REDMOND, Wash.-The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The …
Wireless customers are now able to register their telephone numbers on a national do-not-call list, said President George Bush from the White House Rose Garden Friday morning.”The Federal Communications Commission …
Philippe Kahn foresees a global society transformed by mobile phones with integrated digital cameras. As industry analysts predict the vast majority all mobile phones will include cameras in the next …
The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict subscriber …
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson said it plans to outsource its information systems unit to IBM Corp., transferring 1,000 employees to the software giant. Ericsson sees the move as part of its …
In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender. Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will have 80 percent of its markets Nationwide Direct Connect-enabled by July 1 with the addition of 13 states, including Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it won $70 million worth of GSM network expansion contracts from the Philippines’ Smart Communications Inc. Deliveries of equipment and services have already begun, the Finnish …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide sales of semiconductors witnessed its third consecutive monthly increase from March to May of this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. In its report, the SIA …
American Airlines announced it will relax the long-held rules regarding mobile phones on its aircraft, allowing passengers to use their wireless devices until the aircraft doors are shut and then …
LEDBURY, U.K.-The number of wireless local are network hot spots in Europe will rise by more than 20,000 by 2007, according to a new report from telecommunications consulting firm BWCS. …
ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Computer Corp. signed a deal with T-Mobile USA Inc. providing Dell notebook computer customers with 2,000 free minutes of access to T-Mobile USA’s HotSpot service within the …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will offer customers with Get It Now-enabled phones enhanced nationwide directory information through Verizon SuperPages. Verizon Wireless said the service will allow customers to search …
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua-Nortel Networks said it has signed a contract with Antigua Public Utilities Authority PCS to deploy a GPRS network for the carrier. The financial terms of the deal …
LONDON-U.K. mobile operators suffered a defeat on call charges Friday when a U.K. court ruled that U.K. regulators had acted within their powers when they ordered the operators to reduce …
By the time Nextel Communications Inc. completes rollout of its Nationwide Direct Connect service in August, it is expected to have some competitors in the push-to-speak space. A number of …
WASHINGTON-Wireless customers are now able to register their telephone numbers on a national do-not-call list, said President George Bush from the White House Rose Garden Friday morning. “Unwanted telemarketing calls …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications, which makes software-defined radio base stations, said it expects to record at least a 100-percent revenue leap, more than $4.3 million, in its second-quarter compared with its …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The wireless local area networks semiconductor market will increase at a13-percent compound annual rate from 2002 to 2007 to $1.1 billion, according to a report from IDC. “The next …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Corp. announced it purchased a new building adjacent to the company’s headquarters in Hauppauge, N.Y., for $3.48 million. “As we have previously stated, our long-term plans …
FREMONT, Calif.-Mobile resource management company At Road Inc. announced a public offering of 4 million shares of common stock and an additional 2.5 million-share offering by stockholders. At Road will …
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Mobile operators and mobile virtual network operators could lose up to 16 percent of revenue if they adopt the wrong pricing policy for messaging, content and entertainment (MCE) …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless application provider SmartServ Online Inc. said its stock will be delisted from the Nasdaq and will be traded on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board. Further, SmartServ said …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday said the wireless industry remains highly competitive, but concerns were raised about the quality of data collected by the agency and whether rural consumers are …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. has priced the $200 million convertible senior note offering it announced earlier this week and has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to …
