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BEIJING-While China’s mobile-phone subscribers nearly doubled to 85.26 million last year, the country’s paging manufacturers and operators fought a rearguard battle. With continuing price drops in handsets and mobile services, …

Wireless Web site enabler 2Roam Inc. announced several new deals last week, one of which the company hopes will propel it into new and more profitable markets in the Asia-Pacific …

ATLANTA-Seagull, a provider of e-business enabling software, announced a partnership with Symbol Technologies, a supplier of rugged wireless devices and wireless network solutions. As partners, Seagull and Symbol will be …

NEW YORK – Although widespread adoption of wireless data remains more goal than reality, network operators, device makers and wireless applications developers have not wasted their efforts building the foundation …

Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog …

MONTREAL-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. released fourth-quarter 2000 results showing the company added 134,654 customers to its Fido wireless service, bringing its total customer base to 922,527 …

FT. COLLINS, Colo.-Marking the opening of its first retail store in Ft. Collins, Colo., Verizon Wireless presented a $2,500 donation to the Domestic Abuse Response Team in Larimer County. “Verizon …

TheRightSize TheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers …

NEW YORK-AirMedia has embarked on a common carrier strategy for Internet content provision with the late January introduction of its new “Wireless Hub.” “This will be a worldwide automated marketplace, …

NEW YORK-A host of players behind the scenes is pulling the complex strings required to amplify and simplify the end-user experience with billing and customer relationship management for the increasing …

Aether Aether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week suffered two stunning legal setbacks in health-related litigation, capped by the decision of wealthy Baltimore superlawyer Peter Angelos to take control of an $800 million …

LAS VEGAS-Whether we like it or not, most of us are plugged in, turned on or otherwise connected to everyone else on this planet. But in spite of these universal …

The Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, whose members often provide wireless as well as wireline service to rural America, is calling for the 107th Congress …

TOKYO-KDDI, the sole cdmaOne operator in Japan, has been expanding its international roaming services, fully using its universally standardized cdmaOne technology. In January, KDDI launched international roaming services in Canada …

Dear Editor: Your Dec. 11 piece, “TSR closes operations,” was interesting in light of what appears to be a total lack of information from actual TSR management. As a former …

Almost a month after the apparent demise of TSR Wireless L.L.C., which was the nation’s fourth-largest paging carrier before it suddenly closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy, there is …

NEW YORK-Before mobile commerce can reach the goal of providing a value-added revenue stream for wireless carriers, it must fulfill its potential as a value-added service for their customers. “Today …

A week after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in New Jersey, TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s fourth largest paging carrier, announced Friday it will continue to keep its network up …

Logistics services provider CellStar Corp. has agreed to sell Motorola’s wireless phones and accessories to carriers and dealers in the United States on terms that could rake in revenues in …

TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest privately held paging carrier, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy late Friday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in …

NEW YORK-The potential mobile-commerce revolution may well be in the intensive care unit, “but we’re not ready to declare it dead,” said David Bishop, director of wireless/mobile services for The …

Like chromosomes in the human body, the so-called Generations X and Y will wrestle for the kind of wireless features the automotive industry should provide in next-generation vehicles. Generation X …

Verizon Wireless announced plans to test its cdma2000 1xEV technology. The company said the technology can support a high-speed data rate of 2.4 Megabits per second in its existing spectrum …

This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes. For the …