Opinion

One consequence from the intrusion of wireless, Internet and other technologies into a space Bell telephone giants have comfortably occupied for the past century or so has to do with …

A week has passed without massive carrier consolidation, mergers and world war. Where’s the big news this week? There was a fascinating story on the music on George W. Bush’s …

A federal appeals court reinstated Nazomi Communications Inc.’s patent infringement lawsuit against processor company ARM Holdings plc. Nazomi claims ARM’s Jazelle microprocessor for mobile phones infringes on one of its …

WASHINGTON-Government auditors Monday spoke out against a proposal to permanently exempt the universal-service fund from the Anti-Deficiency Act. “It is our opinion that a permanent exemption from the Anti-Deficiency Act …

It undoubtedly will take years to sort out why some first-responder communications worked and why some did not after terrorists navigated jet planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. …

The topic of how and if a wireless telephone number directory should be established has been and continues to be heavily debated, but so far little has been said about …

The wireless industry is mad as @*@% and not going to take it anymore. As such, CTIA recently unleashed its grassroots attempt to stop what it sees as increasingly unfair …

What a difference five years can make. Who knew five years ago we’d have legislation that controls what messages come into our e-mail boxes. Five years ago, e-mail was just …

An association of mobile carriers and content firms joined the fight last week against a group of technology companies it said is looking to overcharge for anti-piracy software. The Mobile …

In many respects, the clunky category known as plain old telephone service is being put out to pasture. POTS, despite still being the dominant mode of phone service, is becoming …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry may ask the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that breathed new life into five class-action lawsuits alleging cellular firms could have better protected …

Another CTIA done and over with. This one seemed a bit far-flung to me, like how ammo from a shotgun spreads far and wide, instead of a single shot like …

News that Paul Jacobs is succeeding his father, Irwin, as chief executive officer at Qualcomm is not surprising. It’s part of a long history in wireless telephony. To name a …

Two key lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would authorize the Justice Department to use wiretaps to investigate and prosecute criminal antitrust conspiracies. Somehow I cannot not see Big Brother listening …

Follow the money Remember the exhausted cry of victory from the mobile-phone industry when the Senate sealed the deal on relocation fund, E911 and universal service legislation last December? It …

Not the name of a new horror film, but an addition to the tech vernacular and a horror of its own kind, the term “evil twin” popped onto the scene …

Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc.-sending the company’s stock down an astounding 38 percent to $8.97 per share-after the company said it expects to post a massive drop in first-quarter …

The backdrop to headline-grabbing stories on megamergers, telecom reform, corporate earnings (and scandals) and shareholder suits is a far-reaching debate about the ways and means digital content is handled from …

As the nation’s largest wireless carriers consolidate, large questions remain about what these companies should do with their existing wireline businesses. And carriers are talking openly about potential plans to …

For all of the talk about how wireless telephony brings people closer together, it has the opposite effect too. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, wireless services enable …

Gosh, the holidays can really put one on an emotional roller coaster. Put another way, what a way to start the new year! Just ask VimpelCom, Russia’s No. 2 mobile-phone …

Even as the wireless industry consolidates to four national carriers and as more regional consolidation is predicted, wireless customers are getting more choices-not fewer-as to which companies will provide their …

While the numbers aren’t available yet for the all-important fourth quarter wireless sales, I’m predicting stellar results. Why? Because I just spent the holidays with the Anderson clan (my side …

And once again the wireless industry (and the world) prepares to face the implications of the further permeation of wireless technology into our lives and culture with the pending prospect …

For all the talk about megahertz, megapixels and megamergers, the wireless industry is really about people. It is about how people communicate with each other-and with the masses-about technologies invented …