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Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global …

High-speed wireless data access provider Metricom Inc. posted a fourth-quarter loss and said it will postpone the introduction of its Ricochet data network in some markets until it secures additional …

NEW YORK-With the stocks of mobile operators down from their 52-week highs, despite some recent rebounding, now is a good time to buy them, said Sean P. Butson, wireless services …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Cingular Interactive introduced Operation Platinum Standard, a $50 million program designed to enhance the company’s nationwide wireless data network. The plan includes introducing two software revisions to double switching …

Nine months after investing an initial $33 million into its mobile Internet services development company Microcell i5 Inc., Canadian wireless operator Microcell Solutions Inc. introduced its i.Fido wireless data services …

NEW YORK-Borrowing the vernacular of a traffic engineer, a financier compared the current capital market conditions for telecommunications companies to rush-hour congestion, but observed that the tie-up looks like it …

Several large wireless operators showed proof of continuing strength in the wireless industry, amid rumblings of a general slowdown in the economy. AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless …

WASHINGTON-Is the fourth time the charm? The Federal Communications Commission last week delayed the 700 MHz (746-806 MHz) auction set to begin March 6 for the fourth time. The auction …

NEW YORK-AirMedia has embarked on a common carrier strategy for Internet content provision with the late January introduction of its new “Wireless Hub.” “This will be a worldwide automated marketplace, …

After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. The auction, which began Dec. 12, broke the previous record …

WASHINGTON-Under a new agreement, InPhonic Inc. will use Metrocall Inc.’s wireless networking capabilities to develop a line of two-way wireless data and messaging applications for Research In Motion Ltd. and …

A year ago, if a company was looking for a few million dollars in investment money, all it needed to do was call on Wall Street and wait for the …

Early expectations of the wireless Internet sweeping the country have suffered the realities of the limitations the service offers in comparison to the wired Web. While the number of wirelessly …

Wireless service providers offering analog phone service to their subscribers are forced to walk a fine line between alienating established customers who rely on analog service and the increased profitability …

NEW YORK-A host of players behind the scenes is pulling the complex strings required to amplify and simplify the end-user experience with billing and customer relationship management for the increasing …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use Sierra Wireless’ GPRS wireless modems for its plans to deploy GPRS, which expands the companies’ previous $30 million agreement for EDGE wireless …

Aether Aether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of …

NEW YORK-Debt downgrades for telecommunications carriers last year outnumbered upgrades by a two-to-one margin, setting the stage for increased pressure on ratings this year, analysts for Standard & Poor’s Corp. …

GENEVA-With the world’s first third-generation (3G) mobile systems due to come online in Japan in less than a year, Europe’s wireless operators are gearing up for an intense round of …

NEW YORK-Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has staked its business case on the proposition that typing should be nearly as easy as talking if wireless data usage is to reach its full …

TORONTO-In an effort to offer solutions for mobile work forces in markets such as field service, general merchandising and health care, Mobile Computing Corp. and Symbol Technologies Inc. announced a …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile Communications said it signed an agreement to sell Norcom Networks, an interactive wireless data service via satellite, to Canadian-listed Wireless Matrix. The company said consideration for the …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. changed its name to Cingular Interactive L.P. and will become a business unit of wireless operator Cingular Wireless. “As a member of the Cingular Wireless …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging carrier Metrocall Inc. may have to move from Nasdaq’s National Market System to its SmallCap Market System because the company’s stock has been trading below the minimum bid …

NEW YORK-To avoid falling into “microcap hell,” companies play a “gorilla game” of amassing size, but going public may not be the best way to get there, said Eric Gebaide, …