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WASHINGTON-Public-safety advocates of the Consensus Plan to solve interference in the 800 MHz band spoke by telephone with FCC Chairman Michael Powell May 27, expressing concern Nextel Communications Inc. will …

WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission’s bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. …

At this writing, I haven’t a clue which bill of rights the California Public Utilities Commission will embrace or what plan the Federal Commissions Commission will adopt to remedy public-safety …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it is recalling an additional 40,000 mobile-phone batteries because they are potentially faulty. The company said the situation stems from the previously announced battery recall for …

Camera phones are the most rapidly accepted consumer electronics device in history. Yet it appears that wireless carriers-a group many assumed would reap the rewards of a camera-phone revolution-are sitting …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week’s Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it …

WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), was approved by a 24-to-11 bipartisan …

Bolstering its Ready Link walkie-talkie offering, Sprint PCS launched its fifth Sanyo handset for the service, which the carrier said now includes more than 275,000 users. Sprint also rearranged pricing …

Fresh on the heels of Cometa Networks Inc. shutting down its Wi-Fi service because investors couldn’t find a way to make money from it, Wi-Fi provider Wayport said it would …

A pair of carriers shared the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.’s ranking of 20 North American wireless operators’ first-quarter financial results as Verizon Wireless and Canadian operator Telus …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

WASHINGTON-The battle for the heart of the Federal Communications Commission continued last week as internal debate raged on regarding the best solution for solving public-safety interference in the 800 MHz …

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices. First up is Samsung Electronics …

WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission’s bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it is recalling an additional 40,000 mobile-phone batteries due to potentially faulty batteries. The company said the situation stems from the previously announced battery recall for …

Wireless carriers made improvements in inventory management during the first quarter, according to a new study by InfoTech Marketing. While total cost of equipment sales rose, inventory levels fell by …

WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate Tuesday. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), was approved by a 24-to-11 …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. This announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

Wi-Fi service provider Wayport this week unveiled Wi-Fi World, a new pricing model for its Wi-Fi-enabled McDonald’s restaurants in which service will be provided for a fixed monthly fee per …

Government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has never really been in doubt, predictable consumer-group opposition notwithstanding. Now it is a near …

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, …

Nextel Communications Inc.’s spectrum realignment plans were headed for resolution early this year, with reports indicating the government was set to award the carrier 10 megahertz of spectrum in the …

Sendia Corp. has built a business model around bringing existing wireless enterprise applications to market. “We’re not an application developer ourselves,” explained Alex Klyce, Sendia’s executive vice president. Rather, “we …

Although Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and …