Mobile Phones

Mobile phones have become commonplace in our society, but they aren’t welcome every place. People increasingly have become annoyed listening to others’ ringing phones and loud conversations in restaurants, on …

WASHINGTON-The recent rash of violent events-highlighting both the life-saving capabilities and limitations of wireless technology-will serve as a powerful backdrop to this Wednesday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on 911 wireless …

WASHINGTON-At a time when all the rage on Wall Street is about the Internet, a CEO of a major wireless company contends wireless is bigger. Speaking at a luncheon sponsored …

GENEVA-As any one of the tens of thousands of visitors who thronged the halls of February’s GSM World Congress knows, the latest word in GSM services is Wireless Application Protocol …

Arch Communications Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. jointly announced a five-year agreement under which the companies will provide narrowband personal communications services advanced messaging, including assured message delivery and two-way …

The Operators Harmonization Group, an assembly of mobile phone operators from around the world, said they agreed last month in Tokyo to a baseline proposal to harmonize ITU CDMA-based third-generation …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association blasted Rep. Charles Bass’ (R-N.H.) pro-local antenna siting bill, saying it would undermine public safety and competition and potentially make local zoning authorities hostage to …

Sirius Communications Sirius Communications NV introduced the DataSat Code Division Multiple Access development system. It offers an alternative to today’s very small aperture terminal systems. It works with all existing …

Carriers are keeping quiet about events that transpired during a third-generation harmonization meeting two weeks ago in Japan, but an independent study commissioned by Vodafone plc is seen by cdmaOne …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc., the top American wireless manufacturer, is internally debating whether it can support what appears will be a weak U.S. position on third-generation mobile phone spectrum at the World …

The U.S. Commerce Department says it provided support to CDMA vendors wanting to sell their products in China, but did not discriminate against Time Division Multiple Access technology when it …

WASHINGTON-The previously announced Wireless Day at the Federal Communications Commission will occur June 10, said Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. “I am hopeful that (the agenda) …

U.S. government officials pressed L.M. Ericsson Chief Executive Sven-Christer Nilsson last week to lobby the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to adopt the tri-mode CDMA third-generation standard framework agreed to at …

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-Orange continues to dominate the U.K. mobile market in terms of customer satisfaction, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates titled, “1999 U.K. Mobile Customer Satisfaction …

No matter that future wireless technology will do everything from make your coffee in the morning to balance your checkbook at night, the enduring value-revolutionary hallmark-of mobile phones remains their …

Brazil Clariti Wireless Messaging, a division of Clariti Telecommunications International, announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Acme Paging, one of the largest paging providers in Latin America. Under …

DENVER, United States-For mobile phone operators around the world, one key question remains unanswered: What will be the demand for mobile data services? Mobile phone carriers today are attempting to …

BANGALORE, India-Although the growth of South Asia’s relatively new markets has temporarily slowed due to political and financial problems, increased competition and investment have made them extremely promising. With managed …

DUBLIN, Ireland-In the wake of the phenomenal success of “ready-to-go” prepaid packages, many European mobile phone subscribers are concerned they are paying more than they need to for their service. …

Nortel e-mobility services Nortel Networks introduced a portfolio of subscriber services, called e-mobility services, that provide rapid, flexible deployment of leading-edge voice and data capabilities optimized for the Internet Protocol …

NEW YORK-A new pricing study released by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. indicates U.S. mobile phone carriers battled it out for high-end wireless customers in 1998. Prices did not fall …

DENVER, United States-The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should narrow down in about six months which frequency bands it could allocate for third-generation mobile phone services. The World Administrative Radiocommunication Conference …

BEIJING-In early February, China’s Minister of Information Industry (MII) was apologetic about the prospects for CDMA in his country. The customers couldn’t care less which technology is used-as long as …

After coming off one of its worst years in history, the semiconductor industry continues to show signs of recovery. The industry finished last year with total sales of $125.6 billion, …

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on to access the local market and …