Bucking an anti-investment tide generated by the SARS epidemic, two major wireless players, Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., announced initiatives to pursue CDMA investments in the Chinese market. Qualcomm said …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc. said it has begun volume shipment of four new wireless system-on-a-chip solutions, including what it describes as the first dual-band chipsets. The products include the AR5002AP-2x, …
A new customer survey shows that the wireless data industry may have turned the corner, a change that seems to be due to the advent of camera phones. The number …
In a significant contract win, Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide MmO2 with UMTS gear, including packet technology and services for voice and data. Many industry watchers had counted out Lucent …
ATLANTA-Intel Corp. and Hewlett Packard Co. have agreed to work together to develop standards-based solutions to enable wireless equipment manufacturers to reduce development costs and speed time to market. “These …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint North Supply and InCode Telecom reported plans to roll out the InReach toolkit designed to help carriers improve indoor coverage for corporate clients. The companies said the …
WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a stronger media campaign and educational effort be developed to curb distraction on the roadways …
GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union, the international standards body, said it formed a relationship with the Consumer Electronics Association to work together on wireless and mobile communications, multimedia technologies and cable …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has been awarded a $15.8 million contract to supply the Baghdad Police Force with 3,000 vehicular-mounted mobile radios and base stations, according to a Reuters report. Motorola …
The telecommunications industry’s on-again, off-again interest in offering bundled services appears to be back on again as a pair of companies announced initiatives last week that could make it easier …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its first dual-network third-generation handset, the FOMA N2701, which is backward compatible with DoCoMo’s current-generation network. The handset goes on sale nationwide June 11. One reason …
TEMPE, Ariz.-Rapidly growing Wi-Fi hot spots will likely prove profitable only in some venues, according to a new report from Forward Concepts that assesses the profit potential of various hot …
Just as it blazed the third-generation trail, NTT DoCoMo is hedging its bet on fourth-generation wireless technology with a field trial in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, the center of its research …
In spite of the rough and tumble of the market, investments remain on an even keel in the wireless sector for the first quarter, according to venture-capital researcher Rutberg and …
WASHINGTON-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), a long-time champion in the fight against the unsolicited commercial e-mail that increasingly devours Internet capacity and threatens wireless data in its infancy, this week is …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW’s planned overlay of its existing …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. unveiled a custom chip that combines eight ARM966E processor cores, making it four times more powerful than typical chips, as well as reducing cost and improving …
SEOUL, South Korea-KT Corp. plans to trial 2.3 GHz equipment from Navini Networks, using spectrum defined by the Korean government for a high-speed wireless Internet service called Portable Internet. The …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract for an undisclosed amount with Telefonica Moviles for its GSM 1900 MHz network in Mexico. Ericsson will supply the core network and at …
DENVER-Embattled telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. reported $152 million in wireless operating revenue during the first quarter of 2003, which was a 19.1-percent drop compared with the $188 million …
WASHINGTON-Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission are at loggerheads over the global defense giant’s push for a public-safety spectrum carve-out that could undermine agency efforts to free up …
Keeping itself ahead of a rapidly approaching pack, Nextel Communications Inc. this week is set to launch the first phase of its much-hyped nationwide Direct Connect service, which will allow …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported growing revenues and earnings in its full-year results. Sales were up 14 percent to $55.7 billion, and free cash flow more than doubled to $8.5 billion …
LONDON-Wi-Fi roaming is garnering more attention as more companies announced settlement solutions in the space and a new report points to the importance of hot-spot roaming. Interoute said it launched …
Wireless infrastructure association PCIA is gearing up for its first industry trade show since it narrowed its focus to the tower sector last fall, but tight travel budgets will not …
