WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone firms are again confronting a health issue that industry lawyers have successfully beaten back in court to date.The controversy over whether radiation-emitting wireless handsets and base stations pose health risks to consumers has been relatively quiet during the past two years since a...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to people...
Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The expansion is located adjacent to the carrier's existing 65,000-square-foot center that opened in 2002....
Thousands of protesters will use more than just placards, chants and giant puppets to gain attention at this week's Republican National Convention. They'll have specifically designed wireless communications too.As many as 5,000 of the expected 250,000 demonstrators at the RNC, which opens today in...
Information is flowing faster over more media with increasing ease like no time in history. The good news for industry is all those pixeled 1s and 0s are gravitating to wireless pipes, big and small, licensed and unlicensed. We are walking data banks.Information is...
MUNICH-Several wireless carriers, including T-Mobile, Vodafone, mmO2 and E-Plus, have stopped selling Siemens' 65-series mobile phones as a result of the software malfunction the company warned of earlier this week, according to reports. The company said its fourth-quarter results will likely be negatively impacted....
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless today said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to...
DRESDEN, Germany-Two companies announced High Speed Downlink Packet Access test products yesterday.Radioplan announced a commercial simulation and optimization toolset for W-CDMA's HSDPA technology.WiNeS 3.1 is the latest version of the company's third-generation optimization solution. The new version includes several updated vendor-specific RRM algorithms, import...
A defect in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could lead to failures in audio transmission, the company warned. Because of the software defect, when a phone call is cut off due to a low battery, the disconnection melody could start playing loudly enough to...
WASHINGTON-The International Association of Firefighters has called for a moratorium on new cell towers on fire stations until health effects can be studied, according to a Vermont-based advocacy group.The EMR Policy Institute said the IAFF, the nation's top firefighters union and an affiliate of...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has launched Japanese handset maker Sharp Corp.'s first GSM mobile phone for the U.S. market, the TM-150. The tri-band (1900, 1800, 900 MHz) flip phone features a 1-megapixel camera and dual-color displays. The TM-150 is currently being advertised on T-Mobile's Web...
Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital companies say wireless is a good place to throw money. In July alone, 41 wireless companies announced $570 million in...
With China's wireless profile on the rise, big vendors are not only raising their stakes in the market, but also bringing local companies into their investments.Joint ventures and other forms of partnerships are nourishing the businesses of players such as L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies...
Nearly half of U.S. teens who own mobile phones are on family plans, and a growing number of them are using prepaid services, according to two recent studies.A poll by research and analyst firm The Yankee Group indicates 45 percent of phone-owning teens are...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Red Bend Software announced a global agreement with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. to embed Red Bend's vCurrent Mobile over-the-air software update technology in Sony Ericsson mobile phones.OTA technology allows handset makers and carriers to remotely fix phone software glitches and even introduce...
Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. made handset news Wednesday.Siemens' new CX70 mobile phone features "push and talk" (PaT) walkie-talkie functionality based on open specifications.PaT is based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a platform that is also being used for future multimedia services, including...
As North American wireless service providers increasingly tout value-added services in an attempt to differentiate themselves from the competition, widespread 32-kilobit subscriber identity module cards are being replaced with more capable 64k SIM cards, a trend that mimics what occurred in Europe a year...
NEW YORK-Nexense, an emerging sensing technology and research and development company, contracted Fujitsu Ltd. to manufacture an ASIC chip for non-invasive monitoring and tracking of vital signs via mobile phones.The new Nexense Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring device uses a proprietary Nexense biosensor application to...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said five of its semiconductor components have been incorporated into Samsung's new VM-A680 mobile phone. The Samsung VM-A680 mobile phone operates in the PCS and 800 MHz frequency bands. It features a clamshell design and a large, full-color LCD...
Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers' mobile phones. The carrier intends to offer the first video services to about 400,000 customers. Siemens will integrate its media...
LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. introduced a new content service for its mobile users, based on information from its new customer magazine.Virgin Mobile is calling its BITES-or Bite-Sized Boredom Busters-entertainment service "a cross between a celebrity gossip magazine and an infotainment service on the phone." The...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Singapore International Airlines customers will be able to wirelessly check in for their flights with short message service through a new agreement with VeriSign Inc.With the launch of SMS Check-in, SIA's frequent flyers and registered users of the airline's Web site can...
NEW YORK-More than half of U.S. employees are unhappy with their companies' procurement policies, according to research from Accenture.Fifty-eight percent of 150 respondents to an Accenture survey said they are dissatisfied with procurement policies. Interestingly, while 75 percent of executive-level users reported dissatisfaction, only...
MUNICH-Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to supply solutions that will enable China Unicom to bring video clips and songs to subscribers' mobile phones.The carrier intends to offer the first video services to about 400,000 customers.Siemens will integrate its media streaming and...
