Wireless Technology

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada’s Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada. The TPC investment is to be used for …

With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain …

Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president’s $1.96 trillion budget that …

TORONTO-Mist Inc., which provides wireless technologies applications and other information management technologies, is conducting a test of its MIST Freedom II Wireless point-of-sale terminal with McDonald’s Corp., in the Vivencia …

NEW YORK-With its announcement March 5 of commercial product availability, RadioFrame Networks Inc. officially threw its hat into the ring of players competing to improve indoor coverage, an important step …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) told state regulators last week that the answer to how to get broadband services to rural American might be wireless. “We can’t wire rural America. … …

In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one’s weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP)-WorldCom Inc., the nation’s second-largest provider of long-distance service, on Wednesday laid off about 6,000 U.S. employees, or roughly 7 percent of its worldwide work force, as part …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian government has opened the floodgates to wireless technology by allowing fixed-line service providers (FSPs) to offer wireless local loop (WLL) and satellite-enabled telephony services. The duopoly …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out past Internet programs, as components of the president’s US$1.96 trillion budget that signals the White House’s …

Mobile phones are an effective comfort blanket for many people. The knowledge that help and support is just a phone call away no matter where you are is incredibly reassuring. …

The fact that the telecom sector, including the mobile industry, is shivering in the cold right now after months of basking in the sun of favor from the financial community …

What is the future of the TDMA wireless interface? The issue is far from trivial. TDMA serves more than 60 million digital and 15 million analog customers and stands as …

TORONTO-The move was surprising but not totally unexpected. After many denials, U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless finally announced last November it is switching from TDMA wireless technology to the rival European-developed …

WASHINGTON-Education Secretary Roderick Paige refused to retreat from President Bush’s plan to scrap the schools and libraries Internet program, a posture that prompted Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to demand that …

SEATTLE-Imaging technology company LizardTech Inc. partnered with computer chip giant Intel Corp. to enter the wireless Internet market with a product the company said will allow wireless users to view …

WASHINGTON-A new anti-crime bill would streamline law enforcement’s ability to clone numeric pagers and raise the legal standard for location-based mobile phone wiretaps, changes designed to fight drug trafficking and …

Editor’s Note: Posted on Quantum Group, Inc.’s Web site, www.mergeusa.com, is an outspoken and somewhat controversial article on consolidating industries. It is an article that predicts general doom and misery …

SAN RAMON, Calif.- U.S. Wireless Corp. announced its South Korean joint venture, Wireless Technology Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding with SK Telecom, Korea’s largest wireless carriers, to trial U.S. …

Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week signaled he will not get in the way of President Bush’s plan to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and …

WASHINGTON-A Georgia man last week filed lawsuit against mobile-phone giant Nokia Corp. and others, claiming cell phone use caused his brain cancer. The mobile-phone-cancer lawsuit is the latest in a …

NEW YORK-Marking the company’s move into Latin America, Securicor Wireless Inc. announced it signed a distribution deal with Marketronics Corp., which operates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mexico City and a …

DALLAS-e2 Communications, a developer of e-mail marketing and customer relationship management solutions, acquired wireless technology developer Infoinmotion. Infoinmotion develops and markets wireless network access services. e2 said it plans to …