Opinion

I hesitate a bit to write a column about driver distraction since the last time I did so a few readers found it necessary to disparage me on our letters …

I am moved. Not by car or subway, or even through time and space by sophisticated cell-phone technology. I am moved by news reports (some with pictures of eternity-bound adults …

Explaining logic behind 3GSM Dear Editor: Regarding the opinion article “Happy Families” in the May-June 2001 issue, no one should leave Stuart Sharrock “disturbed” for too long. However, I would …

NEW DELHI, India-Though a late starter, the Asia-Pacific region may steal a march over Europe in rolling out third-generation (3G) networks. On May 30, NTT DoCoMo became the first operator …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The cost of building individual third-generation (3G) networks has been described as a noose around the neck of European mobile operators already struggling with huge debts. But several 3G …

DENVER, United States-The third-generation (3G) hype is much less intense than a year ago, as executives and engineers get down to the nitty-gritty of making the new technology-and their business …

WASHINGTON-A noted privacy advocate said he is optimistic that legislation can be passed that would limit the government’s access to wireless location information, but other experts agreed that general privacy …

Privacy is not the same as secrecy. In fact, privacy done right does not restrict the flow of information between parties; it enables the free flow of information between two …

Having signed a $1.35 trillion tax-cut into law and organized a tee ball game on the South Lawn, President Bush has now turned his attention to 2004. Not that the …

Executives for personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week discussed the possibility of splitting the company’s operating system business and its device manufacturing segment into two separate companies, an …

A few years back RCR Wireless News ran a story that said AT&T Corp. was exploring-just studying the possibility, mind you-of implementing a CDMA overlay onto its TDMA network, and …

Move over, Neville Chamberlain. Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications that may or may not …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. slapped back at Research In Motion Ltd., which recently filed a patent lawsuit against the company’s unified message distribution service. Glenayre said it filed an answer …

If the debate over third-generation mobile-phone spectrum depended solely on financial lobbying clout, the well-heeled cellular industry would be awash in radio frequencies by now. Case closed. Complete, total victory. …

Dr. George Carlo has missed his true calling. Carlo, who led the six-year, $28 million effort to study any potential links between wireless phone use and cancer, should write self-help …

WASHINGTON-A recently released report from congressional auditors shows that an FBI unit created in 1998 to warn of cyber-security threats and infrastructure protection risks has had challenges getting off the …

Sens. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) are expected as early as this week to introduce pro-consumer wireless location privacy legislation, according to an Edwards staff member. Privacy advocates …

Predictable and right on cue, the blame game is on. Who lost James Jeffords, the Vermont senator whose switch from the Republican Party to independent status allowed Democrats to abruptly …

As part of the carrier’s $4 million investment in its Wyoming network, Verizon Wireless launched digital service in Laramie, Wyo. Previously, the carrier only offered analog service in the area. …

Greetings new Federal Communications Commissioners! As you begin this new journey in your life, charged with making decisions that will affect millions of U.S. citizens, I am sure you are …

Hand wringing over third-generation wireless development has apparently turned dysfunctional. Seems that anxious wireless carriers in the U.K. have taken to hiring psychologists for 3G-business strategy guidance, according to a …

It’s going to be a hot summer. First off, there is “this summer’s hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider,” featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M. Ericsson. Jolie plays cyber heroine Lara …

NEW YORK-Third-generation technology is completely unnecessary for taking advantage of data opportunities, which are growing even though widespread consumer adoption may be years away, according to speakers at the recent …

Suddenly, the balance of power in official Washington has swung to The Outlyer. Who could’ve predicted Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) would become such an unabashed Bush cheerleader or that Sen. …

One basic of writing a column is that the writer needs to have a strong opinion on the issue she is writing about. Normally, that is not a problem for …