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Last week was a good one for developers. The wireless industry has begun to give developers the attention they deserve, as evidenced by the slew of wireless-focused announcements at JavaOne …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission planned July 8 vote on its solution to the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band likely won’t resolve the issue, as details of the …

“It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.” -Bruce Schneier Imagine a world where your every possession-clothes, books, cash-could be precisely and invisibly …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and SouthernLinc have reached an agreement that would change the channel allocations in the retuning of the 800 MHz band, putting Southern in the cellular band but …

Two trends in wireless are colliding in the ongoing debate over whether people should talk on cell phones while driving. ExxonMobil Corp. last week announced a strict driver-safety policy that …

The nation’s capital ordinarily would have been aflame in controversy last week over Solicitor General Ted Olson’s decision not to invite the Supreme Court into the Bell unbundling imbroglio, election-year …

At the advent of every new industry, people simply cannot predict how the industry will evolve. VCRs were supposed to be used only to record missed TV shows. Today every …

By coincidence, the hotel hosting last week’s Wireless Communications Association conference was also home to a three-day rally of the ReDefeat Bush crowd. Meeting rooms of the two diverse meetings …

I spoke last week with Steve Lamont and Al Delattre, both senior partners at Accenture, on the challenges companies face bringing mobility to the enterprise. The two have developed five …

At this writing, I haven’t a clue which bill of rights the California Public Utilities Commission will embrace or what plan the Federal Commissions Commission will adopt to remedy public-safety …

I was just out of college in 1993 when “Demolition Man” was released. Remember that movie? Set 40 years in the future, all personal freedoms had been removed in the …

Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition notwithstanding. Now it is a near …

Sometimes, you have to choose the lesser of two evils. While it initially might seem unpleasant to ask the federal government to regulate wireless service quality, the increasing bad taste …

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell hinted Thursday that Nextel Communications Inc. may yet be willing to accept spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band instead of the 1.9 GHz band requested as …

RFID chips that can be used to scan inventory are either the latest, greatest way to track large pallets entering the retail warehouse or another step toward a world where …

Stress and duress Suddenly technology-the great force multiplier of American net-centric warfare he helped give birth to-is the bane of Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld’s existence. When technology gives U.S. troops …

Ah, the wireless guys can smell a winner. At both ends of the country, mobile-phone lobbyists are tapping into two of the hottest political tickets around: GOP California Gov. Arnold …

When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation’s largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier’s subscriber base by mobile-phone …

I awoke in a panic the other night. Was I dreaming, or is it really true that the wireless industry has been slipping? Where to find the truth? Ah, I …

Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source, about his company’s recycling efforts and …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services assigned its B2 rating to Western Wireless Corp.’s $1.5 billion senior secured credit facility and confirmed its B2 senior implied and Caa1 issuer ratings with a …

It was with great fanfare that the District of Columbia last week unveiled a new, underground first-responder wireless system stretching through subway tunnels that’s fully interoperable with an advanced public-safety …

It’s been nearly three years since attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, yet the city still does not have interoperable public-safety systems. It’s unthinkable. And yet, it …

Once again, there is a fresh example of people using lawsuits to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions. The same day last week that Nokia Corp. issued a warning …

First, New Mexico, the state where President Bush March 26 unveiled his broadband policy for dummies. Now, New Hampshire, the state where Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will join …