2010

The Federal Communications Commission opened up TV white spaces spectrum for unlicensed use, clearing the way for “super Wi-Fi” applications, but set aside two channels nationwide for wireless microphones.The agency …

SAN FRANCISCO — Kicking off the last major day of Oracle Corp.’s OpenWorld, Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell gave a general update of the 26-year-old company and invited partners from …

Verizon Wireless and Bug Labs announced they formed a strategic relationship that will allow product designers, software engineers and others to build and program wireless devices to be used on …

SAN FRANCISCO — To get a sense of how important the Java language is to mobility, here’s a smattering of stats presented at Oracle Corp.’s OpenWorld conference this week: Java …

AT&T Inc.’s (T) President and CEO Randall Stephenson could never be accused of not looking at the bright side of life. Speaking at Goldman Sachs Communacopia XIX Conference, Stephenson downplayed …

FRISCO, Texas–Despite all of the operating efficiencies that can be gained from deploying all Internet Protocol networks, carriers aren’t going to implement the huge undertaking unless they can offer new …

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) released the results of a survey, “Opportunity calling: The future of mobile communications,” that questioned 3,000 mobile customers from around the world. The survey was released in …

Merchants and their banks are mandated by the credit card companies to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a set of security best practices defined …

Qualcomm Inc. launched its second-annual international venture investment competition, which aims to identify and fund promising early-stage technology companies. The Qualcomm Ventures QPrize competition is open to entrepreneurs in North …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Despite …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from Kansas …

As Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) prepares to finally launch its new Windows Phone 7 operating system it is expanding Zune, its digital media entertainment service, to more countries.Zune version 4.7 is …

Nearly a year after being announced, AT&T Mobility (T) is finally offering TerreStar Network Inc.’s dual-mode cellular/satellite Genus smart phone to enterprise, government and small-business customers. Or it could be …

FRISCO, Texas – Wireless operators are going to have to partner with over-the-top content providers in order to stay relevant to end users, Genband CTO Fred Kemmerer said at this …

Leave it to the little guys to lead in LTE deployments.Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) this morning launched its LTE service in the Las Vegas area offering customers …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Nokia Siemens NetworksAustria, Lichtenstein and Slovenia: With Telekom Austria Group to replace and modernize the carrier’s radio networks to support next-generation …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.WiMAX technology has …

AT&T Mobility (T) furthered its no-contract offerings by unveiling a pay-as-you-go mobile broadband plan and a trio of new laptop computers with embedded wireless modems.The new rate plans begin at …

More than three years after being tapped to run Verizon Wireless, Lowell McAdam is moving higher in the corporate ladder.Beginning Oct. 1, McAdam will trade in his current title as …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

Verizon Communications Inc.’s executive vice president and CFO, John F. Killian, announced he will retire at the end of this year. Killian has spent 31 years with the company, including …

Maybe time really does heal all wounds. The theory seems to at least ring true for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its troubled past with Google Voice.The company today approved the …

Samsung Telecommunications America threw its hat officially in the tablet space with the unveiling of its creatively named Galaxy Tab. (Not to be confused with Tab, the diet soft drink.)The …

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is releasing a software development kit (SDK) for mobile advertising on its forthcoming operating system, Windows Phone 7, and the Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile.Hailing it as …