WASHINGTON-A revised, $250 million emergency alert system bill set to be introduced would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-not the Department of Homeland...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system vendor PalmSource Inc., which is being acquired by Japan's Access Co. Ltd., posted a widening net loss and declining shipments, but...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration is considering requiring commercial airplanes to put in place a mechanism using wireless or other technologies enabling flight attendants to...
BOSTON-Internet voice provider Net2Phone launched a trial of VeriSign Inc.'s cellular/Wi-Fi connection, the companies said Thursday.During the trial, Net2Phone will allow subscribers to receive...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will begin mailing definitive proxy material to all Class A stockholders related to a vote on exercising the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. released preliminary third-quarter customer growth results below many analysts' estimates, but noted that its integration efforts are ahead of schedule and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced commercial availability of its MC5720 PCI Express Mini Card wireless module for CDMA 1x EV-DO networks.The company said...
WASHINGTON-An Arizona appeals court Tuesday led that text messages sent by autodialers are illegal just as telemarketing calls to mobile phones using autodialers are...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nokia Corp. announced two new happenings in Taiwan. Nokia opened its third-generation Mobile Services Development Center in Taiwan and announced a partnership with...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is reaching out to public-safety officials in Texas to make sure they know that 911 calls should be rerouted if...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. is hoping to speed up WiMAX deployments in Southeast Asian countries, announcing the launch of its Asian Broadband Campaign, which...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Ubiquity Software Corp. signed a partnership agreement to develop end-to-end Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem solutions, pairing Ubiquity's...
Qualcomm Inc. upped its guidance for the coming quarter based on what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of CDMA chips throughout North America,...
WASHINGTON-Key GOP and Democratic senators said they are close to introducing legislation to overhaul the nation's emergency-alert system to take advantage of cell phones,...
WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board has urged states to prohibit inexperienced teenage drivers from using cell phones while they are learning how to operate...
Third-party content provider Jamster! has once again come under fire as an independent U.K. regulator upheld nearly 300 consumer complaints about the company. Jamster!,...
Microsoft Corp. announced a new structural reorganization that will combine the company's wireless efforts with its Xbox video game and TV platform businesses. The...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. debuted its UMTS RailLink, offering high-speed broadband connectivity and Wi-Fi access on fast-moving trains.IPWireless said that during a 24-mile demonstration...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. reported that BellSouth Corp. has launched a wireless broadband trial in Athens, Ga., using Navini's pre-WiMAX Ripwave equipment to transmit...
PARIS-InfraWorlds has acquired California-based publisher Mobile Digital Media to expand its offerings for personal digital assistants and smart-phone users.The Paris-based company said it bought...
LOS ANGELES-A group of Treo smart-phone users filed a class-action lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. for making "inherently defective" devices. The suit, filed...
SOUDERTON, Pa.-Eastern Wireless L.P. and Image 1 Wireless Inc. announced they have merged operations. The resulting company, Touchstone Wireless L.P., provides handset repair and...
