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NEW YORK-Like the Wizard of Oz working the controls unseen, electronic commerce could soon become the primary delivery and fulfillment mechanism for all goods and services, regardless of whether consumers …

The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the best way to market data and …

BOSTON-Two companies released reports that highlight the potential of wireless Internet access and mobile data communications and their possible effect on the electronic commerce market. “Mobile Electronic Commerce: The New …

SINGAPORE-Electronics manufacturing and design services provider Flextronics International Ltd. and Chatham Technologies Inc., an integrated electronic packaging systems supplier to the communications industry, signed a definitive merger agreement for a …

NEW YORK-Amid the clutter of conflicting and shifting capital market indicators, the outlook for companies in any sector related to wireless telecommunications nevertheless appears positive. The daily whipsawing of the …

Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world communicates. Knowing they can’t provide that …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS Network Partner US Unwired Inc. launched personal communications service in nine southeast markets, including Anniston, Mobile and five counties in the Birmingham, Ala., area; Hot Springs …

The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of …

NEW YORK-The interplay between intelligent networks and Internet Protocol is a battle of the Titans, according to David Berndt, director of wireless mobile technologies for The Yankee Group. Carriers must …

The CDMA industry recently chose to standardize Qualcomm Inc.’s High Data Rate technology, but industry analysts wonder when carriers will see a big enough business case to deploy the data-only …

NEW YORK-The conventional wisdom that communications software and enhanced services were “a one-night stand as an investment opportunity,” has faded away amid a proliferation of new carrier requirements, said Susan …

We have e-mail, e-commerce and e-tailers, among other “electronic” conveniences. The “e” phenomenon has spread quickly across all aspects of business and industry, and now wireless customers with questions or …

BOULDER, Colo.-Carrier Access Corp. and Nera Telecommunications announced the field trial of a new wireless broadband network at TechTel, a competitive local exchange carrier in Lubbock, Texas. The trial will …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel will test a new wireless voice and data technology that is expected to improve how the company deploys competitive local telephone service by bypassing the normal wired …

SOMERSET, N.J.-Scantron Services Group said it will use Dynamic Mobile Data Systems Inc.’s MobileDispatch and wireless technology to help it reduce the response time of technicians by as much as …

When questioned about the narrowband wireless local loop market, people in the telecommunications industry offer such differing opinions you expect a hidden camera to be planted somewhere in an attempt …

NEW YORK-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. squeaked through its initial public offering May 18, pricing its 8-million-share deal at $11 each, $2 below the low end of the expected …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-More than 2 million Japanese customers subscribe to DDI, DDI-Cellular Group, TU-KA Group and IDO’s wireless Internet access services “EZweb” and EZaccess,” according to Phone.com Inc. “We are …

HONG KONG-China Unicom Ltd., China’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is planning an initial public offering in June on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges. China Unicom is expected to …

While the big names in the wireless industry usually get most of the credit for providing wireless coverage across the country, it is the smaller players who often make up …

Blame it on the glut of recent mergers and acquisitions. Blame it on the abundance and promise of working at a start-up company. But for these reasons and more, recruiters …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services affiliate, launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Oxford, Miss., and Fort Smith, Ark., bringing the total number of markets with SunCom …

CANCUN, Mexico-The big push to interoperate GSM and TDMA standards is well under way, allowing customers using either standard to roam around the world and giving U.S. TDMA operators a …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. completed its $125 million acquisition of Texas 9 Rural Service Area encompassing the towns of Brownwood, Stephenville, Hamilton and Hillsboro, Texas. “Texas 9 fits well with …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. replaced BellSouth Mobility’s existing Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure in Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, La. The five markets are the …