WASHINGTON-Commerce Department Deputy Secretary Samuel Bodman in June was urged by government investigators to take administrative action against then-Bush telecom advisor Nancy Victory for ethics violations connected with a 2001 …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Chip designer Nvidia Corp said it has rolled out a new suite of software tools and utilities known as ForceWare for graphics, audio, video storage and security in mobile …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless networking equipment provider Proxim Corp. has chosen Wavelink as network management partner for its ORiNOCO line of wireless local area network solutions for the enterprise. Through the partnership, …
The mobile commerce industry saw several new announcements and partnerships in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, but the most notable event included a teaming …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it is offering sensors that interoperate with the ZigBee protocol in environments as diverse as a factory floor to a game console in the family room. …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit asking the court to order Qualcomm Inc. to abide by the terms of a cross-licensing agreement between both companies. The lawsuit …
WASHINGTON-The Nov. 24 date is firm for wireless local number portability, and the intent is for wireless-to-wireless porting to go forth on that day, said the chief of the FCC’s …
NEW YORK-Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. has raised its wireless tower sector rating to “market overweight,” reflecting its confidence in the industry’s ability to continue financial deleveraging. The analyst firm …
WASHINGTON-The merger of the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel) and the Association for Communications Enterprises (Ascent) was approved Sept. 22 by the membership of both organizations. “In addition to having many …
SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it would terminate its six-year-old paging service at the end of the year. Singapore’s M1 will offer its 22,000 paging customers the option to switch to its GSM …
Due to increasing demand for wireless service, Verizon Communications Inc. said it expects its wireless division to add more than 4.5 million customers this year, ahead of the approximately 4 …
WASHINGTON-The collapse of global trade talks in Mexico could hurt exports of the wireless industry and other high-tech sectors in the United States. The Telecommunications Industry Association, which represents telecom …
BEIJING-In a simultaneous score for China’s stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while Lucent Technologies Inc. announced successful interoperability …
WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission postponed a vote set for last Thursday on a consumer bill of rights for telecom users, rescheduling it for Oct. 2. The request to withhold …
Following more than 15 months of trials, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. plans to commercially launch its Easyedge data service today, providing customers with access to the carrier’s expanding …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Dutch government sold a 12-percent stake, or about 300 million ordinary shares, in Dutch telecom company KPN NV for about $2.2 billion. The sale comes as the …
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. said it will sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and about 1 million HickoryTech shares …
DULLES, Va.-Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant messages using their phones. The announcement …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it expects its revenue and earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal 2003 will achieve the high end of its prior guidance. In …
In the story, “Details emerge on Sprint’s PTT” story in the Sept. 15 issue of RCR Wireless News, Nextel Communications Inc. said its network covers 242 million potential customers. The …
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them. Working its vision …
The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into our society and culture. Every time …
Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won’t find the “m-commerce” designation in any of the literature about his company. However, as president and …
HELSINKI, Finland-The world’s No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone for the United States and a …
In an attempt to strengthen its bottom line, Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. announced a pair of deals last week that the carrier said would generate approximately $30 million …
