LAS VEGAS-Odyssey Software and Nettech Systems Inc. announced they have created a solution that extends wireless access to enterprise applications. The system blends Nettech’s Smart IPO middleware with Odyssey’s CEfusion, …
As I debate again this year whether to actually make mashed potatoes to bring to the family Thanksgiving dinner or whether to buy them and pretend I made them (you …
Dueling high-tech agendas In coming years, the debate for control of the nation’s high-tech policy agenda will become as fierce, and perhaps as important, as any in official Washington. Given …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Despite the reluctance of some carriers to report fraud figures and the inability of many to distinguish fraud from bad debt, a popular consensus is that fraud against wireless …
WASHINGTON-A critical European Parliament vote last week, which could effectively mandate a third-generation mobile phone standard dominated by Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia Corp. and lock out American technology, …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. introduced a single-chip Personal Digital Cellular solution, called PDChip d5311E. The PDC chip’s architecture is based on Texas Instruments Inc.’s TMS320C54x DSP core, which combines a …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week officially proposed rules that could lead to the end of spectrum caps. Additionally, the FCC announced rules to relocate incumbents in the 2 GHz …
For some time, the paging industry has looked to information services as one possible means to increase revenue, but several technological obstacles have restricted the level of customization required for …
Nextel Communications Inc. is testing nationwide pricing plans that fall in line with high-end one-rate plans offered by national mobile phone competitors. Analysts say the company quietly is rolling out …
LOS ANGELES-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it will begin phased introduction of high-speed wireless data capabilities over its existing cdmaOne network in 1999. The next-generation wireless services are based on cdma2000 …
LOS ANGELES-Nortel Networks said it is conducting live trials of cdmaOne circuit-switched data services with Bell Mobility and other selected customers and in the Nortel Networks Wireless Internet Lab in …
This holiday season will see an unprecedented number of mobile phone competitors in the market, but carriers still seem unwilling to compete with break-neck pricing as they aim to keep …
This year’s holiday season promises to be an interesting one for wireless carriers and vendors offering their products to online buyers. Jupiter Communications, a new media research firm, predicts holiday …
American Tower Corp. last week bolstered its leading position among independent tower companies when it announced plans to acquire TeleCom Towers L.L.C. and OmniAmerica Inc., the latter considered a major …
In a surprising letter to the International Telecommunication Union, Europe’s standards body said it will consider harmonizing all CDMA-related third-generation proposals sent to the ITU, including cdma2000. The move is …
WASHINGTON-Daniel Phythyon, capping a stormy year-and-a-half stewardship of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which had him under constant siege from feisty bankruptcy lawyers, angry lawmakers and high-powered lobbyists, …
Motorola Inc. plans to purchase assets related to the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.’s wireless handset facility in New Jersey. The two companies have signed a …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to brand the AT&T name in Los Angeles by next year. The company recently gained management control of Los Angeles Cellular under …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to brand the AT&T name in Los Angeles by next year. The company recently gained management control of Los Angeles Cellular under …
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. said it entered an agreement with Intelligent Information Inc. to resell III’s personalized information services. TSR is branding the III service Personal Paging. Personal Paging …
