wireless phones

WASHINGTON-A seemingly well-scripted House hearing to launch a watered-down E911 bill and a beefed-up privacy bill disintegrated into a fracas last week over the National Park Service’s handling of antenna-siting …

Earlier in this decade, the wireless industry began heating up over the immense promise of wireless local loop applications. Predictions of an explosion of worldwide WLL system installations through the …

In a rapidly consolidating wireless industry, the list of available cellular carriers last week got shorter by two. After entertaining bids from at least two suitors, including Bell Atlantic Corp., …

A Utah state representative plans to introduce legislation next year that would ban the use of wireless phones while driving. Rep. Ralph Becker said his bill would be similar to …

WASHINGTON-Those wishing to bring to market new and updated technologies, including access to the Information Superhighway, should look at the wireless industry to provide that access, said Kathryn Condello, vice …

Ever since Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced the first in a new class of mobile phones with its Nokia 9000 Communicator, the excitement surrounding the idea of devices that combine …

PARK RIDGE, N.J.-Sony Electronics Inc. is contacting users of an estimated 60,000 Sony dual-band wireless phones in the United States because some may have power settings in excess of the …

The Internet landscape was altered dra-matically last week when America Online Inc. announced it will acquire Netscape Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $4.2 billion. At the same …

Nearly a year in the making, Geoworks Corp. has introduced a long-awaited software solution that allows carriers to add enhanced data services to otherwise voice-only phones. Called Premion Interface+, the …

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications said it will centralize mobile phone services for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The first phase of the project will consolidate about 8,000 of the …

NEW YORK-At first glance, a bearded journalist in business-casual attire may seem an unlikely arbiter of good taste for minding your manners when using mobile telephony. But just as a …

Microsoft Corp. last week announced plans to enter the smart-card market with a new standards-based operating system called Smart Cards for Windows. The system will allow smart-card developers to take …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission agreed with law enforcement that five controversial features of new digital wiretap capabilities are within the law. However, the agency ruled three other capabilities are outside …

Nortel Networks Inc. announced it entered an alliance with Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. to collaborate on wideband Code Division Multiple Access market development, including experimental network systems, services and …

Ask any wireless carrier to name its goals, and most would mention they want to build brand loyalty with their existing customers. Yet research from Technology Trends Inc. indicates carriers …

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp. announced last week at Wireless I.T. in Las Vegas plans to create a microbrowser designed specifically for handheld wireless devices to access Web content. According to Cameron …

L.M. Ericsson last week spelled out details of its new strategic direction, which includes an increased focus on Internet technologies to piggyback on its established position in the wireless and …

WASHINGTON-With the scheduled adjournment of the 105th Congress last Friday, the wireless industry will be able to point to few visible victories. Indeed, industry can point to just two victories-one …

NEW YORK-Concerns are mounting that recent deliberations by federal government leaders in China could lead to a lock-out of foreign investors from its telecommunications services market. “China has quietly issued …

As an industry, we are all too aware of the fundamental changes in our business. The days of high average revenue per minute of use, phenomenal subscriber growth numbers, low …

Wireless intelligent network deployments remain slow in the United States as mobile phone carriers have focused on building out digital networks and spending money on switching and radio-frequency infrastructure. That …

NEW YORK-Domestic wireless carriers “now have prepaid (services) fully introduced throughout their geographic territories,” but they lag behind their peers abroad in fully tapping its potential, said Scott R. Cassell, …

Extending desktop personal computer information to mobile phones has become a point of differentiation for several wireless companies of late, and Paragon Software plans to introduce a new application to …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones announced the Telecoil-a hearing-aid compatible accessory designed to provide improved communications for the hearing impaired. The new product works with Nokia 5100 or 6100 digital wireless …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group said its new system-on-a-chip process could result in wireless phones that operate for a month without needing recharging. The company announced a .13 micron fabrication …