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While the latest wireless handsets feature such technological advancements as wireless Internet access, short message service and ever-decreasing size, the power sources needed to supply those functions have been left …

With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s announcement that it will overlay its existing TDMA-based network with a GSM network supporting GPRS, the pressure is on other TDMA carriers, specifically the largest …

While most larger carriers are still feeling their way through the abundance of third-generation hype, a small carrier in Oklahoma is getting ready to deploy a GPRS network using AirNet …

NEW YORK-Canadian users of Web-enabled wireless phones and two-way pagers can get walking or driving directions to any location within the country, under an agreement announced Nov. 22 between Maptuit …

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless formed another strategic alliance, but this time it’s not with another business-it’s with the City of San Diego. Verizon is the city’s official wireless partner, and will …

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the past year alone. Among them is …

SINGAPORE-StarHub Chief Executive Terry Clontz said end users would draw the short end of the stick because of the Singapore government’s decision to use the auction method of awarding third-generation …

BEIJING-At an extraordinary general meeting on 10 November, China Mobile (Hong Kong) shareholders approved the company’s plan to purchase seven networks from its parent, China Mobile Communications, for US$32.84 billion. …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-In a US$40 million deal, Vodafone Group will use Sycamore Networks’ intelligent optical switching and transport products and services. Sycamore will supply its SN 16000 optical core switch, SN …

Continuing the flow of wireless technological improvements from north of the border, Burnaby, British Columbia-based PMC-Sierra Inc. introduced its Power Amplifier Linearizer and Distortion Inhibitor-10 chip, designed to allow traffic …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. hopes to reach two fast-growing markets with its QCP 6035 Smartphone, combining the functionality of a tri-mode CDMA phone with a personal digital assistant incorporating Palm Inc.’s …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice is pointing to contracts it signed with four manufacturers to show it is cost-effective for telecom carriers to add additional capabilities to their networks to enhance …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth last week leveled perhaps his strongest criticism yet against fellow telecom regulators and the Clinton administration, accusing both of subverting the process for moving military …

WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concerned with increased tower construction fatalities and injuries, is putting the tower industry under the microscope. OSHA head Charles Jeffress is expected shortly to …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp.’s stock slipped Friday after the company revised its earnings forecasts for next year due to the cost of expanding its high-speed Internet business and Latin American wireless operations. …

The hunt for spectrum by wireless carriers continued last week as Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest operator, offered more than $2 billion for Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary …

Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this …

Arch Wireless Inc. and Paging Network Inc. announced the completion of their merger Friday, creating the largest paging carrier in North America and adding a significant two-way wireless data player …

The business of stealing cars is a $7 billion game that every year saps the resources of law enforcement and results in a financial and personal loss for car owners. …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Russian company RadioTel said it will test a Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) trunking network in the St. Petersburg area, using Motorola equipment for infrastructure and terminals. Motorola estimated the …

NEW YORK-Seeking to become a dominant player in the emerging lithium-ion polymer battery field, Valence Technology Inc. plans to buy all rights to this technology that now are held by …

NEW YORK-It is all too easy to get “starry eyed” about the prospects for new generations of wireless services. As a counterpoint, a reality check is required about deployment and …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Under a plan that would more fully integrate the two companies, Sprint PCS network partner US Unwired Inc. announced it would outsource most of its customer care and …

TOKYO-The Japanese government decided not to use the 5 GHz band for wireless access services in an open field. An advisory body for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on …

If you were to ask most wireless subscribers what they wanted out of their wireless service, you would get a variety of answers that led to one overriding desire-more. If …