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REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. released details of MSN Direct, the service plan it will offer for the smart watches that Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, described earlier this …

Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From …

Motorola Inc. has rolled out a series of platforms and enhancements to further stake its claims in wireless infrastructure and operating systems. The announcements made at the Smart Networks Developer …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. released details of MSN Direct, the service plan it will offer for the smart watches that Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, described earlier this …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a five-year contract to outsource its information technology infrastructure to Hewlett-Packard Co. HP will provide IT services for Ericsson’s operations worldwide. “Outsourcing of …

Numerous wireless companies are making product and partnership announcements at SuperComm in Atlanta this week. Here is a roundup of the news and announcements: SandCherry Inc. and BEA Systems Inc. …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. unveiled a custom chip that combines eight ARM966E processor cores, making it four times more powerful than typical chips, as well as reducing cost and improving …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW’s planned overlay of its existing …

The evolution of the wireless local area network industry has been so dramatic that it seems almost a certainty that mobile-phone makers will include WLAN technology in future wireless devices. …

DRAPER, Utah-Broadband Central has launched its Blue Zone reseller program to support its nationwide rollout of high-speed wireless Internet services for residential customers. The company, which is initially focusing on …

ST. LOUIS-T-Mobile USA Inc. has implemented the Amdocs Enabler, a billing platform with which the carrier can manage all services, payment methods and customer types. “Amdocs Enabler can support all …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a custom chip that combines eight ARM966E processor cores, making it four times more powerful than typical chips, as well as reducing …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said Sprint PCS has purchased the full suite of its operations support systems solution, including both hardware and software. “Our One Sprint initiative, which aims …

According to a recent report from the Shosteck Group, the wireless industry should begin looking at the average margin per user instead of the average revenue per user as a …

TORONTO-Redline Communications Inc. announced its AN-30T, a long-range, non-line-of-sight broadband wireless product with a view to helping wireless carriers reduce their dependence on T1/E1 lines. “The cost of leased-line circuits …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it has unveiled three high-speed chips and software reference design for both current and next-generation multiservice telecom equipment pieces, including wireless. “These bridge chips and reference …

WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration was berated Thursday by a powerful lawmaker for cutting and eliminating funding for telecommunications grants that could be used by Native Americans to improve teledensity in Indian …

The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will …

WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration was berated Thursday by a powerful lawmaker for cutting and eliminating funding for telecommunications grants that could be used by Native Americans to improve teledensity in Indian …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Nearly 20 percent of new vehicles worldwide will be embedded with Bluetooth hardware by 2007, according to research firm Allied Business Intelligence Inc. ABI cites low cost and …

With public hot-spot locations popping up faster than reality-based TV shows, companies that provide support services are finding a market ripe for innovations, the most compelling of which is how …

As the wireless industry comes of age, upgrades are necessary to keep existing, legacy infrastructure in working order and compatible with emerging wireless communications technologies. Those upgrades and enhancements start …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. again led the industry in customer growth during the first quarter of 2003, reporting 921,000 net customer additions during the first three months of this year, …

SCHAUMBERG, Ill.—The SARS situation in China may cost Motorola Inc. up to $500 million, according to a new research note from investment banking firm RCB Capital Capital Markets. The firm …

LOS ANGELES-Science Applications International Corp. has purchased enhancements to 14,000 existing software licenses that include TechnoCom Corp.’s software platform, said TechnoCom. SAIC also purchased 2,400 new licenses as part of …