Opinion

News that the world’s largest chip maker, Intel Corp., plans to purchase mobile-phone chipset maker DSP Communications Inc. for $1.6 billion in cash left some analysts concerned last week that …

Dear Bernie, Congratulations on your promotion into the wireless industry. While I admired your foray into wireless with MCI WorldCom’s acquisition of SkyTel, I admit I was surprised at your …

Got a scandal? You a friend of Gore? Who ya gonna call? Stan Brand, of course. Stan the Man is the go-to guy for Dems in decline. Brand helped Tennessee …

The wireless guys aren’t the only ones nagging the GOP-led Congress for liability protection against trial lawyers. The insurance, automobile, pharmaceutical, retail, chemical, tobacco and financial industries also have opened …

Bankrupt C-block licensee General Wireless Inc. has satisfied too much of its reorganization plan for the Federal Communications Commission to appeal it, a Texas district court judge ruled last week. …

The wireless industry has yet another trade show under its belt. It’s time to sit back and take a deep breath before all hell breaks loose in preparation for the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Most cellular operators now recognize that to ensure their businesses continue to experience breakneck growth, they must compete more directly with fixed operators. According to industry analysts, this …

TOKYO-Softbank, Microsoft and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced they will establish a joint company to provide wireless access line services. According to the announcement, the new joint company will …

When the clocks roll over at midnight on 31 December, the world will usher in not only a new century, but a new paradigm in the way people communicate. What …

About the time PCS licenses were first up for grabs, industry prognosticators predicted that four or five mega-carriers would one day rule the U.S. wireless industry. Are we there yet? …

In an Aug. 23 column, I wistfully told of my pending upgrade from Sprint Spectrum to Sprint PCS. At that time, I hoped all would go well. All has not …

WASHINGTON-Millions of cellular telephones may be getting safety approvals by the Federal Communications Commission despite possibly exceeding the agency’s radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines. Professor Om P. Gandhi, a prominent RF …

If you want clout in Washington, the only thing better than being a top board member of either of the two largest wireless trade associations is not being a member …

The wireless industry is lagging behind in two areas that are gaining a lot of attention lately: e-commerce and telematics. The immediate response when one hears one is lagging is …

Five years after Congress approved a law designed to help law enforcement catch criminals, rules to implement the digital wiretap act have been decided. Now comes the difficult part-carrying out …

FCC Chairman Bill Kennard had an excellent opportunity last Tuesday to set the record straight on the side deal his top legal officer cut with the Justice Department and Nextel …

BANGALORE, India-It’s a difficult time for some cellular operators in India. The Department of Telecomunications (DoT) has terminated the cellular licenses and radio frequency licenses of a few operators in …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-PCS arrived in South America a year ago, and various signs already point to its success. Already, one PCS operator in Chile has surpassed the number of subscribers …

PCS carriers can be credited with spurring huge demand for wireless service in the United States, but they continue to struggle with brand awareness and perceptions customers have about coverage. …

Having returned from Cape Cod and read about the ill-fated hostile takeover attempt by Nextel Communications Inc., the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, I got to thinking: Had …

Everywhere you look it seems wireless companies are declaring bankruptcy. Iridium, NextWave and Metro PCS all are trying to beat their way through the complex jungle of Chapter 11 bankruptcy …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-The government late Friday was granted a last-minute emergency stay in its appeal against the bankruptcy reorganization of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., despite a stinging rebuke from another …

Lucent Technologies Inc. last week pulled off what could be seen as a major coup with the announcement that it plans to acquire Excel Switching Corp., the Hyannis, Mass.-based developer …

Soon my constant companion will leave me-no I don’t mean my husband or my adorable bulldog-rather I mean my Sprint Spectrum phone. I (along with all of the other Sprint …

Anyway you slice it, the Nextel-government-NextWave thing is weird. Nextel Communications Inc. gets government approval to go after NextWave Telecom Inc. licenses, even though NextWave has no intention of giving …