WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today said it will allow public safety entities to share spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band with commercial entities but all shared operations must be in …
ATLANTA-Turning around two consecutive quarters of net customer losses Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported 189,000 customer additions during the first three months of 2003 ending the quarter with 22.1 million wireless …
TOKYO-Sharp Corp., through an agreement with Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd., will supply the Chinese market with camera-equipped GSM mobile phones. The device, which marks Sharp’s entry into the Chinese …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Cisco has announced plans to introduce a wireless local area network (WLAN) mobile handset later this year. While details of the exact launch date and pricing are still to …
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Evans Data Corp. released its Wireless Development Survey 2003 Volume 1, which includes research on what technologies are being used to secure wireless local area networks, intentions for …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS reported $2.9 billion in operating revenue for the first quarter of 2003, a 3.5-percent improvement compared with the $2.8 billion the carrier reported for the first …
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.-Technology consultancy company Ciber Inc. announced it will acquire competitor AlphaNet Solutions for $29 million. The acquisition of New Jersey-based AlphaNet will broaden Colorado-based Ciber’s East Coast presence …
LARKSPUR, Calif.-Wireless multimedia solutions provider Dilithium Networks has secured $10 million in series B funding that the company plans to use to expand global sales and support and research and …
ORLEANS, France-The Open GIS Consortium Inc. released the proposed OpenGIS Location Services Implementation Specification for public comment. The OpenLS specification resulted from the OpenLS 1 testbed initiatives held between October …
CHICAGO, Ill.-A week after its earnings report, Motorola Inc. said it plans to cut 1,100 more jobs as part of its plans to cut costs and become profitable. The positions …
MOUNTAIN View, Calif.-In a stock-for-stock deal worth $21 million, Nokia Corp has acquired Eizel Technologies Inc., a company that develops server-based products that allow mobile device users to access any …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Samsung Electronics has selected Qualcomm Inc. as its best supplier of the year at a formal ceremony held for the two companies in Seoul. “As a key customer …
WASHINGTON-Steven Price, the Pentagon spectrum czar responsible for strengthening military wireless policy and negotiating complex deals with industry over the rights to the airwaves, is leaving the Department of Defense. …
LONDON-NEC Corp. and Siemens AG said they have completed the first phase of a European commercial 3G radio network for Hutchison 3G UK, which trades as 3. Both companies are …
LAS VEGAS-Bayly Communications Inc., which manufactures network access and transmission products for telecom companies, said it is deploying its TI Base Station Access Platform solution aimed at helping regional wireless …
WILMINGTON, N.C.-ComScape Telecommunications Inc. said it is adding a family plan option to its $35 per month unlimited local calling Kiwi PCS service offering in Wilmington, N.C., that will allow …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications, which provides equipment asset management programs, reported a number of deals with rural wireless operators ahead of this week’s Rural Cellular Association Conference. The company announced …
SAN FRANCISCO-ARM Ltd. made a series of announcements at the Embedded Systems Conference, including separate deals with LSI Logic and ParthusCeva, HelloSoft and Aptix, and Canon Research and Be4. ARM …
TULSA, Okla.-Mobile Equipment International released a new line of portable surveillance towers for the commercial and military markets. The towers, which allow for quick deployment for surveillance, weather, air monitoring …
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc., developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the company …
WASHINGTON-The Mobile Enterprise Alliance, a not-for-profit organization formed to promote mobile and wireless technologies for business, will officially launch its U.S. efforts at the end of this month in conjunction …
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a “technical launch” of its UMTS network …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is currently deciding whether to require wireless carriers to offer equal access to long-distance services in order to be eligible to receive universal-service subsidies. The FCC …
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Alltel has chosen Fair Isaac Corp.’s Risk Manager and Fraud Manager For Telecommunications solution to improve its fraud and payment risk detection capabilities. “This superior fraud management solution …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Retrieval Dynamics Corp. and EarthLink Inc. announced a teaming to create a wireless data package for real estate executives. The program combines a BlackBerry wireless e-mail device from Research …
