Time was when all roads led to Baltimore federal court, where U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake oversees everything from elevator operations to cell-phone health suits. Blake, appointed administrative judge in …
A recently completed Federal Communications Commission paging spectrum auction generated about $2.4 million for a total of 2,832 licenses, numbers that come nowhere near the billions spent on other wireless …
Highlighting its major stake in the in-building arena, SpectraSite Inc. is making an unusual move for a tower company, directly marketing its infrastructure to the consumer. The company’s “Talk On” …
Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From …
LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom’s major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2. The supermarket will offer branded mobile services to the …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Billing and customer-care provider Convergys Corp. said it signed an agreement with billing customer Sprint PCS to support the carrier’s migration from Convergys’ legacy billing system to an …
DENVER-The next phase in the push-to-talk wars is expected to begin in less than a month as industry sources claim Verizon Wireless will launch its PTT offering in most major …
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Mobile-phone upstart Sendo lashed out with another lawsuit over its canceled Microsoft Corp. smart phone, this time claiming European carrier Orange is infringing on one of Sendo’s patents. …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. announced AAT Communications Corp. will purchase 122 towers in Wisconsin for $43 million, the last chunk of the 801 towers indicated in the purchase agreement …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court on Friday struck down an attempt by the wireless industry to delay or eliminate the Nov. 24 mandate that it provide wireless local number portability. The …
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. launched its latest youth-oriented advertising campaign this week titled “Live Without a Plan.” The mobile virtual network operator said the campaign, which debuted during the 2003 …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Thursday announced it signed contracts for phase two of industry-funded health research called for under an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. …
Japan’s second-largest wireless operator KDDI Corp. led its bigger and smaller rivals in customer additions last month as the carrier said it added 162,000 net customers in May, ending the …
WASHINGTON-Connecticut won a two-year fight to implement a specific area code for wireless and certain other phone numbers. The Federal Communications Commission said the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.’s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P …
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Telecom, the largest fixed-line operator in the Czech Republic, has reached a tentative agreement to buy full control of mobile operator Eurotel from Verizon Communications and AT&T …
TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless customers can now download English- and French-language Java technology-based games and applications published by Tira Wireless to their mobile devices. “Rogers AT&T Wireless has clearly recognized the …
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. and Chile’s Telefonica Movil, an affiliate of Telefonica Moviles, announced the availability of the Merlin G100 Wireless PC Card Modem. Telefonica Movil has certified the card …
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep in place rules that require telecom carriers that receive auction bidding credits to serve tribal lands to build …
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems Inc. said it has adopted a stockholder rights plan to fend off unsolicited takeover attempts. This will be applied by issuing a dividend of one right for …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp.’s stock jumped on the company’s announcement that it narrowed its sales estimates for the second quarter owing to improved demand. The company, which serves as the …
BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Developer Silicon Village has launched its Fortress SMS encryption application for sending secure end-to-end short message service messages on Series 60 and Symbian platforms. The solution encrypts SMS messages …
The long, hard road of Wireless Knowledge seems to have finally come to an end. Starting Monday, Wireless Knowledge will fold into Qualcomm Inc.’s Wireless Business Solutions division. Qualcomm Inc. …
WASHINGTON-Nokia Corp. reached an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to fix a glitch in one of its U.S. mobile phones that does not meet the FCC’s enhanced 911 requirements, …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.’s InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary has signed a patent license agreement with Nakayo Telecommunications Inc. covering wireless terminal units and infrastructure compliant with TDMA-based PHS …
