AustraliaTelecom New Zealand said it intends to make a takeover offer for the approximately 18 percent of shares in Australian operator AAPT that it does not already own for A$444 million (US$258 million). The company said it will offer minority shareholders A$7.25 (US$4.23) in...
U.K. wireless handset manufacturer Sendo announced a global strategic partnership with Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile will be the first operator to offer Sendo's phones to consumers later this year. Virgin Mobile initially plans to introduce two Sendo phones, which will be marketed as Virgin...
NEW YORK-In November and December, Sonera zed U.S. Inc. "will dip its big toe into the waters of mobile commerce to see if they're warm," and it plans user trials by next spring, said J. Paul Hughes, vice president of business development."There are a...
One of the world's most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year.Virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink an agreement with a carrier in the United States and offer nationwide service by the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will vigorously enforce wireless radiation safety rules that go into effect later this week."We are serious about this and will be checking," said Robert Cleveland, the FCC's expert on radio-frequency exposure rules. Cleveland said the FCC will conduct...
WASHINGTON-While the Communications Workers of America succeeded in winning concessions that make it easier to organize wireless workers at Verizon Communications-the nation's largest mobile phone and local telephone company-the prospect for widespread wireless unionization is challenged by a confluence of forces that conspire against...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported a partnership with Scandinavian Airlines Systems to sell Nokia's 8210 and 8850 wireless phones on all SAS international flights through the airline's Flightshop service."As SAS Flightshop is moving away from a traditional in-flight assortment, we are looking for new types...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless has been dragged into litigation that has percolated up to the Supreme Court, which has been asked by a group of Vermont citizens to rule whether local zoning is pre-empted by federal law when telecommunications facilities cause interference to electrical and electronic...
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said the key to the AD9226...
Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder how low carriers can keep subsidies.The days of 1-cent handsets tied in with contracts...
Easy Access Inc. has selected SeaGull Inc.'s Wireless-to-Host solution to wirelessly enable its EZ-Vote mobile voter registration management system.MG Financial Group has introduced wireless access to Forex market trading information.Geoworks Corp. announced its Mobile ASP solution will power a mobile information service for Abbey...
WASHINGTON-Nearly a week after the Federal Communications Commission ruled that wireless carriers can be subject to damages awarded in civil lawsuits, consumers and the industry are reading the ruling differently. Meanwhile, interest in wireless consumer issues on Capitol Hill is picking up momentum.To the...
WASHINGTON-A ruling last week from a federal appeals court allowing for law enforcement to obtain cell-site information without a court order means the issue of law enforcement using mobile phones as tracking devices could be hotly debated by Congress when it returns next month...
WASHINGTON-Despite splashy headlines of multibillion dollar telecom deals, wild dot-com stock swings on Wall Street and all the hot-button digital issues that have GOP and Democratic policy-makers crawling over each other to champion, it is virtually impossible to distinguish the high-tech policies of Republicans...
WASHINGTON-A little known government panel could play a big role in the coming years as new trade rules free up foreign firms to buy U.S. wireless companies, a trend that some in Congress claim is a national security threat.The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment...
WASHINGTON-The Baltimore law firm that earlier this month filed a mobile-phone cancer lawsuit against several wireless firms and two industry trade associations is expected to file additional lawsuits as early as this week, according to sources. The lawsuits could be filed in Georgia and...
TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless launched a wireless shopping comparison service in conjunction with BuyBuddy.com, an online independent comparison shopping guide.The service is available on the new BlackBerry 957 and 950 handheld devices. Rogers plans to extend BuyBuddy Mobile to all mobile phones and pagers in...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's Telstra said it switched on the telecommunications network for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, which includes capacity for more than 15,000 mobile phones for media and officials.The games open in Sydney on Sept. 15.The Telstra Millennium Network also comprises 4,800 kilometers of...
The issue of mobile-phone radiation and its possible link to cancer became even more garbled last week as the Australian Consumers Association released a study in its Choice magazine, claiming hands-free kits dramatically reduce the amount of electromagnetic radiation exposure to the brain.These findings...
Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls on their prepaid mobile phones when they are traveling abroad. Alcatel said the services are delivered using its intelligent network...
WASHINGTON-A congressional audit of federal agencies' responsibilities and actions toward testing for mobile-phone health effects is likely to go forward even if the person who requested the audit is elected vice president of the United States.Meanwhile, a new product to protect mobile-phone users from...
WHEATON, Md.-Between 12 and 17 percent of end users buy hands-free kits at the time they purchase their wireless phone, according to a nationwide survey of respondents at 400 retail distribution points conducted by Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd.A similar percentage of respondents return to...
PacketVideo Corp. and Warner Bros. New Media unveiled plans to deliver Warner Bros.-created original animated content to wireless devices, including wireless phones and personal digital assistants, using PacketVideo's MPEG-4 streaming video software.Appropriately, Warner Bros. said it will use its Marvin the Martian cartoon character,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Televigation and U.S. Wireless Corp. have partnered to provide navigation assistance for both WAP-enabled and regular mobile phone users.Under terms of the agreement, U.S. Wireless will provide Televigation's Snap-to-Map system with information from its RadioCamera platform to enable real-time navigation capabilities. The companies...
