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WASHINGTON-Network-based solutions to meet the wireless enhanced 911 Phase II mandate may be winning the battle with handset-based solutions because handsets are not available as the deadline looms for carriers to make a choice. While many of the largest carriers-including …

WASHINGTON-Aggressive industry lobbying and strong bipartisan backing by the Washington state congressional delegation in this election season of giving helped win removal of a measure that would have killed the VoiceStream Wireless Inc.-Deutsche Telekom AG merger in the final days …

Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its Wireless Web service. The move is targeted at capitalizing on …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could have a more difficult time offering bundled services to its customers after the business unit is separated from the parent group, according to one analyst. Now that AT&T has announced it will create four separate …

WASHINGTON-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. fully expects to meet the extended deadlines the Federal Communications Commission set out for it to implement enhanced 911, said the GSM carrier recently. “All of VoiceStream’s infrastructure vendors have confirmed that they will have products available …

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered through a wireless device within the next five to 10 …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. has begun providing its trademarked Synapse to bridge the divide between rural farmers and their city customers. The pilot program, involving wireless point-of-sale terminals at 45 urban Green Markets in New York state, represents just …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer free and unlimited two-way text messaging services through Feb. 28. After the free promotional period ends, customers can continue service through a choice of two plans. For $5 per month, customers …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Aeris.net introduced a new service option called VBurst, an overlay to the firm’s existing MicroBurst service, using the cellular control channel for packet data services. While MicroBurst is positioned primarily as a one-way, alert service, VBurst is a …

NEW YORK-The $41.6 billion bid by Deutsche Telekom AG for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was the largest merger announced last quarter and the second-largest during the first nine months of this year, Mergerstat L.P., Los Angeles, reported. The semiconductor sector, with …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query Application over multiple wireless networks. The SureWave platform replaces the …

WASHINGTON-Just because the telecommunications industry is urging the Federal Communications Commission to order the cable industry to open up its cable modem platform to competing Internet service providers, that does not mean the FCC should require “open access” on all …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. announced Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. has agreed to resell its Wireless Business Engine to corporate clients in Canada. The Wireless BUsiness Engine is designed to extend corporate data from behind firewalls to wireless devices.

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp.’s board of directors is meeting this week to discuss several issues, including a spinoff of the company’s consumer long-distance business and a possible merger of AT&T Wireless Services and Nextel Communications Inc., according to The Wall Street …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. are still in talks concerning a merger, international press reports said. The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported the talks had ended. British Telecom spokesmen were quoted in several reports as saying the talks …

As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and GoAmerica Inc. Calling itself a wireless version of America Online, …

NEW YORK-A 6-percent average summer dip in the price of shares in American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International, Pinnacle Towers Inc., SBA Communications and SpectraSite Communications also reflected “a shift of investors out of telecom into what are perceived to …

The life of a start-up company is as unpredictable as the weather, and sometimes the plotted course turns out to be the wrong path to success. Such was the case with Reason Inc. Just eight months ago, the company launched …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Travelocity.com launched a mobile flight-booking tool with rebooking capabilities for customers using various types of wireless devices. The service allows travelers to buy airline tickets via their devices, as well as rebook previously purchased tickets if necessary. The …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman of the company’s Microelectronics business, which will be spun off …

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for the Handspring VisorPhone. The company also is unveiling version 2.0 …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and sent its stock plummeting to a new 52-week low. The …

Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PCS licenses in Eugene, Ore., and Fort Collins and Greeley, Colo., from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. The licenses, covering 700,000 potential customers, were the subject of a previous memorandum …

For the mobile commerce market to succeed in winning over consumers from the wired Internet and bricks-and-mortar space, it will have to be flexible in meeting consumer expectations, according to a recent report by the Aberdeen Group. The report, “Mobile …

Shares of AT&T Corp. fell after Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman lowered his recommendation on AT&T from “outperform” to “buy” on Friday. The stock was trading at $26.94 at RCR Wireless News press time, down $1.94 from the previous …