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 as many competitive broadband platforms as possible. I have been a broken record on this...
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 protection rate plans that some analysts note could increase customer satisfaction at the...
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 USA Inc.'s use of numbers there."The CPUC has requested that a `for cause' audit...
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 USA Inc.'s use of numbers there."The CPUC has requested that a `for cause' audit...
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 would not release the names of the six other employees besides Windolph, only confirming that...
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 infringed on several of our patents, including our most recently granted one, and we will...
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 resources into developing unique technologies that are key to the secure synchronization of data and...
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 company's software offers real-time access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP4 and POP3 e-mail,...
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, support for multiple devices and seven different language capabilities."There is no reason today that every...
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 something unsettling about these guys, these for-profit patriots. What stopped either from taking...
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 be sold by both the company and selling stockholders. The company also announced...
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 deal is the latest in a series of major mergers and acquisitions in 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 White House chief economist Greg Mankiw did a Bobby McFerrin number on overseas outsourcing...
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. InterDigital said the suit covers seven patents, and that the company is seeking damages...
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 GSM/GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA devices."The speed of integration afforded by the add-on architecture is...
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 administrative requirements. Did Agent Scully ever do any paperwork?It is important to stress...
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 rolling out new rates that are expected to set the stage for the rest...
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 Fast Hopped Low Latency Access with Seamless Handoff, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, or Flash-OFDM,...
RESTON, Va.-One option for Nextel Communications Inc.'s next-generation wireless data network is set for public consumption as the carrier is planning a network trial in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area using Flarion Technologies Inc.'s Flash-OFDM-based technology. The carrier, which refused to comment on the trial,...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Consumer experience research firm Vocal Laboratories reported Verizon Wireless received the highest customer service quality rating in a recent survey comparing the quality of customer service of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless.The report noted Verizon...
WASHINGTON-CTIA's Steve Largent continued reorganizing the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, announcing that Carolyn Brandon has been named vice president for policy and Bob Bolster will become director of congressional affairs."Bob and I worked side-by-side through much of my time in Congress and I...
BOSTON-Consolidation will continue in the Brazilian mobile operator market as companies position themselves to provide fixed and mobile services, local and long-distance calls, voice and data services, and applications and content, according to a report from the Yankee Group."Brazilian market consolidation has not finished....
WASHINGTON-CTIA's Steve Largent continued reorganizing the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, announcing that Carolyn Brandon has been named vice president for policy and Bob Bolster will become director of congressional affairs."Bob and I worked side-by-side through much of my time in Congress and I...
Even as some are predicting the impending demise of WAP, others are betting their futures on it.One such player is Obigo, a longtime participant in wireless data that is hoping a new name and face will energize its sales.Obigo was founded as AU-System, and...
