Policy & Industry
Man Files Lawsuit Against LinkedIn
January 2, 2013 10:51 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA Pittsburgh-area man has filed a federal lawsuit against the networking company LinkedIn, claiming that it must tell him who put his name, personal cell phone and personal email on the site. Rick D. Senft, president of Passavant Memorial Homes, claims in the...
CTIA Announces 2014 'Super Show'
January 2, 2013 10:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsCTIA today announced plans to merge its spring and fall shows, creating what the association is referring to as a “super” mobile industry trade show. Beginning in 2014, CTIA will combine the best of its CTIA Wireless show, which is focused on technology and consumer electronics and its recently...
China Court Orders Apple To Pay in Rights Dispute
December 28, 2012 9:18 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsA Chinese court has ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ruled Thursday that Apple violated the writers' copyright...
Dish Asks for More Time on Sprint, Clearwire Deal
December 27, 2012 10:59 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsDish Network this week repeated a previous request for an extension to the time allotted for commenting on Sprint's proposed buy out of Clearwire. Sprint intends to purchase the remaining 50 percent share of Clearwire it doesn't already own for $2.2 billion.
FCC Limits Dish Spectrum, Sets 4-Year Timetable for Rollout
December 19, 2012 11:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC Tuesday issued use rules for Dish's 40 MHz of spectrum in the AWS-4 band, and they're not exactly what the company had hoped for. In its order, the FCC said it declined a proposal presented by Dish that would have included shifting the AWS-4 uplink spectrum...
FCC Approves AT&T's Bid to Buy Comcast Spectrum
December 19, 2012 10:39 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsThe FCC yesterday approved AT&T's bid to soak up spectrum from Comcast, stating the "proposed transactions would serve the public interest." The deal gives AT&T licenses to AWS-1 and WCS spectrum in 608 markets, covering 82 percent of the U.S. population in 48 states.
Apple, Google Snag IP in $525M Kodak Patent Sale
December 19, 2012 10:26 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsKodak today announced that a consortium organized by Intellectual Venture and RPX Corporation have agreed to pay approximately $525 million for the purchase and license of patents. Intellecual Ventures counts heavy weights Apple and Google as member...
FCC Launches Online Mobile Security Tool for Consumers
December 18, 2012 10:44 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIn its on-going push to improve mobile safety and security, the FCC today launched a new online tool to help consumers protect their mobile devices. The new site allows users to pick their platform (Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows)...
Judge Denies Apple Request to Ban Samsung Phones
December 18, 2012 9:22 am | by Paul Elias, Associated Press | News | CommentsA federal judge late Monday rejected Apple Inc.'s demands that its chief rival in the more than $100 billion global smartphone market cease selling models a jury recently found illegally used Apple technology. The immediate impact of the ruling means that Samsung can continue to sell three of the older-generation smartphones still on U.S. shelves.
Superstorm Sandy Reveals Wireless Network Vulnerabilities
December 17, 2012 3:15 pm | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | CommentsFor better or worse, a natural disaster has once again demonstrated just how vulnerable today’s wireless networks are to the effects of natural and man-made disasters, particularly widespread and long-lasting power outages. One way or another—social pressure, government regulation, or simple competition—operators may be forced to deal with the problem.
OTI Report Suggests Data Caps Result of Decreasing Competition
December 17, 2012 11:51 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA new report from the Open Technology Institute (OTI) suggests that carrier implemented data caps are unnecessary and a result of decreasing competition in the U.S. wireline and wireless markets. The report claims that the technical or engineering rationale...
Wireless Amber Alerts Move to WEA Program Dec. 31
December 14, 2012 10:36 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWireless Amber Alerts will migrate over to the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program at the beginning of 2013. CTIA, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Syniverse announced today that on December 31, 2012, the Wireless Amber Alerts program will end operations...
South Korea Says Samsung Chip Plant Caused Cancer
December 14, 2012 9:22 am | by Youkyng Lee, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsA South Korean government agency said Friday that working at a Samsung Electronics factory caused the breast cancer of a worker who died earlier this year, only the second time it has recognized a link between cancer and Samsung's chip plants...
French Mobile Operators Hit with Antitrust Fines
December 13, 2012 9:29 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsFrance's competition watchdog has slapped €183 million ($239 million) in fines on the country's two top mobile operators for anti-competitive pricing policies between 2005 and 2008. The Autorite de Concurrence said Thursday that Orange and SFR had abused their dominant...
FCC Gives Dish OK on AWS Spectrum
December 12, 2012 10:00 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC late yesterday gave approval for Dish Network to deploy a terrestrial wireless broadband network on its holdings of what was previously spectrum reserved for satellite transmissions. The decision came concurrent with the commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for an auction of the H Block, a chunk of airwaves adjacent to Dish’s AWS spectrum in which Sprint has expressed interest.
Apple Questions Text-to-911 Rules
December 11, 2012 11:05 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple is looking for clarification from the FCC as to exactly what applications will be included in its Text-to-911 initiative. Apple appears concerned about whether clients like its IP-based iMessaging application will be effected by the plan. In a filing with the FCC, Apple suggested...
Dish: Sprint Trying to Block New Market Entrant
December 10, 2012 10:32 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe back and forth between Dish Network and Sprint continued today, as Dish submitted an ex parte filing that blasts Sprint's suggestion that the FCC do more to protect the H Block from being interfered with by Dish's AWS-4 spectrum.
CTIA: Dish Spectrum Will Not Interfere with GPS
December 7, 2012 10:53 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIn the on-going drama surrounding Dish Network's AWS-4 spectrum, CTIA said there is no need for the adoption of GPS-specific technical requirements in the FCC's final rules on Dish's holdings. In a filing with the FCC, CTIA noted that "GPS operations, located at 1559-1610 MHz band...
Carriers Commit to Text-to-911 Initiative
December 7, 2012 9:43 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAll four major U.S. carriers have agreed to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments expected in 2013 and a commitment to nationwide availability by May 15, 2014. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced initiative as part of an agreement with the Association of Public Safety (APCO).
Clashes over Internet Rules To Mark Dubai Meeting
December 3, 2012 10:40 am | by Brian Murphy, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe U.N.'s top telecommunications overseer sought Monday to quell worries about greater Internet controls emerging from global talks in Dubai, but any attempts for major Web regulations will likely face stiff opposition from groups led by a high-powered U.S. delegation.
Greater Email Privacy Won't Hinder Law Enforcement
November 29, 2012 5:55 am | by Richard Lardner, Associated Press | News | CommentsA Senate bill to protect the privacy of electronic communications won't keep federal agents from combing through your inbox if they believe a crime has been committed, legal experts say.
First News for November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012 5:44 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's news briefs: ZTE, Apple, Cisco, Zapstreak, RIM
Immersion Stock Soars on Google Settlement
November 28, 2012 5:58 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsImmersion said Tuesday that it has reached a settlement and license agreement with Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility LLC that resolves a patent-infringement lawsuit it brought against Motorola.
Nokia Sues RIM for Breach of Contract
November 28, 2012 5:55 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsNokia Corp. is suing Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, for breach of contract in Britain, the United States and Canada over cellular patents the two companies agreed on nine years ago.
First News Briefs for November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012 5:51 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's news: Apple, ABI Research, Amazon.com, Centri Technology, Gemalto.
