless operator, Airtel. Banco Santander Central Hispano is looking to sell its 30.45-percent stake in …

During the first half of 1999, Latin America handset sales exceeded 9.8 million, according to Dataquest, a U.S.-based market research firm. Handset sales were forecasted to reach 24.5 million units …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo’s iMode Internet service is winning attention around the world as the first success case for mobile Internet. Since the carrier launched the service in February 1999, it has …

The two major developers of high-speed cellular data technology, Nokia and Ericsson, have opened a public argument over which has achieved the most success in terms of contract awards. The …

BANGALORE, India-While the Indian cellular industry generally has been battling rough weather recently, one cellular operator in the country has adopted a strategy that seems to have paid off: focusing …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The principal supporters of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology used the U.S.-based Comdex exhibition late last year to take the message of its capabilities to a much wider …

TOKYO-Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country’s increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI, IDO and KDD will merge …

“I now felt for the first time absolutely certain that the day would come when mankind would be able to send messages `round the wires, not only across the Atlantic, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.’s PhonePrint technology has prevented more than 300 million fraudulent cell phone calls worldwide, the company said. “Our PhonePrint fraud prevention system is on the job …

WASHINGTON-The government, not industry, needs to study the interference impact of the explosion of wireless devices occurring today, said Bob Lucky, corporate vice president of Telecordia Technologies and chairman of …