The Bush administration and industry reached agreement supporting a global allocation of 5 GHz spectrum for unlicensed wireless technologies that would operate at power levels that do not interfere with …
BERLIN-The wireless industry may not witness any mergers among the big vendors, according comments Rueters attributed to Frank Dunn, Nortel Networks Ltd. Chief Executive. “I don’t expect consolidation in the …
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said Irish operator Meteor Mobile Communications will use its equipment to deploy mobile number portability functionality across the country. The technology allows subscribers to maintain the same phone …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Research firm Dell’Oro Group said the mobility infrastructure market encompassing GSM/GPRS/EDGE, TDMA, CDMA and wideband CDMA will decline this year, adding that the space will experience slow growth …
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday refused to get sucked into a debate between the broadcasters and the cable operators regarding the state of the digital TV …
LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. said European operator Connex has deployed its Passport 2000 multiservice switches, enabling convergence of its voice and data traffic onto “one, cost effective network.” The vendor described …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which offers wireless and Internet software and services, reported total revenues for the fourth quarter of $36 million and a net loss of $64 million.For the company’s …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA has signed a contract with Korean handset vendor Curitel Communications Inc. Under the contract, Curitel will integrate Wavecom’s WISMO modules into its new GSM/GPRS multimedia mobile phones, …
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest Japanese mobile operator, said it would launch a new handset with BREW capabilities in February. BREW is a data application download service developed by Qualcomm. It will …
OSLO, Norway-Sales of handheld computing devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones, rose 3.5 percent in the final quarter of 2002 in Sweden, reversing a slide that began …
BEIJING-China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) estimates the production capacity of the 36 mobile-phone manufacturers in China will reach 250 million this year, up from 100 million last year, while …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following last week’s decision from cell-phone operator MmO2 that it will delay the deployment of its U.K. third-generation (3G) service until the latter half of 2004, other European …
WASINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today authorized mobile satellite service providers the flexibility to integrate ground-based transmitters into their operations, but it also reallocated 30 megahertz from the troubled satellite sector …
PARIS-French Telecom equipment maker Alcatel said it has acquired Aravox Technologies Corp., which makes real-time packet technology for Internet Protocol. “The acquisition of this technology by Alcatel will significantly enhance …
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless service provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it has reached a company milestone in having served more than 2 million customers nationwide. “This rapid growth is evidence that our …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-A range of big-name wireless players within the Java Community Process released what they call the road map for dealing with Java technology within the wireless industry, specifications …
WASHINGTON-A Swedish-funded study published in a journal of a U.S. health agency says mobile phone exposure causes brain damage in rats. The study, published yesterday in the online edition of …
MISSION VIEJO, Calif.-Bird-B-Gone Inc. released its Bird Spike 2000, a solution for eliminating power outages caused by birds and animals interfering with wireless communications towers. Bird Spike is a non-conductive, …
ATLANTA-BellSouth filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Call Sciences Inc. alleging that the companies are infringing on BellSouth’s patent on call routing technology, used for “one …
PARIS-Maporama has partnered with Danem, a mobile software editor and reseller, to develop and market new generation mobile applications for mobile personnel in the retail and services industries. The companies …
SAN DIEGO-In One Voice Technologies Inc.’s recent comments on its corporate outlook for 2003, Dean Weber, chairman and chief executive officer, acknowledged the economic downturn of late, but he optimistically …
WASHINGTON-A U.S. government-sponsored study said mobile-phone exposure causes brain damage in rats. The study, published yesterday in the online edition of the journal Environmental Heath Perspectives, is said to represent …
TOKYO-NTT East and NTT West said telephone fees from fixed-line users to mobile-phone users should be determined by fixed-line operators. In Japan, the fee has been traditionally decided by mobile …
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LONDON-British Telecommunications said it has rolled out new wireless hot spots across Hilton hotels, airports and motorway service stations in the United Kingdom. The operator said it has installed 80 …
