WASHINGTON-As one of its final acts of business before handing over limited authority to an interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority referred to Iraq's independent telecom regulator allegations of corruption in mobile-phone licensing in the war-battered country...
LAS VEGAS-Left Right Marketing Technology Inc. said it expects to close its acquisition of NeoLink Wireless Content Inc. by July 31. NeoLink Wireless offers the MobiTV wireless broadcast platform that is offered by Sprint PCS.Upon completion of the acquisition, Left Right Marketing Technology plans...
Information security company Kaspersky Labs said it has detected a new computer worm that can affect Symbian-based smart phones. Although the software firm said it appears the virus hasn't yet affected any users, the news could mark a sign of times to come.Kaspersky Labs...
Information security company Kaspersky Labs said it has detected a new computer worm that can affect Symbian-based smart phones. Although the software firm said it appears the virus hasn't yet affected any users, the news could mark a sign of times to come.Kaspersky Labs...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which is less than nine months after the Bluetooth SIG said the industry had passed the 1-million-units-per-week mark."Bluetooth wireless technology is definitely...
DALIAN, China--Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments.
DALIAN, China-Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments."Technology and Internet adoption continues to transform how business is conducted and how consumers communicate and manage information worldwide," said John Antone,...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is now shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which is less than nine months after the Bluetooth SIG said the industry had passed the 1-million-units-per-week mark."Bluetooth wireless technology is...
By coincidence, the hotel hosting last week's Wireless Communications Association conference was also home to a three-day rally of the ReDefeat Bush crowd. Meeting rooms of the two diverse meetings were practically next to each other.The WCA show, while technologically and politically neutral, actually...
WASHINGTON-Craig McCaw, who made a fortune in the cellular industry before stumbling in satellite and local telephone ventures, last week unveiled plans to leverage wireless technology to compete against dominant telephone and cable TV companies in the lucrative high-speed Internet market. McCaw will pursue...
AUSTIN, Texas-Dell has joined the Wireless Networking and Communications Group at the University of Texas at Austin as an industrial affiliate sponsor.WNCG is an academic research center at the university that includes 12 engineering professors and 70 students who are researching wireless technologies for...
DALLAS-Although it is often thought of as a single wireless standard, WiMax actually addresses multiple areas of the telecommunications market, according to a new report from Parks Associates called "Untethering Broadband: WiMax, 802.20 and Others."The standard offers two major value propositions, including broadband access...
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the subsequent creation of a still-evolving homeland security regime in the United States probably did more for the wireless industry than all the combined hype about third-generation mobile-phone technology that preceded the startling wake-up call to...
DENVER and WASHINGTON-Arriving at the current state of post-deployed wireless enhanced 911 Phase II capabilities has been a feat in and of itself, but deployment does not mean success, and for many, the real work toward E911 starts now, said speakers at the May...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Several wireless technology companies kicked off last week with financial deals worth millions.Good Technology Inc., supplier of GoodLink standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access system, has closed on $45 million in financing, which it plans to use to accelerate its "already rapid"...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-BMW of North America L.L.C. said it is using Sprint PCS' wireless data network to connect kiosks the company is deploying throughout the country as part of a marketing campaign for the BMX X3 and new 6-Series automobiles and its partnership with...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Third-generation wireless technologies will give mobile operators another push toward fixed-line replacement, according to new research from Analysys Research. Assuming 3G offers wide-area and in-building coverage, it will be a key enabler to fixed/mobile substitution, Analysys concluded, but usage patterns and carrier strategies...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions.The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it purchased...
WASHINGTON-California, already pursuing new laws for wireless carriers, cell-phone drivers and camera phones, has become the latest state to advance privacy legislation governing radio frequency identification applications embraced by retailers, manufacturers and libraries. The California bill and others like it-either already introduced or...
Movie studios, video-game companies and record labels are all in the process of extending their offerings to mobile-phone subscribers, so it's no surprise that Internet gambling vendors are also researching the market as a new and growing opportunity."There's just a huge demand for our...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week created a wireless broadband access task force to help craft policies for fostering deployment of high-speed wireless Internet services in the United States. "We are strongly committed to facilitating broadband investment and deployment, particularly through technological choices," said...
German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
How's this for a blockbuster business plan: wireless streaming video combined with the day's top news combined with naked women? At least that's the scheme laid out between Internet and TV news company Naked News and The Netherlands-based wireless technology company Icemobile BV. The...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions. The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it...
