wireless data

Vodafone Sweden launched multimedia consumer services via its UMTS-based network in Sweden along with promotional rate plans that include up to 120 free minutes of video calls each month to …

ROCKVILLE, Md.-Airbee Wireless Inc., which develops intelligent software for wireless voice, data and video communications, announced it has opened a new development center in Chennai, India, that will function as …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Sweden launched multimedia consumer services via its UMTS-based network in Sweden along with promotional rate plans that include up to 120 free minutes of video calls each month …

ROCKVILLE, Md.-Airbee Wireless Inc., which develops intelligent software for wireless voice, data and video communications, announced it has opened a new development center in Chennai, India, that will function as …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The former founders of @Road have announced the first product to emerge from their new business venture, GenX Mobile Inc. The GNX-10 location-based in-vehicle unit provides wireless data …

In a move expected to bolster its spectrum position and coverage in the western United States, Verizon Wireless reported late last week that it had agreed to acquire Qwest Communications …

The Ricochet saga continues, with Falls Church, Va.-based YDI Wireless Inc. becoming Ricochet Networks Inc.’s fourth owner in two years. YDI bought the company for $3 million in cash, along …

Last week was a good one for developers. The wireless industry has begun to give developers the attention they deserve, as evidenced by the slew of wireless-focused announcements at JavaOne …

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier’s plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. Cingular noted …

The high-speed wireless data field is filling up with contestants as most of the country’s larger operators have announced plans to deploy services that in some cases will open up …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will begin offering a bundled device and services package allowing business customers to use Bluetooth-enabled Hewlett-Packard iPAQ Pocket PC devices and Nokia Corp.’s 6820 …

The Ricochet saga continues, with Falls Church, Va.-based YDI Wireless Inc. becoming Ricochet Networks Inc.’s fourth owner in two years. YDI bought the company for $3 million in cash, along …

NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier’s plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. In addition …

SINGAPORE-The Open Mobile Alliance wireless standards group announced the release of several new specifications covering Web services, location-based services and other hot-button technologies. Founded two years ago, OMA works to …

Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based wireless broadband access service, allowing its customers in Alaska to access high-speed wireless data services at speeds up to 2.4 …

SHANGHAI, China-Chinese software vendor Discovery Telecommunications Ltd. announced it acquired two wireless data subsidiaries of Intrinsic Technology Holdings Ltd., a Chinese company that works to develop Chinese wireless content and …

The Open Mobile Alliance wireless standards group announced the release of several new specifications covering Web services, location-based services and other hot-button technologies. Founded two years ago, OMA works to …

High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. showed its prowess in two third-generation technologies through two contract announcements, one for CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and the other for UMTS equipment. In its DO …

Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn’t really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed wireless networks or processor specifications for …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters …

SAN DIEGO-Regional wireless carrier Ntelos Inc. launched an application distribution system using Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW technology, the two companies announced. “We are constantly exploring new ways to enhance our subscriber’s …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it scored its ninth i-mode carrier partner as Greek operator Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications SA announced it will launch the wireless Internet service on its GPRS network. …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Investors cheered as Comverse Technology Inc. announced it reversed its losses to report a positive net income in its first fiscal quarter. The company also raised its forecast for …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has selected the carrier to provide 800 Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry devices for the government agency’s Washington, …