WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. reported that KG Telecommunications has expanded its use of the company’s FraudBuster service as a result of the merger between Tuntex Telecommunication and KG Telecommunications. According to …
WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said on Friday that it has eliminated 99 percent of its infamous backlog-defined as items pending more than one year. In a presentation to the …
NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. said it will list its upcoming wireless tracking stock on the New York Stock Exchange following an initial public offering expected this spring. The new tracking stock …
DALLAS-Looking to increase its presence in the consumer market, WebLink Wireless Inc. formed distribution deals with Kmart Corp. and BlueLight.com, the latter an independent e-commerce company formed by Kmart and …
HAMBURG, Germany-Gauss Interprise AG introduced a Wireless Application Protocol version of its VIP ContentManager Web Content Management system, which allows users without technical expertise to create Web sites.
SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp. will provide its PVPlayer MPEG-4 decoding software to NEC Corp. for a demonstration of high-quality, one-way video streaming capability on NEC’s video cell phone platform. According to …
ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. has purchased the TrunkMeter product form Invertix Corp. to streamline its operations and reduce interconnect costs. According to TeleCorp, TrunkMeter will enable its operations staff to …
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it closed a private placement of $300 million in 7.75-percent equity subordinated debentures convertible into TIW subordinate voting shares. Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Chase Capital …
Telematics services, despite their slow start, are on the cusp of becoming standard features on millions of cars, but the kinds of services that will emerge as the most beneficial …
SINGAPORE-Fixed and mobile telecom provider StarHub has selected Siemens Information and Communications Networks to supply and install Wireless Application Protocol gateway and portal software from Phone.com Inc.
NEW YORK-Telet, a Brazilian cellular operator, partnered with StarMedia Network Inc., an Internet company for Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking markets, to bring wireless Internet to Telet’s subscribers. Claro On-line, the new service, …
MADRID, Spain-A Vivendi-led consortium and Spain’s three incumbent mobile phone operators won Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Spain. The third-generation licenses were awarded through a selective tender process. The …
STOCKHOLM-Swedish emergency operator SOS Alarm AB said it signed an agreement to ally with Unwire, a subsidiary of CellPoint, to provide positioning, security and telematics services across Sweden. SOS Alarm …
CHICAGO-Safco Technologies Inc. unveiled a program to provide secure Internet access to its RECON database on wireless network performance. The database stores call quality information, call statistics, engineering parameters, infrastructure …
BURNABY, British Columbia-Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. placed an order for a branded version of Infowave Software Inc.’s Symmetry software that Rogers will offer to new and existing subscribers using digital …
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-PNV Inc., a provider of full-service information and communications to the long-haul trucking industry, launched its PNV “B” Connected broadband wireless network for the trucking industry. The new …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last week prohibited bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s counsel from arguing a crucial opposition to the Federal Communications Commission. The court is …
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-RELM Wireless Corp. completed the acquisition of the private radio product lines from Uniden America Corp. Under the terms of the transaction, RELM acquired all current Uniden land …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is beginning an inquiry into how software-defined radios may change the world. “You know that software-defined radios have the potential to bring science fiction to life,” …
