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Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according to a new report from the …

WASHINGTON-As local number portability goes nationwide today, rural Americans who want to port their wireline phone numbers to wireless carriers may find the deadline is a bit elastic. “Right now, …

The departments of Defense and Homeland Security continue to be vital customers for the satellite sector. Satellite owners and operators may profit from the ramped-up need for their services, but …

Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according to a new report from the …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless broadband access solutions, said it received more than $7 million in new orders from existing customers. The orders are for the company’s Merlin …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules allowing unlicensed services to operate in the unused TV band. “What we have always been committed to is that there has to be …

While Wal-Mart Stores Inc. joins the high-tech industry in celebrating its recently launched supply-chain management Radio Frequency Identification pilot program, consumer privacy groups are shaking their collective heads, concerned about …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday proposed rules allowing unlicensed services to operate in the unused TV band. “What we have always been committed to is that there has to be …

WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile …

Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage …

WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile …

WASHINGTON-The bloodletting at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association continued this week as John Windolph, CTIA senior vice president for business development, and six lower-level employees were laid off. CTIA …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents. “We believe that Seven has …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents. “Visto continues to put considerable …

TOKYO-Following its plans for an initial public offering, Seven Networks Inc. announced its mobile e-mail software will be installed on NEC Corp.’s BREW-based handsets for Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. The …

SAN FRANCISCO-Aligo Inc. announced enhancements to its Mobile Access mobile groupware application offering for the enterprise. The enhanced application features speech-recognition capabilities, standards-based security, integrated access for multiple groupware applications, …

I suspect there could be something to allegations leveled by former cyber security czar Richard Clarke against the Bush administration. Ditto for former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill. Yet there is …

Software provider Seven Networks Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock, to …

ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The …

You’ve got to feel for the President’s loyal pal, Don Evans, whose colossal bureaucracy oversees everything from the health of the atmosphere to the well-being of the airwaves. Days after …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Just a few months after it acquired the company, InterDigital Communications Corp.’s subsidiary Tantivy Communications Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. …

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless said it has launched a wideband CDMA baseband processor known as Spinnerchip, which will enable device manufacturers to develop single-mode WCDMA, dual-mode GSM/GPRS and WCDMA and multimode …

Movies adversely impact the privacy vs. security debate in this country. Law enforcement agents are either mythologized or demonized, using exotic technologies to monitor half the country without any obvious …

Following a robust holiday season that witnessed less pricing competition from nationwide operators, carriers waited the customary month into the new year before putting away their limited holiday promotions and …

Nextel Communications Inc.’s next-generation plans are set to be tested by the public as the carrier is planning a network trial in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area using Flarion Technologies Inc.’s …