RIM says it can't provide e-mail interception in India

Research In Motion (RIM) has said it is unable to give the Indian government access to messages sent by its enterprise clients over the BlackBerry service. ...continue reading 'RIM says it can't provide e-mail interception in India'

Microsoft 'white spaces' prototype shuts down

For the second time, a device submitted by Microsoft for U.S. Federal Communications Commission testing of wireless 'white spaces' technology has stopped working and been taken out of the process. ...continue reading 'Microsoft 'white spaces' prototype shuts down'

Sprint Nextel loses CFO, CMO and sales president

Tough times continue at Sprint Nextel, as the company said Thursday that three of its top executives are on their way out. ...continue reading 'Sprint Nextel loses CFO, CMO and sales president'

Sprint Nextel to lay off 4,000 after customer losses

Sprint Nextel will lay off about 4,000 employees and close about 125 retail outlets after it suffered a net loss of more than 100,000 customers in the fourth quarter of 2007, the company said Friday. ...continue reading 'Sprint Nextel to lay off 4,000 after customer losses'

Will MacBooks follow iPhone to 3G?

Banners hanging at Macworld Expo on Monday read, "2008: There's something in the air," suggesting wireless news to come in CEO Steve Jobs' keynote Tuesday morning. ...continue reading 'Will MacBooks follow iPhone to 3G?'

Startup Frontline Wireless shuts down

Frontline Wireless, a startup that had planned to bid in the FCC's upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction, has 'closed for business,' a spokeswoman said Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Startup Frontline Wireless shuts down'

Aruba buys multi-vendor WLAN firm AirWave

Enterprise Wi-Fi vendor Aruba Networks is going to buy AirWave Wireless, a multi-vendor WLAN management company, in a bid to take business from Cisco. The purchase may prove awkward for rival companies who work with AirWave. ...continue reading 'Aruba buys multi-vendor WLAN firm AirWave'

CES: FCC chief: Switch to digital TV won't be postponed

In a broad discussion at the Consumer Electronics Show, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday confirmed that the deadline for the country's switch to digital TV next year will not be postponed, explained the rationale behind the requirements for the current 700MHz auction and gave hints about his thinking regarding various communications megamergers. ...continue reading 'CES: FCC chief: Switch to digital TV won't be postponed'

CES: Otellini sees Internet search coming to users

Preaching mobility to an audience teeming with cell-phone and laptop users, Intel CEO Paul Otellini looked into the crystal ball and predicted that Internet search will approach users instead of users approaching search. ...continue reading 'CES: Otellini sees Internet search coming to users'

Trolltech, Huawei join mobile Linux group

The LiMo Foundation has added some members, including Trolltech, Acrodea, ETRI, Huawei and Purple Labs, to its ranks as competition among new mobile Linux platforms heats up. ...continue reading 'Trolltech, Huawei join mobile Linux group

CES: Intel: It's early for mobile quad-core processors

Intel Monday officially launched Penryn-based dual-core processors for notebooks, but also indicated that users expecting quad-core mobile processors may have to wait until issues surrounding power consumption are resolved. ...continue reading 'CES: Intel: It's early for mobile quad-core processors'

CES: Yahoo invites third-party mobile widget developers

Yahoo Monday introduced new versions of its two primary mobile services as well as documentation that will let any developer or publisher write mobile widgets for the Yahoo services on Monday. ...continue reading 'CES: Yahoo invites third-party mobile widget developers'

Air France launches in-flight cell phone trial

Air France launched a commercial trial of an onboard cell phone service that would allow users to send and receive short messages and e-mails, although initally travelers won't be able to make or receive voice calls. ...continue reading 'Air France launches in-flight cell phone trial'

Many small companies look to bid in 700MHz auction

The upcoming 700MHz spectrum auctions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have drawn bid applications from giant companies including Google and AT&T. But a number of small companies and individuals have submitted bid applications as well. ...continue reading 'Many small companies look to bid in 700MHz auction'

700MHz auction draws Verizon, Chevron

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday released lists of accepted and incomplete applications for the auction of 700MHz wireless spectrum, in which it will sell licenses to frequencies that are set to be vacated by analog TV stations. It has accepted 96 applications and reported 170 as incomplete. The latter need to be completed by Jan. 4. ...continue reading '700MHz auction draws Verizon, Chevron'

New Sprint chief Hesse faces a big inbox

New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has lots of choices as he takes over the ailing mobile carrier and looks for problems to start solving. ...continue reading 'New Sprint chief Hesse faces a big inbox'

Groups launch new white spaces campaign

A coalition of technology vendors, consumer groups and think tanks has launched a campaign to persuade the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to approve wireless devices that would operate in unused television spectrum. ...continue reading 'Groups launch new white spaces campaign'