Wireless Technology

NEW YORK-Businesses should hold off on investing in wireless applications for the consumer and should instead look at the potential of wireless for internal operations, according to a new report …

Even with more than 100 million customers across numerous carriers and a handful of technology choices, wireless subscribers in the United States hold and complete a conversation of acceptable audio …

MINNEAPOLIS-Circata, a Minneapolis wireless infrastructure enabler, and the Trading and Development Partnership Co., a partner of the Saudi Telecom Co., will sell and distribute Circata’s products and related technologies in …

NEW YORK-“If they build advanced networks and better devices, mobile commerce will fly.” That’s been the resounding incantation from m-commerce hopefuls in the wireless industry to date. The reason mobile …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to prove it is a viable company and at the same time help a struggling icon, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. said on July 2 it has signed …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-An international boom in Internet use and the increasing popularity of mobile phones in countries without wireline infrastructure is expected to greatly increase demand for wireless wide area …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems says NEC Corp. will begin using its chips for two Internet-enabled GSM cellular phones by the end of this year. “GPRS, a 2.5-generation wireless technology and a …

Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year. Wall Street jumped at the news, …

WASHINGTON-An Illinois state court this week is poised to rule on a proposed $1.4 million health-related privacy suit against the cellular industry, which faces increased litigation as science raises more …

WASHINGTON-The mobile- phone industry last week opposed a proposed $1.4 million settlement in a health-related privacy lawsuit that provides funds for a registry to be headed by Dr. George Carlo, …

DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans …

Clickmarks has agreed to provide its mobile access and critical alert capabilities to Again Technologies Inc.’s customers. Clickmarks, which is a software infrastructure company for enterprise and wireless carriers, will …

NEWARK, Calif.-Socket Communication Inc. said its Bluetooth CompactFlash Cards have been successfully used in a Bluetooth wireless technology trial by Japan’s NTT and Sumitomo Corp. In the trial, the cards …

WASHINGTON-A new Swedish study links analog cell-phone use to brain tumors, a major scientific development that comes as lawmakers prepare to introduce legislation that would earmark federal funds for wireless …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. moved to bolster its subscriber base and retail operation by purchasing the paging assets of Radiofone and Beepers Unlimited from Alltel Corp. The company will acquire the …

Dr. George Carlo has missed his true calling. Carlo, who led the six-year, $28 million effort to study any potential links between wireless phone use and cancer, should write self-help …

Bluetooth’s short life has so far been very similar to that of the many boy-bands infesting the airwaves recently. Lots of hype, with little substance. A recent report by Ovum …

Wireless networking recently received a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which said it was proposing new rules regarding frequency hopping spread spectrum systems operating in the 2.4 GHz band …

Paging lit up the wireless industry like a white-hot star. It showed that fistfuls of money could be made using wireless technology. It showed that wireless companies could grow by …

NEW YORK-GoAmerica Inc.’s new Mobile Office, touted as a single solution for the growing wireless enterprise marketplace, is attracting attention from various players in the industry. Mobile Office provides mobile …

WASHINGTON-Sources say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has prepared a letter for President Bush that will stop just short of opposing the transfer of military spectrum in the 1700 MHz band …

WASHINGTON-Sources say Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos will drop an $800 million mobile-phone brain cancer lawsuit but will continue to press ahead with class-action lawsuits to force the wireless industry to …

As wireless technologies wax stronger in the market, established wireline corporations such as IBM Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. are learning to leverage both divisions as a fruitful business …

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, justice, state and the judiciary subcommittee last week to ask for $248.5 million for fiscal year 2002. …

This year, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s National Wireless Safety Week aptly fell in the midst of heated congressional disputes regarding risks cellular phone use poses to drivers and …