HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. suffered further fallout from its Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, with its chairman of the board and executive vice president and …
AirCell Inc. said it moved one step closer toward offering mobile-phone services aboard aircraft with a new patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The company said the patent marks a …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-VIA Technologies Inc. introduced the new VIA Antaur mobile processor, which features low-power consumption and thermal density with enhanced performance for productivity and digital media applications. “With the launch …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Satellite phone service provider Globalstar announced new lower rates for U.S. customers making international phone calls, which the company said makes it the least expensive satellite phone service …
Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. is expected to expand its Wi-Fi initiative into the San Francisco Bay Area this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report noted the …
Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones. The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the …
NEWBURY, United Kingdom-U.K. company Cognito has launched a GPRS service called BusinessPhone that encourages users to text message other employees rather than talk directly to them and includes a personal …
Intrigue and espionage are not relegated to summer’s blockbuster movie season. Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit late last month against Nextel Communications Inc. claiming the Reston, Va.-based carrier used a …
WASHINGTON-It is back to square one in the search for the next president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) turned down the job last week. …
Executives from the nation’s largest wireless carriers met last week in an effort to hammer out the details of a universal short code system, according to industry sources. Future meetings …
WASHINGTON-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon late last week reached a settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS that ends a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to …
Major carriers, network solution providers and handset manufacturers in North America and Europe have come together to discuss how to form a common standard to update software in wireless devices …
MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone. “It’s just amazing that what started about 13 years ago as an idea for connecting rural Minnesota …
Motorola Inc. has said that Baltic States wireless operator Omnitel in Lithuania is the first to commercially deploy its new-generation base station, the Horizon 11 base transceiver station for GSM/GPRS/EDGE …
The tightened economy seems to be pushing the wireless enterprise market in opposite directions. On one hand, big-name technology players are bolstering their wireless enterprise efforts, hoping to entice new …
As next-generation speeds make their way into the wireless world, operators face the challenge that the resulting deluge of traffic on their networks may be too much to monitor, setting …
T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick’s unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such …
Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.’s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing …
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced two new CDMA phone deals, moves that follow on the company’s promise to expand its CDMA phone business, but ones that do not involve big-name CDMA …
Laurent Vermot-Gauchy wants to introduce a new acronym into the location services market-ELS, or enterprise location-centric services. As head of location-services company Maporama, Vermot-Gauchy is looking to sell location information …
Approaching its 95th birthday, the Radio Club of America continues to be a source of inspiration and education to its members, whose ongoing contributions make this living history of radio …
In a move many industry analysts say eventually will level the wireless data playing field, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched commercial EDGE services in Indianapolis, allowing the carrier to offer data …
MOSCOW-Siemens released three new phones the company said are aimed specifically at Eastern European users. The company said its new entry-level A52 mobile phone is aimed at first-time buyers in …
Following a competitive first quarter that witnessed the wireless industry meeting modest customer addition expectations, moderating customer churn results and a drop in customer revenue, analysts and investors are hinting …
Turning wireless services from novelty to normal has engaged wireless players focusing on the emerging markets in the world. While advanced economies of North America, Western Europe and Japan grapple …
