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SAN MATEO, Calif.-The market for wireless machine-to-machine communications is poised to experience a 27-percent compound annual growth rate, ballooning from $9.3 billion in 2004 to $31 billion in 2008, according …

Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted mixed first-quarter financial results as a significant drop in roaming revenues and a slight increase in net losses offset a year-over-year increase in total revenues. …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., and the rest of the wireless world, will have to wait a bit longer. The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday put out the agenda for its May …

As Wi-Fi adoption grows, companies are coming together to work out suitable standards in two key areas-security and quality of service. The security protocol for Wi-Fi is called Wi-Fi Protected …

Dennis Strigl did not have to be a diligent student to become a first-rate manager. “I disliked school,” recalls the chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless Inc., the biggest carrier …

WASHINGTON-The estimated $1 billion contract awarded to M/A-COM to build a public-safety wireless network throughout New York state will be paid for through a 911 cell-phone surcharge on consumer bills, …

Dear Editor, I read with interest your article on April 1 titled, “Research claims wireless not major threat to wireline,” and wanted to share some thoughts on a couple of …

Wireless customers hit with higher-than-expected bills when they exceed their monthly allotment of calling minutes could begin to see some relief. Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. have introduced overage …

SAN FRANCISCO-Vivato launched the VP2200, an 802.11g indoor Wi-Fi base station. The solution features Vivato’s smart antenna technology based on its PacketSteering technology, which it said extends 802.11b and 802.11g …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a new module that integrates wireless local area network with wireline, supporting up to 300 access points and 6,000 users. The …

DALLAS-Sun Microsystems Inc. this week officially opened its Dallas-based RFID Test Center and launched a new Radio Frequency Identification solution. The test center simulates a warehouse environment to test RFID …

Western Wireless Corp. reported 22,900 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year for its domestic operations, ending the quarter with more than 1.3 million total domestic customers. …

WASHINGTON-Connexn Technologies introduced its Certo Cost and Revenue Assurance (CRA) software platform at this week’s Billing World 2004 show in Washington, D.C. The platform allows communications service providers to manage …

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported a 25-percent increase in first-quarter revenue from $141.1 million last year to $176.7 million this year, which helped the carrier cut net …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said it has acquired Granite Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum to enhance inventory management as it advances its operational support system solutions. Granite will offer …

PLANO, Texas-EDS said it has reached an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. amending their current five-year master services agreement that was signed in 2001 to cover additional applications development and …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. introduced a $50 monthly unlimited access plan for its Sprint PCS Wi-Fi Access service to complement its currently offered $7 promotional daily connection offer. The company …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. posted a 14 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues from $124.7 million during the first quarter of 2003 to $141.6 million this …

DENVER-Radio frequency identification technology is reaching maturity. Such an assertion seems almost absurd for a technology that has recently received hype rivaling that of other newfangled short-range wireless technologies like …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will deliver the keynote address at the Wireless Communications Association’s 2004 conference taking place June 3 in Washington, D.C. “Our industry and its consumers …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-In 2004, UMTS technology is poised to grow more than 200 percent from 2003, according to a report from ABI Research. The group notes that the growth points …

Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it added 21,400 subscribers during the first quarter of this year, which was a 24-percent improvement compared with the 17,200 subscribers the carrier added …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. released full first-quarter results confirming its previously reported 196,000 net customer additions not including 76,000 subscribers transferred to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as part of a market …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Voice application provider Orative announced it acquired the assets of Bonita Software, based in Raleigh, N.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Orative said it acquired several …

New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell expressing concern that the pending Consensus Plan in front of the commission that calls …