WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission towers to erect cellular phone...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission ruled to clear the backlog of antenna-siting applications subject to a nationwide programmatic agreement designed to elicit dialogue among tower owners, mobile-phone carriers, Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations of proposed tower construction covered by the National Historic Preservation...
WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit today against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The suit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission towers to erect cellular...
WASHINGTON-Key Republican and Democratic senators officially unveiled legislation overhauling the nation's half-century-old emergency warning system by tapping into wireless and other digital technologies to alert citizens in real time to emergency situations. The introduction of the Warning, Alerts, and Response Network Act was announced...
WASHINGTON-Key Republican and Democratic senators officially unveiled legislation overhauling the nation's half-century-old emergency warning system by tapping into wireless and other digital technologies to alert citizens to real-time emergency situations. The introduction of the Warning, Alerts, and Response Network Act was announced late Thursday...
WASHINGTON-A revised, $250 million emergency alert system bill set to be introduced would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-not the Department of Homeland Security-the lead in modernizing the nation's Cold War-era disaster warning regime by taking advantage of wireless and other digital technologies....
Canadian telecom giants Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada said they plan to jointly build and manage a nationwide wireless broadband network that could include roaming opportunities with Craig McCaw's U.S.-based wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp. Bell Canada and Rogers said they will pool...
Canadian telecom giants Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada said they plan to jointly build and manage a nationwide wireless broadband network that through a potential roaming agreement could include Craig McCaw's U.S.-based wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp. Bell Canada and Rogers said they...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless carriers announced they would send text messages to people who opt in to receive...
When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier's reach, making a significant mark not only in this country, but around the world as well. But...
Bolstered by the launch of higher-speed wireless data networks, wireless operators are beginning to push into the wireline data replacement space with offerings designed to provide primary or backup data solutions to wireline data transmission links. Sprint Corp. is the latest to launch such...
Sprint Corp.'s months-long high-speed wireless data tease came to an end last week as the company finally announced the launch of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The company said the service would be available in business districts and airport locations in 34 markets by...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use. The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home page for its...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use, the companies said Wednesday.The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home...
BRAZILTwo wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo's access transmission network. Ericsson said its Mini-Link microwave transmission solution will provide extra backhaul capacity and flexibility, as...
BEDMINSER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless plans to introduce new rate plans combining voice minutes and unlimited data access from a personal digital assistant, smart phone or BlackBerry device. The new plans begin at $80 per month for 450 anytime calling minutes, unlimited night and weekend calling...
Verizon Wireless said it plans to introduce new rate plans that combine voice minutes and unlimited data access from a personal digital assistant, smart phone or BlackBerry device.The new plans begin at $80 per month for 450 anytime calling minutes, unlimited night and weekend...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile operator.L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo's access transmission network. Ericsson said its Mini-Link microwave transmission solution will provide extra backhaul capacity and flexibility,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported insight into the usage patterns of its Wi-Fi subscribers as well as several Wi-Fi roaming agreements, which the carrier said would triple the number of hot spots available to its Hotspot customers to more than 25,000 locations worldwide. T-Mobile...
One pioneering wireless data technologies is getting closer to its expiration date, as AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s low-speed CDPD wireless data network is set to be shut down June 30 by new owner Cingular Wireless L.L.C. AWS had previously said it planned to shut...
Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine their efforts if they...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access network launch until sometime later next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world's bleeding edge of wireless innovation. DoCoMo's news also serves to add an extra layer of...
DALLAS-I can see Homer Simpson peering out of the phone in Martyn Gregory's hand. The animated "Simpsons" TV star is trying desperately to jump off a burning oil tower and into a hovering helicopter. I see Homer's wife Marge waving him on. But I've...
