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 …
WASHINGTON-In an issue that could pit Japan and other Asian countries against the European Union (EU) at a major telecom meeting later this year in Geneva, the International Telecommunication Union …
DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …
WASHINGTON-A coalition that has consistently fought against rules allowing for ultra-wideband technologies has fired another salvo in the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to relax …
WEST COVINA. Calif.-Wavestream Corp. said it has introduced a high-power millimeter-wave grid amplifier technology, which allows chips to generate more than five times as much output power as conventional chips …
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp.’s president and chief operating officer Paget Alves is leaving the carrier for personal reasons. Centennial also announced that Ellen Wolf was appointed to the company’s board …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. released its new ThinkPad R40 laptop computer, which features support for both 802.11a and 802.11b high-speed wireless Internet standards.
TOKYO-As expected, Sony Corp. and L.M. Ericsson said they will invest an additional $326 million in their joint mobile-phone business, a move the companies said shows their “continuing commitment” to …
FRANKFURT, Germany-Following the exit of the company’s majority shareholder, European mobile commerce company Paybox said it will shut down its consumer-oriented services-which totals 750,000 users-and will focus solely on the …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 1.017 million net customers during the fourth quarter of 2002, including 1.078 million net contract subscribers that now make up 86 percent of …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has suspended sales of its N504iS handsets and said it will replace batteries on already-sold models due to overheating caused by a hardware conflict between the battery …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. named Wayne Wisehart chief financial officer effective Jan. 30 and promoted Theresa Gillespie to vice chair. Wisehart spent 16 years at Palmer Communications and Palmer Wireless, …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployments of a Brazilian cdma2000 1x contract it signed in June 2001 with BrasilCel, the joint venture between Telefonica Moviles and Telecom …
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it would begin offering E-Comeleon plc’s custom wireless phone faceplates for Nokia Corp.’s 3360, 3590, 6590 ad 5160 models, as well as Motorola Inc.’s T193, from …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit rating on Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. and its subsidiary UbiquiTel Operating Co. from ‘CCC+’ to ‘CC’ following the carrier’s …
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless reported 964,000 net customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2002, a 34.8 percent increase compared with the 715,000 customers added during the fourth quarter of 2001. …
BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. has released version 2.4 of its SoftServer platform. The enhanced version includes Java and Web Services APIs, which increase the accessibility of speech for Web applications and …
WASHINGTON-White House adviser Richard Clarke, according to published reports, will step down next month after completing a final report on a cybersecurity plan that is bound to attract sharp criticism …
TOKYO-Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss of $58 million for the third quarter compared with a loss of $718 million during the same time last year, although the company expects …
PHILADELPHIA-Sprint Corp. chairman William Esrey, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, is reportedly set to step down from the nation’s fourth largest long-distance company, according to cable television news channel …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported $1.1 billion in wireless revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002, which was a 15 percent increase compared with the fourth quarter of 2001, and …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Wednesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to rule that a wireless carrier must allow its customers to keep their telephone numbers if they …
NEW YORK-Carriers worldwide acquired about 54.7 million new subscribers last quarter, down 5.9 percent from the same period of 2001, bringing the total to nearly 1.132 billion and penetration to …
MEXICO CITY-Wireless operator Iusacell has launched the country’s first cdma2000 1x voice and high-speed data network for instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access, as well as mobile office capabilities and …
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. promoted Peter Couch to major markets manager where he will be responsible for business accounts in the Hot Springs, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, Tyler, Longview, Shreveport …
