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Verizon Wireless ended 2003 in the same position as it began the year, as both the nation’s largest carrier as well as the highest ranked wireless provider based on five …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Cellular networks continue to dominate the total market for power amplifiers, but future growth of other wireless technologies will offset that dominance in the future, according to new …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Distributed antenna systems, which use fiber cable to distribute signals to a network of small antennas throughout a building, have helped to make the in-building wireless market a …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-New retail voice over broadband (VoBB) services will struggle to establish themselves in the Western European voice market, according to a new ret from Analysys. “Not only does broadband …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Research and consulting firm Gartner said it increased its 2004 phone sales predictions to 580 million units-further evidence that the mobile-phone market is enjoying gangbuster growth. “2003 sales surpassed …

SAN DIEGO-More than 500 million nodes will ship for wireless sensor applications in 2010 for an end-user market worth $7 million, according to a report by ON World. Wireless sensors …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. are at the short end of wireless infrastructure contracts owing to their late start in the UMTS market, according to a report …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-New research shows Vodafone’s Live! wireless data service and NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service are both poised for growth outside of Japan. According to research and consulting firm Analysys …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The Wi-Fi industry will continue to grow, driven by new equipment and innovative applications, according to a new report by Allied Business Intelligence. The firm predicted 95 million …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-New location-enabled wireless handsets will help wireless carriers find a place in the commercial telematics value chain, according to ABI. The research firm expects the telematics market to …

PARIS-European mobile operators are set to enjoy a revenue increase of 7.5 percent this year and annual growth of 6.6 percent until 2006, according to a new report from consulting …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Mobile carriers worldwide will increase their spending to $763 million by 2008, well up from the $262 million expected to be spent in 2004, according to research from …

STAMFORD, Conn.-The number of hot-spot users worldwide will total 30 million in 2004, up from 9.3 million users in 2003, according to research from Gartner Inc. As users increase, enterprises …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-The Saudi Arabian mobile market is set to experience tremendous growth this year, according to a recently published study by IDC. The growth will be fueled by strong …

BOSTON-New research shows the mobile-phone market shattered all records by selling more than half a billion units last year. Numbers from research firms Strategy Analytics, Gartner Inc. and IDC all …

DALLAS-Machine-to-machine (M2M) business applications-distinguished from wireless data services in their ability to automatically and autonomously communicate, control and affect the operation of remote machines or systems in real time-will create …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than $100 billion by 2008, according to …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless LAN market will grow 23 percent in 2004 to $2.2 billion, with strong growth continuing through 2006, but its decline will begin in 2007, according to …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Short-range wireless technology ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market, according to market research firm West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C. (WTRS). Annual shipments of …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for in-building wireless networks will exceed $1 billion by the end of this decade, according to a new study from research firm ABI. The analyst firm …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-The short-range technology dubbed ZigBee may be one of the major protocol stars of the year, said Cambridge Consultants Ltd., a consultancy firm. ZigBee will do well particularly in …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The cell phone is the invention Americans hate most but cannot live without, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Index study released today. Nearly 30 …

WHEATON, Md.-UMTS technology increases data profitability, according to new analysis from the Shosteck Group. According to Shosteck, UMTS is among the most profitable of services because it maximizes AMPU (average …

WASHINGTON-Total spending in the U.S. telecom sector rose 4.7 percent in 2003 to an estimated $720.5 billion, according to a new figures released today by the Telecommunications Industry Association. TIA’s …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-This will be a busy year for RFID technology, according to ABI Research. As manufacturers ready for the 2005 deployments of RFID by Wal-Mart and the U.S. Department …