TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. looks to have stepped in to revive a merger between two Taiwanese mobile operators that was speculated to have fallen through. DoCoMo said it had …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with their phones and then mail the …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest. First, Walt Disney’s wireless business announced an expanded deal …
WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. is asking its judge to allow it to conduct a $39 million trial of wireless broadband technology in Las Vegas using spectrum to be obtained from …
By rolling out services in two U.S. markets, Verizon Wireless has triggered momentum for CDMA2000 1X EV-DO technology, barely two years since the first launch of CDMA2000 1X services in …
WASHINGTON-Even before the California Public Utilities Commission votes on a landmark bill of rights for telecom consumers, other states are signaling they too are ready to get tough with mobile-phone …
MINNEAPOLIS-Activision Inc. will sell wireless versions of three of its popular desktop computer games through a new deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment. The companies plan to sell wireless …
In what they describe as the world’s first all-software base station system, two companies believe they are breaking new ground in second-generation access network technology. Vanu Inc. and Mid-Tex Cellular …
Wireless local number portability will almost certainly provoke a plethora of questions and concerns from confused consumers, even if it does not trigger a flood of churning customers the day …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said it opposed new grant money for the deployment of wireless enhanced 911. “The administration believes Congress should consider more efficient and more cost-effective means …
I am the kind of customer every wireless carrier seeks. Earlier this year, I cut the cord, and I like to talk A LOT. In other words, I am a …
As if the Iraq quagmire (mobile-phone licensing mystery aside) and the jobless recovery have not done enough to take the wind out of the administration’s sails, now comes an unpatriotic …
WASHINGTON-Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is not resigning. To emphasize this point, which has been widely quoted amid ever-growing speculation that he would leave after some embarrassing …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. finally hit the 1 million mark for the number of users of its FOMA third-generation W-CDMA service, two years after launching the service and much later than …
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association applauded Senate Finance Committee passage of legislation that includes a tax break designed to foster broadband investment. “TIA supports the use of fiscal incentives as a …
With the onset of standardization and modular technologies, the market shares of the big infrastructure players have continued to see constant declines, according to an upcoming report from the Yankee …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Celeritek Inc. said it is pulling out of the wireless amplifier business to focus its semiconductors on defense and other communications markets. The company hopes this decision will …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has won a five-year, $117 million contract to supply Singapore carrier StarHub with equipment for a W-CDMA network. According to the deal, Nokia will provide …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Wireless carriers are going to have to fortify their networks to become increasingly reliable as more people cut the cord. Does that sound like good news for tower companies, …
After years of legal and public relations duels, Motorola may be edging closer to a payday. If, that is, it can locate the borrowers. A court decision rejected the appeal …
A Russian operator has begun a trial of CDMA2000 1X technology at 450 MHz using equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. The trial is being conducted in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, …
Kyocera Wireless Corp. appears to have abandoned plans to build its much-hyped Kurv phone, a move that prompted the company’s Kurv technology partner, Wildseed Ltd., to file suit against the …
Western Wireless Corp. announced the registration statement for the resale of its outstanding 4.625-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2023 and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion …
Partnership announcements were plentiful at the ninth annual SpeechTEK International Educational Conference and Exposition, which took place last week in New York City. The unions demonstrate a trend among vendors …
