WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, wireless czar at the Federal Communications Commission, said he will propose shortly that a new rule making be initiated to fully address prickly issues stifling competitive wireless access …
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. and the Home Shopping Network announced the intent to offer HSN members a branded prepaid cellular phone program, set to launch on or about May …
WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., despite winning a California appeals court ruling last summer that capped liability at $5,000 for failing to connect a 911 cell phone call from carjack victim …
SAN DIEGO-Canada’s Bell Mobility announced it will begin formally testing the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture created by Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. The announcement makes …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the U.S. Justice Department has reviewed L.M. Ericsson’s pending acquisition of the company’s infrastructure division and the two company’s intellectual-property-right settlement. Qualcomm said it expects the …
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Telular Corp. formalized an agreement for worldwide product development and marketing of the Telular Time Division Multiple Access fixed cellular terminals. Under terms of the agreement, Ericsson …
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice has reminded the computer industry that, notwithstanding a recent appeals court ruling, restrictions on the export of encryption technology still are in place. “The regulations controlling …
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it has joined forces with online trading company eBay to create a wireless person-to-person online trading service that will extend auction updates and bids to …
WASHINGTON-Everyone who makes a phone call-either wireless or wireline-soon could see a tax cut if Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has his way. Last week, Tauzin, chairman of the House telecom …
At last Wednesday’s hearing on wireless 911 legislation, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) made special note of a front-page Washington Post story published that day about communications problems hindering rescue efforts …
In the May 10 issue of RCR, the device used with American Mobile Satellite Corp.’s new eLink service should have been identified as the RIM 850 from Research In Motion …
ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C. announced an agreement that will extend its Cellemetry Data Services throughout the 17-state area covered by Western Wireless Corp. With the agreement, Cellemetry said it now covers 92 …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced worldwide cdmaOne subscribers totaled 28.5 million at the end of March, a one-year increase of 309 percent. The North American Code Division Multiple …
WASHINGTON-The leaders of the four telecommunications trade associations, which are suing the Department of Justice over implementation of the digital wiretap act, met with Assistant Attorney General Stephen Colgate on …
WASHINGTON-A new treaty to curb bribery of public officials should help U.S. wireless firms become more competitive in the emerging global telecom marketplace. The accord, signed by the United States …
NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. said it now is selling its Zinc-Air disposable batteries for cellular phones through the company’s Web site. The Motorola Inc. MicroTAC series 2900 mAh disposable battery …
The buzz phrase of the wireless data industry this year is Internet portal, and AvantGo Inc. hopes to capitalize on this attention by introducing a free interactive Internet service called …
NEW YORK-A class action lawsuit was filed last week by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers frustrated by dropped calls, busy signals and other indications of possible network unreliability. The case …
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs Ltd., a provider of billing and related information systems to telecommunications carriers, has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a secondary offering of 20 million shares …
WASHINGTON-A federal district court in California handed AirTouch Paging of California a victory when it granted summary judgment in an interconnection case against Pacific Bell. Pacific Bell must offer AirTouch …
