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With 10 years and $100 million in research and development behind it, xG Technology Inc. is hoping the world is ready for its cognitive radio network. The Florida-based company stopped …

Recent actions by Middle East and Asian governments, as well as eight U.S. senators, that question whether telecom equipment manufacturers could undermine national security issues underscores how governments around the …

While WiMAX technology is often spoken of as the wireless protocol best suited for smart-grid applications, Alcatel Lucent and Texas Energy Network are planning to demonstrate next week that LTE …

Telecom service providers – both wireless and wireline – are going to need to find new ways to leverage their networks to find new revenue sources while gaining efficiencies in …

Telecom service providers – both wireless and wireline – are going to need to find new ways to leverage their networks to find new revenue sources while gaining efficiencies in …

Nokia Siemens Networks should be able to increase its presence in the United States and Japan with the announced acquisition of Motorola Inc.’s networks business. The $1.2 billion acquisition was …

The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with plans to remove barriers in wireless backhaul, announcing it plans to address the issue at its Aug. 5 meeting. The commission is …

A shakeup in the wireless infrastructure segment seems certain as Tyco Electronics Ltd. (TEL) bought ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT) for $1.25 billion and speculation heats up that Nokia Siemens Networks …

Adsmobil – The mobile advertising company has expanded its sales division, adding Thomas Anderson, formerly of JumpTap, and Wandrill Pruvot, formerly of Buzzcity. Anderson will serve as sales director, Americas, …

The Embedded Systems Conference, in San Jose CA., is hardly the place to look for simple, uncomplicated products, but small Danish company Nabto proved a welcome exception to all the …

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—“It’s not fair to call that a phone,” commented Craig Miller, VP of marketing and business development at chip maker Sequans, referring to the HTC EVO 4G WiMAX …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Appalachian Wireless said it will implement 14 of Transaction Network Services’ roaming, network and database solutions in an effort to strengthen its mobile roaming program.Aricent said Nepal Telecom has awarded …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, …

Riverbed Technology will pay $25 million to acquire a Massachusetts company in its effort to improve its Wide Area Network optimization products.Mazu, which is based in Cambridge, will become a …

StarHub and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced the launch of a new, commercially available 3G femtocell network in Singapore, which they said provides mobile-phone services through the carrier’s cable network.StarHub …

Sierra Wireless Inc. has launched its Junxion Box as its most recent addition to its AirLink Mobile and machine-to-machine line of devices, the company has announced.The cellular router technology became …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

By Chris Ambrosio, director, Wireless Device Strategies Service, Strategy Analytics Editor’s Note: This is the third column in a new weekly feature at RCRNews.com, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of …

Big deals attract attention. Watching mergers and acquisitions play out is a perennial spectator sport in the technology business, in part because the results of M&As take time to reach …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Cellular and Wi-Fi convergence technology developer, DiVitas Networks, announced it raked in $15 million during a second round of funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $23 million. …

MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom’s network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico. …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported that national wireless distributors Global Wireless Data and Trio Teknologies are now offering the carrier’s Wireless Wide Area Network Connectivity Service through their more than 445 …

Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of 3.6 million units in the second …

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 …