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 mobile phone when her Toyota Landcruiser plowed into another car, killing two women and...
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 generation of technologies and the wideband CDMA protocol gearing up for dominance, last week the...
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 weaknesses, especially in the two main places where they hope to flex muscles for market...
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 enough to cause consumers not to jump on-or jump off of- the mobile bandwagon...
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 control in a market, leave it in place or raise the cap to 70...
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 Utilities Commission may consider approving a new policy before year's end that would allow...
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 and devices-the classroom.The vision these companies have consists of students keeping up with new...
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 is occupied by a variety of tenants including religious, educational and fixed wireless Internet...
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. and Siemens AG believe they can leverage their resources and successful histories in other areas...
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 Inc., launched a wireless services group, introduced an in-building wireless solution and is delivering an...
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 either not been invited or were unaware of a press conference meant to kick...
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 wireless advertising group urged the FCC to take a different approach.The Cellular Telecommunications &...
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 and offices on the East and West coasts.The Japanese parent has established NTT DoCoMo...
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 deadline will be met.In the last week alone, one of the nation's largest carriers...
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 Beach, the promise of m-commerce was underlined over and over by diverse executives in...
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has agreed to become the first carrier for Digital Angel, which expects to offer the first on-body gauge of vital signs transmitted wirelessly in real time to medical professionals.Since Applied Digital Solutions, Hauppauge, N.Y., announced plans in early November...
EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE.Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea.Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not amused by the optimism expressed about...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says he is bullish on third-generation wireless services but believes not only is new spectrum needed, but carriers must also make efficient use of the spectrum they currently have."I am one who is bullish about the prospects...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation to curb unsolicited commercial e-mail, possibly clearing the way for lawmakers to consider a related bill championed by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) that would ban mobile-phone spam.The anti-spam bill, now ripe for House floor action, would...
LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced partnerships that it said will lead to new applications and services for a variety of devices for the GSM/GPRS network it plans to deploy later this year.AT&T plans to work with Accenture, Compaq Computer, MDSI and Siebel Systems...
WASHINGTON-The General Accounting Office this week is expected to send drafts of a mobile-phone health report to key government agencies, suggesting congressional investigators are on track to complete by early May an investigation whose results could greatly impact wireless health policy and research funding...
LAS VEGAS-Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wireless 2001 show, offering up opinions and advice about the comparatively new wireless industry that is becoming an integral part of the desktop, laptop and wired Web world.Jerry...
LAS VEGAS-Spectrum issues were at the forefront of discussions during the opening keynote speech at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show in Las Vegas Tuesday. Highlighting the industry's spectrum woes were CTIA president Thomas Wheeler, CTIA Chairman and Voice-Stream Wireless Corp....
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now.International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed several end-user segments to determine what the most popular mobile Internet applications would be if...
