Iridium Satellite L.L.C. appointed Gino Picasso president and chief executive officer. Picasso previously was president and chief operating officer of Ace*Comm Corp., a provider...
NEW YORK-SV1, which last year introduced SafeTShield, an aftermarket earpiece cover to reduce radio-frequency emissions from wireless and cordless phones, will begin marketing the...
Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but...
A number of players must work together to deploy a nationwide wireless network, including carriers, tower companies and equipment manufacturers, but there is a...
NEW YORK-Boston-based Atlas Venture has closed its sixth venture-capital fund, raising a total of $950 million in new private equity to invest in early-stage...
WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Donald Evans told industry executives last week he will continue to engage other administration officials in hopes of resolving a spectrum fight...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Western Multiplex Corp. reported its first- quarter earnings this week with an increase in both revenues and losses.Revenues reached $37.6 million, an increase...
MobileSys Inc., a wireless infrastructure provider, acquired wireless application software company BITMO, a move MobileSys said will allow it to add voice browsing, speech-recognition...
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.J.-Scientists for IBM Corp. announced they have reached a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the mass production of computer chips that...
Siemens AG is eliminating 6,100 jobs from its mobile handset and network operations. The German telecom equipment and handset company, which shied away from...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and its affiliates announced an agreement reducing the reciprocal rate exchange for customers who "travel" into each others networks from...
Alcatel has signed a memorandum of understanding to outsource the European manufacturing of its GSM handsets to Flextronics amid rumors the French equipment vendor...
BEIJING-Although no official announcement has been made yet, an official at Unicom Horizon Mobile Communications, the subsidiary of China Unicom entrusted with building a...
SINGAPORE-Vietnam's government-owned telecommunications monopoly Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) has asked the country's government to prevent a rival $230 million CDMA mobile-phone network from...
WASHINGTON-President Bush on Friday appointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to a second term that runs through June 2007.Powell's current five-year term ends...
TORONTO, Canada-Mobile financial services company 724 Solutions Inc. seems to have beat the slowdown currently dragging down most of the telecommunications industry, showing strong...
WASHINGTON-Jeb Bush, the Florida governor who figured big in the controversial electoral victory that proved decisive in getting his brother elected president, has entered...
Three major wireless vendors gave mixed signals last week as Nokia Corp. posted a profit, while Nortel Networks Inc. and L.M. Ericsson reported losses...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a first-quarter drop of 11 percent in net income but was redeemed by the success of its joint venture, Cingular Wireless.The...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Mbrane, which provides solutions that wirelessly extend enterprise information systems, announced it will acquire Veriprise Corp. in a purchase of assets acquisition...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market informing it that its securities are subject to delisting because...
