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SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has …

PacketVideo Corp. scored a major deal today with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, which will resell the streaming media company’s MPEG-4 technology platform to mobile operators. The deal is another …

HONG KONG-Repeater Technologies Inc. announced at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong receiving type acceptance for its Over-the-Air 850C Network Repeater from China’s Ministry of Information Industry’s State Regulatory …

Cellemetry L.L.C. Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.’s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. …

NEW YORK-By early fall, the Federal Communications Commission expects to issue rules governing software-defined radio, which industry participants believe will revolutionize wireless communications, Bryan Tramont said June 11 at the …

While some industry observers have been harping on how long the wireless industry will have to wait before it sees the widespread use of mobile data services, a report from …

ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors. The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps operators to improve network quality …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris.net, a Web-to-wireless telemetry network operator, and American Innovations, a supplier of remote monitoring systems, have teamed up to offer what they say is a surer way to …

Worldwide rollout of next-generation wireless services went 2 for 1 last week as both Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo and U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc introduced handsets for high-speed data services, while …

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry steadfastly maintains the safety of cell phones, top mobile-phone manufacturers during the past decade have quietly sought-and received-patents to reduce the kind of radiation absorbed by …

NEW YORK-GoAmerica Inc.’s new Mobile Office, touted as a single solution for the growing wireless enterprise marketplace, is attracting attention from various players in the industry. Mobile Office provides mobile …

While Bluetooth chipsets are expected to be commonplace in wireless handsets in the next few years, Bluetooth’s current push in the market is being spearheaded by the mobile computer industry …

NEW YORK-For the price of additional transceiver cards and its Zone Manager product, mDiversity, San Jose, Calif., promises it can double second-generation GSM network capacity without additional base stations or …

SnapTrack Inc. will provide its SnapTrack SnapSmart Hybrid Wireless Assisted GPS location server software to Seoul-based wireless infrastructure developer, Neolink Technologies Inc. Neolink will incorporate SnapTrack’s software into its Position …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and DoCoMo AOL Inc. announced the June 1 nationwide launch of AOLi, which gives i-mode users access to America Online e-mail. AOLi will offer i-mode users their …

GoBeam Inc. GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible …

Top players in both the vendor and carrier space are pitching in to advance GAIT-GSM ANSI Interoperability Team-a new network standard that fuses TDMA and GSM technologies to enhance roaming, …

One of the big stumbling blocks remaining for widespread Bluetooth adoption continues to be interference issues in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed spectrum band, which the technology uses. In addition to …

TOKYO-Korea Telecom Freetel, South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, launched 1XRTT technology in May, targeting to win 1 million 1X subscribers during the first year. To facilitate more advanced data services, …

MOSCOW-CDMA carriers continue to operate in Russia, working to recoup costs and hoping for a possible replacement of Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who warned last year that the U.S.-developed IS-95 …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, plans to launch only experimental third-generation (3G) services on 30 May, rather than full commercial services as originally planned. NTT DoCoMo had …

Mobile devices Alcatel Alcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Vesper, Brazil’s largest wireless local loop (WLL) operator, has changed its business strategy with an objective to reduce costs and to win profitability. Vesper is a “mirror” fixed …

Clearwire Technologies Inc. and the Instructional Television Fixed Service Spectrum Development Alliance are teaming to deliver wireless broadband services to educational, nonprofit and commercial customers, with a $97 million commitment …