TOKYO-IPMobile said it has received a trial license to deploy a trial system using TD-CDMA technology in Japan. The company said it has built three cell sites inside the Tokyo …
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WASHINGTON-The Senate appropriations subcommittee on homeland security approved President Bush’s request to fund wireless priority service at $73 million in fiscal 2004. The panel passed the homeland security-spending bill Wednesday. …
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications announced it has helped deploy WiseSpot’s Cai-Ling ringback tone service with wireless carriers in China. With the Cai-Ling service, callers hear personalized ringers when placing a call …
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BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said T-Mobile Venture Fund is making an investment in the company, although the terms were not disclosed. “Our investment in Flarion provides us with a window …
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OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The number of worldwide hot spots will grow from 28,000 in 2003 to 160,000 in 2007, according to analyst firm ABI, in spite of challenges in the market …
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Reversing a trend of market delistings by its fellow Sprint PCS affiliates, UbiquiTel Inc. reported beginning July 10 its stock will move from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the …
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Washington-ASCENT Business Solutions, a subsidiary of the Association of Communications Enterprises, and Portland, Ore.-based Consumer Cellular have formed ASCENT Wireless, a new program designed to offer wholesale wireless service to …
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WASHINGTON-Nancy Victory, the embattled assistant Commerce secretary for information and administration, is leaving her post, which leads the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Aug. 15, said NTIA spokesman Clyde Ensslin. …
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Verizon Wireless announced its subscribers will be able to vote on the selection of the most valuable player in the WNBA All-Star game using a short code voting system. Fans …
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TOKYO-The Japanese wireless industry continues to see massive innovation in the mobile-phone area, with technology giants NTT DoCoMo Inc. and NEC Corp. releasing notable new phone advances. First, NEC showed …
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Seven announced it scored a major deal with Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc., which will package and resell Seven’s wireless e-mail technology under …
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LONDON-JP Morgan reduced its rating on Vodafone Group plc from “overweight” to “underweight” noting the company’s stock is overvalued among its peer group and it expects Vodafone to begin reporting …
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BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission widened its inquiry proceedings into German company MobilCom, specifically looking at $157 million in loans paid to MobilCom, covered by guarantees issued by the German federal …
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today named James Daley director of a new office of homeland security. The new unit, which will reside in the Enforcement Bureau, will have oversight of …
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today voted to require some digital mobile phones to be compatible with hearing aids under a phased-in approach calling for industry by early 2008 to make …
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The Wyndham Anatole convention hotel in Dallas said it plans to install Sprint Corp. high-speed wireless and wired Internet access in common areas and 315,000 square feet of total meeting …
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REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Intel Corp. unveiled a distribution program in which Intel will promote and sell AT&T Wireless GPRS- and Wi-Fi-based data solutions through more than 200 …
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NEW YORK-Advanced Communications Technologies Inc. said its shareholders have increased its authorized common stock to 5 billion shares. The company markets a software defined radio system known as SpectruCell.
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WASHINGTON-When the House Commerce Committee takes up anti-spam legislation next week, language will be included to combat wireless spam, Rep. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told RCR Wireless News following a hearing …
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The GSM Association issued a call to the industry to speed the interoperability of multimedia messaging services across the world. The group said it is working with the Open Mobile …
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WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Wireless asked a federal appeals court here to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling permitting mobile satellite service operators to use their frequencies to …
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MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.’s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS. …
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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Korean mobile operator KTF will become a BREW Global Publisher for applications developed for Qualcomm’s BREW mobile Internet platform. The agreement authorizes KTF, which was the …
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SUNNYVALE, Calif.-BeamReach Networks announced an initial contract valued at $4.2 million with BSI Malaysia, a systems integrator. BSI and operator Millenium 2 Communications plan to deploy broadband wireless services in …
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MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel-Tower Semiconductor Ltd. has described as “without merit” a legal action filed against it in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf …