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While voice is still the key application for wireless carriers going into the 21st century, a variety of other data-centric applications are becoming more important. Carriers and the rest of …

“Come on in, there’s room for everybody!” That’s apparently the call a variety of companies hear when it comes to the personal digital assistant market. And even though PDA giants …

The ability to access anything, any time, any place seems to be every enthusiastic wireless user’s ultimate dream. But many seem unaware that the technology that might make that goal …

While seven-digit numbers are usually reserved for a company’s bottom line or telephone number, the seven digits in 6,219,694are of extra importance to Canadian-based wireless messaging company Research In Motion …

Verizon Wireless has signed an agreement with Triad Holdings L.L.C. to acquire Triad’s PCS licenses covering the Southern Oklahoma BTA of Ardmore and Lawton-Duncan. The new area, which covers total …

Symbian received an important lift after Nokia Corp. said that half its third-generation mobile phones will use the company’s platform by 2004. The move ends speculation on whether Symbian’s stakeholders, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Uncertainty related to the future of Scandinavian mobile prepaid calling plans, less preferred here than in Western Europe generally, is largely due to the struggle to migrate customers to …

Several recent announcements have cast an unfavorable light on Symbian Ltd., a maker of operating systems for a number of wireless devices. But even with the added illumination, it’s still …

The wireless Internet is only as good as the device it’s on. Granted, there are plenty of other issues surrounding the look and feel of the experience-including network speeds and …

LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now. International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed …

Belgium KPN Mobile will acquire 50 percent of Belgian operator KPN Orange Belgium from France Telecom for US$443.5 million, giving KPN 100-percent ownership. France Telecom had to divest its KPN …

After answering more than 5.5 billion questions in the past four years, Ask Jeeves Inc.’s online question answering service is finally learning to talk. The talking capabilities come from an …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic’s third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use. The …

With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …

Can a 30-year-old Harvard Business School graduate rebuild Cabletron Systems Inc. as a snazzy player in the enterprise network switching industry? Garry K. McGuire Jr., executive vice president-worldwide marketing and …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today’s barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from industry analyst firm IDC. “Carriers still …

As the wireless industry is ramping up efforts to convince customers to use their mobile phones for Internet access via Wireless Application Protocol technology, some are taking the concurrent step …

ATIS The members of Standards Committee T1, a telecommunications network standards development organization sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, chose leaders for its full committee and six technical …

The hype surrounding the possibilities of wireless Internet services has reached an all-time high following Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last month. But in the wake of this fevered pitch …

AUSTRALIA Telstra will extend its CDMA network in Australia to include country locations currently covered by its GSM network but lacking in analog coverage, said the company. Hutchison Telecoms in …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced its tender offer for Japanese telecommunications carrier International Digital Communications was successfully concluded, with sufficient shares having been tendered to take Cable & Wireless’ holding …

LONDON-Following an offer made by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone for Japanese carrier International Digital Communications, Cable & Wireless plc announced it is raising its previous offer for IDC and extending …

BOULDER,Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. said it plans to offer its InfoConnect suite of location-based services to wireless carriers. Applications of InfoConnect include localized traffic and weather updates and emergency roadside services. …

Power Products Power Products Unlimited Inc. selected Ken Donofrio as its new marketing director. He will orchestrate all aspects of the company’s marketing and carrier services program. Donofrio previously was …

The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according …