Wireless Technology

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and LG Information and Communication Ltd. announced a collaboration to accelerate next-generation wireless services based on CDMA wireless technology supported by Lucent’s network infrastructure and …

As the calendar turned over from the ’90s to the ’00s, the wireless industry has seen a surge in companies targeting the wireless enterprise enablement space. While outsourced solution providers …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

Endware Broadband wireless product supplier Endware Corp. appointed Mike Roush vice president of manufacturing and operations, Nick Ingrao director of wireless programs and Chris Brown system engineering manager. Roush will …

WASHINGTON-Prospects are improving for increased wireless trade with the world’s two most populous nations as Congress prepares this week to approve landmark China trade legislation and diplomatic relations between the …

WASHINGTON-A Clinton administration aide last week denied that industry or political pressure has played a part in delaying the issuance of a White House report advocating mobile phones and other …

Microsoft Corp. this summer unveiled a sweeping new company strategy and restructuring through its Microsoft.NET initiative-moving away from merely selling software to providing end-to-end Internet services. Central to Microsoft’s philosophy …

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-In a cash-strapped society and an environment where wireless technology is expected to supplant fixed telephony, prepaid has become a panacea for new African operators-so much so that …

SAN DIEGO-Silicon Wave Inc., which supplies radio-frequency systems-on-a-chip for wireless and broadband communications, raised $52 million in its fourth round of financing. The financing included new investments from 3Com Ventures, …

Telus Corp. offered to acquire all the shares of Clearnet Communications Inc. for $4.48 billion, creating a daunting competitor in Canada’s tight wireless market. Under terms of the offer, Telus …

SAN DIEGO – Meltronix Inc., a semiconductor interconnect company serving wireless Internet, broadband communications and Internet equipment markets, launched a Bluetooth wireless technology business development program to target relationships with …

WASHINGTON-A congressional audit of federal agencies’ responsibilities and actions toward testing for mobile-phone health effects is likely to go forward even if the person who requested the audit is elected …

ROCKVILLE, Md.-The inaugural meeting of a government-industry task force formed to examine the health effects of radio-frequency exposure listed a variety of studies to be conducted that could cost as …

Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and …

WASHINGTON-A top-flight Baltimore law firm is expected to file a lawsuit this week claiming a malignant brain tumor diagnosed in a 42-year-old male neurologist was caused by heavy and long-term …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $140.6 million, a 132-percent increase from the revenues reported for the same period last year. The …

WASHINGTON-A coalition of government agencies including the Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration and the Air Force are in the process of building a system that will increase the accuracy …

BellSouth Wireless Data Michael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry’s team will be responsible for selling Interactive Messaging PLUS and industry solutions …

NEW YORK-The iAnywhere Solutions Inc. subsidiary of Sybase Inc., Emeryville, Calif., will join L.M. Ericsson in a global strategic alliance to develop and deliver what the companies are calling the …

NEW YORK-In an interesting twist of fate, the country with the best landline telephone system in the world looks like the best market opportunity for fixed wireless services. By the …

Remarkably, protagonists of the ongoing debate over third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions assume operator licensing is an issue to be considered in isolation. It is deemed unnecessary to consider the exercise …

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the US$129 billion merger between WorldCom and Sprint, the second- and third-largest U.S. long-distance telecom carriers, respectively. The lawsuit, combined with …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. started testing third-generation wireless technology at AT&T Labs research center in Menlo Park, Calif., where the company has established a testbed for wireless data transfer using …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone research pact between the Food and Drug Administration and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has come under attack by the former chairman of the leading Canadian wireless association, …