Michael Foley, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG, answered a few questions for RCR Wireless News via e-mail regarding the factory raid in China. RCR: To what degree is this raid an ongoing effort on behalf of the Bluetooth SIG? Is the group targeting...
The third week of the advanced wireless spectrum auction showed significant slowing in bidding action. Nevertheless, it appears the Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable joint venture is aiming to build a broad footprint of 20-megahertz B-block licenses. Click here for the latest headlines from the AWS...
WASHINGTON—NextWave Telecom Inc. and Dobson Communications Co. are the two most active bidders remaining in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction. Click here for the latest headlines from the AWS auction. Click here for full AWS auction coverage.The bidding continued to wind down on...
Amid intensified airport security, U.S. passports outfitted with RFID technology rolled off the government's presses as the U.S. State Department began issuing electronic passports to the public. The State Department said e-passports are being produced at its Colorado Passport Agency in Denver and will...
SAN FRANCISCO-In a marketing space where irrational exuberance evokes deja vu, NeoMedia Technologies Inc. seems particularly, well, exuberant. The Fort Myers, Fla., company has been snatching up hot mobile-advertising companies in Europe and the United States with client rosters that read like a who's...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc. introduced its T66 dual-mode, dual-standby CDMA/GSM handset and announced China Unicom plans to offer the handset for use with its World Wind dual-mode service. The handset is targeted at mid- to high-end consumers and business users who want entertainment features on...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—UTStarcom Inc. introduced its T66 dual-mode, dual-standby CDMA/GSM handset and announced China Unicom plans to offer the handset for use with its World Wind dual-mode service. The handset is targeted at mid- to high-end consumers and business users who want entertainment features on...
The market for mobile phones' onboard memory is undergoing transformation and commoditization, threatening incumbent companies and opening opportunities for small, nimble companies with a competitive differentiator to their product, according to Yankee Group analyst John Jackson. Carriers and handset vendors are exploring how much...
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast and in Florida last year, and the U.S. is facing another above-average hurricane season. Cellular carriers claim that they are ready for the storm season, which starts June 1 and is expected to...
MELBOURNE, Fla.—Wireless base station supplier AirNet Communications Corp., which has been struggling through a restructuring for the past several years, has been hit with additional blows during the first half of this year and may have to close its doors. Last week, the company...
WASHINGTON—CTIA dismissed plans to reform the way carriers pay each other to carry traffic because the plan was basically wireline centric, said Paul Garnett, CTIA assistant vice president of regulatory affairs. However, the wireless trade association plans to continue participating in the process to...
WASHINGTON-Technology may be the only way to solve the centuries-old battle between copyright owners and consumers who want authorization to make copies of protected works. "We don't have a political solution, but if we could come up with a technological solution maybe we could...
WASHINGTON-A technology expert warned last week that if Congress authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require a broadcast flag in digital TV transmissions, the FCC could wind up as a gatekeeper for innovation. A broadcast flag is coding that would prevent the indiscriminate copying...
WASHINGTON-A technology expert warned Tuesday that if Congress authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require a broadcast flag in digital TV transmissions, the FCC could eventually wind up as a gatekeeper for new innovations. A broadcast flag is coding that would prevent the indiscriminate...
There is a great future in ethnography. Indeed, this interdisciplinary approach to studying social and cultural nuances of small groups of people in natural, day-to-day settings could hold the key to discovery-and commercial exploitation-of new wireless, Internet and other digital applications heretofore limited to...
Most wireless communications towers were able to remain at least upright through Katrina's wrath. Power and telecommunications facilities sustained widespread damage from water in some of the hardest-hit areas, but for the most part, the towers themselves weathered the storm and are intact. "We...
The wireless industry continues to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Aug. 29, but by late last week, carriers appeared to be making some progress. News reports indicated that wireless...
Wireless carriers continue to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Monday morning. News reports indicate that wireless services are severed completely in many communities due to power outages caused by...
Wireless-related mergers and acquisitions dominated the headlines last week from technology pairings to content match-ups. Here is a roundup: Qualcomm Inc. paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW platform...
RA'ANANA, Israel-Technology company Emblaze Ltd. announced it acquired video-communications company VCON Ltd., which is based in Israel. Emblaze said it will continue to offer VCON's mobile-video solutions to its customers, which include Renault in France, the Italian government, Wind Telecommunications SpA in Italy, Telstra...
WASHINGTON-Telecom and high-tech lobbyists will have little time to savor Senate passage of the Central America Free Trade Agreement, with the upcoming House vote too close to call.The Senate's 54-45 approval of CAFTA -Dominican Republic last Thursday night-before Congress broke for its July 4...
TOKYO-Eight wireless carriers that offer i-mode wireless Internet services based on NTT DoCoMo Inc. technology announced joint procurement for i-mode handsets. The carriers initially have procured Korean vendor LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s L342i handset, which began reaching markets at the end of last month....
TOKYO-Eight wireless carriers that currently offer i-mode wireless Internet services based on NTT DoCoMo Inc. technology announced joint procurement for i-mode handsets. The carriers initially have procured Korean vendor LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s L342i handset, which began reaching markets at the end of last...
LONDON-NEC Corp said it has received orders for its Mobile Internet Platform and mobile handsets for Russian wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems' i-mode service. The value of the deal was not disclosed.MTS currently has 40 million subscribers and more than 35 percent market share. The...
