LAS VEGAS-Bill Gates told a packed audience at the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week that technology has become commonplace. Because as of this Christmas my parents have joined the world of people who use wireless phones (with a little arm twisting...
It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp., it enjoys a healthy value chain, there are a growing number of case studies and success...
CALGARY, Alberta-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. will use technology from Zi Corp. in its new wireless phones for the Taiwanese PHS market. The phones are expected to reach the market in the first quarter of 2004.Zi makes user interfaces for data entry. The company recently...
RESTON, Va.-Following the implementation of a new billing system last year, Nextel Communications Inc. unveiled a pair of billing distribution methods for select customers including e-mail or fax options that are available for no additional cost. Nextel noted the options are available to customers...
"The Internet is a great tool for communication and commerce. It's changing our lives-largely for the better. But as consumers, we should have the power to stop getting commercial or pandering e-mail on our computers or on the computers of our children." Gratuitous...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Monday said wireline carriers must port customers' telephone numbers to wireless carriers even if the wireless carrier does not have a switch in the wireline carrier's rate center, but the FCC is seeking comment on how to make it possible...
WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer lawsuit against Motorola Inc. and others. The decision puts in further jeopardy nine pending brain-cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry in Baltimore federal court and...
WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday unanimously affirmed a lower court's dismissal of an $800 million brain-cancer suit against Motorola Inc. and others. The decision puts in further jeopardy nine pending brain cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry in Baltimore federal court...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association today launched a new campaign to bring awareness to its own phone recycling program and the recycling efforts of several of its members."The wireless industry has been a leader in encouraging the safe management of its used hardware,...
The school bell has rung. The still of summer is about to be shaken. Thank goodness. The wireless industry has held its collective breath waiting for a business uptick for months (years) now, and several prospects for just that are finally waiting just over...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced iPhonebook will be available with its Get It Now service for the LG VX6000 handset, allowing customers to use their wireless phones to e-mail pictures. With iPhonebook, users can download contact phone numbers and e-mail addresses directly from Microsoft Outlook,...
CORAL GABLES, Fla.-THB Bury, through its subsidiary THB USA Inc., announced it will offer its hands-free wireless equipment in North America. THB's product line, currently offered in Europe, includes System 8, which allows wireless users to switch between different models and makes of wireless...
The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. Indeed, Sprint's camera-phone service played a major role in a widely reported story of...
SAN DIEGO-A delayed initial public offering and the resulting moves toward integration with the company's parent in Japan compelled top executives at mobile-phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. to resign, the company said.Howard Speaks resigned as Kyocera's chief executive officer and president. He was hired...
A delayed initial public offering and the resulting moves toward integration with the company's parent in Japan compelled top executives at mobile-phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. to resign, the company said.Howard Speaks resigned as Kyocera's chief executive officer and president. He was hired in...
BOSTON-Most people completely replacing their landline phones with wireless phones are between 18 and 24 years old, according to The Yankee Group's 2003 Mobile User Young Adult Survey.While 12 percent of respondents who said they had replaced their landline phones were in the 18-to-24...
Driver distraction has become an increasing debate among lawmakers, with Congress likely to consider legislation soon that would ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving-nationwide. Such legislation would put a damper on the futuristic plans of the automotive and cellular industries to...
Driver distraction has become an increasing debate among lawmakers, with Congress likely to consider legislation soon that would ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving-nationwide. Such legislation would put a damper on the futuristic plans of the automotive and cellular industries to...
Verizon Wireless announced its subscribers will be able to vote on the selection of the most valuable player in the WNBA All-Star game using a short code voting system.Fans can pre-register for the wireless voting directly from their Verizon Wireless phones by sending the...
Executives from the nation's largest wireless carriers met last week in an effort to hammer out the details of a universal short code system, according to industry sources.Future meetings have been scheduled with an eye toward having the system commercially up and running by...
DENVER-Verizon Wireless launched its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network service in Colorado, providing customers with access to the wireless data network at average speeds between 40 and 60 kilobits per second and peak speeds of up to 144 kbps. The carrier said the launch is...
The National Emergency Numbering Association held its annual meeting here in Denver last week. During my albeit brief attendance, I got a glimpse of the PSAP view on E-911 implementation. The meeting's focus and theme of "One Common Cause" actually encompassed several focuses, as...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Catering to the fastest growing minority group in the United States, Verizon Wireless launched a Spanish-language Web site, which the carrier said offers online access to the carrier's products and services.Verizon Wireless said the site, which is located at www.verizonwireless.com/espanol, allows customers to...
TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless customers can now download English- and French-language Java technology-based games and applications published by Tira Wireless to their mobile devices. "Rogers AT&T Wireless has clearly recognized the potential of this market and is leading the way by offering its customers a...
