Wireless Services

If teens remain `talkaholics’ and have fun doing it, Voyant Technologies wants to provide the fuel. With an instant voice-messaging solution in a next-generation environment, the company thinks it is …

While carriers’ network upgrade plans have garnered the majority of attention from the wireless industry, there is another equally important area that many wireless companies are now focusing on: the …

Customers looking for Verizon Wireless service will now have an additional 4,400 outlets to chose from following last week’s announcement with RadioShack Corp. to house Verizon Wireless stores-within-a-store in RadioShack …

ORLANDO, Fla.-In the sun-draped city of Orlando, with its springtime spurts of rain and dreamy lakes, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium drew a mixed crowd of wireless vendors, operators, developers …

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. launch its GSM service May 1 in Chicago. The carrier said subscribers have free access to its Great Lake Neighborhood plan, allowing free long-distance for calls placed …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has agreed to pay $6.9 billion total for British Telecommunications plc’s interests in Japan and Spain. The sale includes BT’s 20-percent stake in Japan Telecom and its …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian wireless market, so far a preserve of GSM, has been opened to the competing CDMA technology in a big way. CDMA growth is expected to pick …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Wireless Communications Association has elected seven new members to its board of directors. They are: Jai P. Bhagat, chairman and chief executive officer of Air2Lan Inc; David B. …

The future of third-generation networks took a hit last week following NTT DoCoMo’s announcement that it was suspending the introduction of its highly touted 3G network in Japan from May …

WASHINGTON-Jeb Bush, the Florida governor who figured big in the controversial electoral victory that proved decisive in getting his brother elected president, has entered the political fray over third-generation mobile-phone …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s growing driver-distraction problem has taken on new urgency as a result of a deadly traffic accident in Las Vegas allegedly caused by woman speeding and talking on her …

Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses. With the battle for market share boiling up over the next …

Wideband CDMA and cdma2000 are not only migrating to the future, but also to the battleground. Both technologies will hoist their banners as they deploy their strengths and shield their …

As the apparent economic slowdown continues to shake up Wall Street and dislodge stocks, many in the wireless industry are holding their breath to see whether the situation is grave …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is wading through competing comments and competing economic studies as it decides whether to eliminate the cap that limits the amount of spectrum a company can …

WASHINGTON-In a development with national implications for a wireless industry increasingly hit with complaints about service quality and billing problems, a California telecom regulator last week suggested the state Public …

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and rather unlikely area for wireless services …

The federal government recently has been looking at freeing up spectrum in the 1710-1850 MHz band, currently being used by the Department of Defense, and the 2500-2690 MHz band, which …

The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave. In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. …

With a three-pronged onslaught at the wireless market, AeroComm Inc. is trying to move its image up a notch. The company, which is a wireless systems division of International FiberCom …

WASHINGTON-A public-safety initiative to bring all those involved in enhanced 911 implementation together got off to a rocky start last week when many of the largest carriers said they had …

WASHINGTON-Privacy advocates and the wireless industry urged the Federal Communications Commission recently to initiate a rulemaking designed to create wireless location privacy rules, while a wireless consumer group and a …

NEW YORK-As it gears up to export i-mode to the United States as part of its alliance with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., NTT DoCoMo recently has established an American subsidiary …

WASHINGTON-Fears about the timely deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II service appear to be coming true even as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission expressed optimism that the Oct.1 …

I’ve seen the future and it is m-commerce. M is for money, isn’t it? Money or mobile, same thing, different pronunciation. At Accenture’s Global Communications Forum last week in Miami …