PHOENIX-TekNow announced it signed an agreement to provide Irius Technologies with voice messaging terminals for an FM-Sub Carrier Digital Voice Messaging System. Under the terms of the multimillion dollar agreement, …
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications announced a licensing agreement with Sony Corp. that will allow Sony to incorporate Tegic Communications’ T9 Text Input technology into products such as wireless phones. T9 Text Input …
While the fourth quarter typically is the most competitive quarter of the year for mobile phone operators, a recent pricing study from Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C. concludes that increased industry competition …
NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, announced a new services initiative designed to help large enterprises “rapidly transform their existing networks into adaptive, next-generation networks necessary for … a global, Internet-driven …
WASHINGTON-The FBI should set digital wiretap capacity standards for messaging services based on percentages rather than geography, said the Personal Communications Industry Association in comments filed with the FBI last …
CLEVELAND-Wireless reseller Cellnet of Ohio last week filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to delay approval of the proposed merger of AirTouch Communications Inc. and Vodafone …
Called one of the largest deployments of mobile computing technology to date, BellSouth Corp. introduced a new, $163 million mobile computing platform created to give its 15,000 service technicians access …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it must provide a supplemental disclosure statement to MobileMedia Corp.’s Class 6 general unsecured creditors, and then resolicit confirmation votes from them for the …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved the $57 billion merger between AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc. As expected, TCI must divest its interest in Sprint Corp.’s personal communications services business as …
CLEVELAND-Sprint PCS said it launched service in northeast Ohio. The market includes Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Wayne and Erie counties. In conjunction with the launch, …
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. and EuroTel Bratislava said they have signed a $51 million contract to expand EuroTel’s Global System for Mobile communications system in Slovakia. Under the terms of the contract, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be attempting to develop policy goals to solve the “dead zone” problem. The FCC then would leave it to the cellular industry to come …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said Siemens AG of Germany intends to withdraw from InterDigital’s B-CDMA Alliance. “We are obviously disappointed with Siemens decision,” said William Doyle, InterDigital president. …
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced it entered the Canadian telecommunications market through an agreement to provide Bell Mobility with the dual-mode/dual-band Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services SCH-1530 phone. …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced a fourth quarter net loss of $45.4 million, or 73 cents per share, compared with $37.1 million, or 61 cents per share, reported for the …
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. has bought a minority interest in the company by investing some $5 million in Geoworks common stock, representing about 7 percent of …
While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will mark the one-year anniversary of the …
The Finnish government said it will be the first European country to grant third-generation mobile phone licenses by spring, and one company’s bid to use cdma2000 technology remains. Finland’s Ministry …
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has permitted the takeover of Puerto Rico’s government-run “principal local exchange service provider by a well-financed and experienced company,” GTE Holdings L.L.C. In …
Increasingly, for wireless regulators, striking a policy balance on issues affecting competition, consumer safety and law enforcement is a big challenge. Owing in part to converging technologies and changing markets, …
