PENSACOLA, Fla.-Nextel Partners Inc. launched its digital wireless network in the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Mobile, Ala.; and the Florida Gulf Coast regions. The coverage area will extend along the Interstate …
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa and Sweden’s Investor AB formed a consortium that plans to apply for a third-generation license in Sweden. The proposed ownership structure is 60 percent for Hutchison Whampoa …
ing negative news about Code Division Multiple Access technology prospects for China Unicom, Qualcomm Inc. quickly hammered out eight intellectual property research and development deals with local mobile-phone vendors in …
DALLAS-SBC Wireless, a division of SBC Communications Inc., introduced Digital Edge USA, its nationwide, flat-rate wireless calling plan. The new offering includes six nationwide plans ranging from $25 for 75 …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, clearing the way for research to begin on whether radio-frequency emissions …
WARWICK, England-Crown Castle UK Ltd. announced it won a contract to roll out a third-generation network on the Isle of Man, to be built by NEC and Siemens for Manx …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported it carried out the first Wireless Application Protocol service over a trial wideband Code Division Multiple Access system. The tests, completed in Beijing, involved Chinese language …
BERLIN-Motorola Inc. said its new Berlin-based center for developing General Packet Radio Service will be completed later this year and will accommodate around 40 packet data technology specialists. The German …
ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc. launched Sprint PCS wireless personal communications services in Augusta, Ga., and in Columbia, Florence and Orangeburg, S.C. AirGate said the coverage region also includes highway corridors leading …
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn two decisions from a federal appeals court that said bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction when the case …
ATLANTA-Nokia Corp. introduced its RoofTop Wireless Routers and Bridges for the residential and small-business market, and CityHopper Broadband Wireless Access products for mid-size and large businesses. The Nokia RoofTop Wireless …
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-M2card Inc., a payment solution provider, and Inciscent, a wired-to-wireless application service provider, announced they have formed a strategic alliance to develop wireless transaction services designed to complement …
When questioned about the narrowband wireless local loop market, people in the telecommunications industry offer such differing opinions you expect a hidden camera to be planted somewhere in an attempt …
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will conduct noncommercial trials with Nortel Networks Corp. of its General Packet Radio Services technology in several major U.S. cities beginning this summer. AT&T …
SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. said it intends to use PacketVideo Corp.’s MPEG-4 wireless multimedia solution on a future generation of multiple communication phones for integrated Digital Enhanced Network wireless networks. PacketVideo’s …
ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going …
L.M. Ericsson led the stampede of companies that introduced Bluetooth products in the past few weeks, but some industry experts believe it will be several years away before consumers embrace …
WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission ruling on liability could be issued within weeks, with the completion of a staff proposal that is expected to steer clear of specific litigation issues and …
WASHINGTON-James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said last week Congress should intervene if mobile-phone carriers continue to refuse to offer early-alert warnings for natural disasters and …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Wireless Internet application service provider GiantBear.com Inc. signed an agreement with Hollywood.com Inc. to serve as the centralized Web-to-wireless application provider for Hollywood.com’s wireless expansion. GiantBear.com said it …
