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It used to be that the obstacles that prevented a fixed-wireless signal from reaching its destination were ultimately the obstacles that kept the industry’s service providers from reaching all their …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Point-to-multipoint broadband wireless equipment providers BreezeCom Ltd. and Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. announced they plan to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction. Under terms of the merger agreement, each …

LENEXA, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Lucent Technologies Inc. completed an over-the-air data call using cdma2000 1xEV-DO, with transmission speeds up to 2.4 Megabits per second. Sprint, which is testing the technology …

LAS VEGAS-Cingular Wireless said it will launch its first operational standards-based General Packet Radio Service in the United States, dubbed Cingular Wireless Internet Express, in its GSM markets in California, …

NEW YORK -Paragon Networks International, Brookfield, Conn., wants to take wireless carriers on a walk across “BROADway” to bridge the gap between today’s circuit-switched networks and tomorrow’s packet-based networks. Introduced …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced its Global Telecom Solutions Sector has successfully transmitted live video over its own third-generation CDMA 1xEV-DV solution in its lab in Arlington Heights, Ill. According to …

With a view to a much smaller handset, cheaper price and quicker time to market, Conexant Systems Inc. has rolled out what it describes as a complete system solution for …

WASHINGTON-The United Telecom Council, a global trade association for utilities, pipelines, other critical infrastructure companies and their technology partners, announced it will expand its spectrum services to incorporate enhanced frequency …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

The idea sounds compelling. With Web-enabled cellular telephones, users can dial up their favorite merchants to make automated purchases. It’s called mobile commerce, but for skeptics like Lawrence Steinert, it’s …

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in lawsuits against wireless carriers, the mobile-phone …

MADRID, Spain-While third-generation services have grabbed most of the limelight in wireless news, in Spain a group of companies has been quietly rolling out high-speed voice and data services using …

NEW YORK-With its announcement March 5 of commercial product availability, RadioFrame Networks Inc. officially threw its hat into the ring of players competing to improve indoor coverage, an important step …

Winstar Communications Inc. beat analyst expectations for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, reporting its revenues increased 59.1 percent to $225.1 million, and its total revenues for the …

TOKYO-Targeting one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, foreign and local venture capitalists are pouring money into Japanese mobile companies. H&Q Asia Pacific, one of the oldest …

Dear Editor: Peter Angelos, the U.S. attorney leading several lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry, has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants, and only the vast deep …

Handsets Sendo European mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association last Friday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming regulations aimed at historic preservation “favor intensive government oversight and unwieldy bureaucratic procedures.” The lawsuit, …

NEW YORK-While few people now use the wireless Web for anything more than checking e-mail and stock quotes, most are receptive to the idea of wireless shopping, results which led …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $202 million and $649.2 million, respectively, compared with $114.2 million and $345.8 million for …

Like any healthy, enterprising entity, the wireless broadband industry is comprised of various companies and associations with products to push and agendas to satisfy. The industry’s quest for a single, …

To the Editor: Peter Angelos has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants and only the vast deep pockets of the tobacco industry have prevented him from …

Robert Gemmell is thinking about a group of people, scattered throughout the world, who each live in a nice house or apartment in a semi-rural area. These people want fast …

Wireless carriers like to promote the clarity of their digital wireless voice services every chance they get. Whether it’s in commercials or how they word press releases, each carrier wants …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. won two GSM infrastructure contracts valued at $13 million from China Mobile Communication Corp. to expand its networks in two major cities in Heilongjiang Province in …