Wayne Rash

WASHINGTON–The United States Telecom Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association are merging their trade shows into a single event starting in 2007. The organizations announced the merger at a news conference here, saying that a single larger event would make more sense for the industry. The first of the new NXTcomm shows will be held […]

Cisco Systems is partnering with Cognio to bring new RF monitoring capabilities to Ciscos Wireless Control System. Cognio will integrate its Spectrum Expert with WCS so that administrators can see information about their RF environment as a part of their management screens. The result will be an enhanced capability that will allow administrators to spot […]

Cingular Wireless completed its integration of the AT&T wireless network it acquired less than two years ago. Originally the company promised that the network integration would be accomplished by the end of 2006. However, the massive project ultimately came in ahead of schedule. The final step in the integration process came with a cell site […]

Nokia is introducing a new short-range wireless data service designed to move beyond Bluetooth and enable wireless communications with devices that are smaller and use less power than todays Bluetooth devices. The new technology, announced Oct. 3, is called Wibree, which the company says will support communications at a fraction of the power consumption of […]

T-Mobile sources have told eWEEK that the company is scheduling a press conference for Oct. 6 in New York for the purposes of making a major announcement in the wake of the companys win in the recent frequency auction. The announcement will take place jointly with officials from Deutsche Telekom and from its US Subsidiary, […]

Throughout the monthlong controversy that has engulfed Hewlett-Packard over its investigation into news leaks, company executives have at once sounded contrite and dismayed at what happened but have refused to take responsibility. That trend continued here Sept. 28 during a daylong hearing before a U.S. House subcommittee looking into methods used by investigators hired by […]

The Beceem MS120 Mobile WiMax chip set has proven its ability to work with a variety of commercial base station vendors in a formal test, called a “plugfest,” at Bechtel Labs in Frederick, Md. In a test that ended Oct. 1, the Beceem reference design worked with vendors including Alcatel, Alvarion, Motorola and Navini. The […]

WASHINGTON—Throughout the monthlong controversy that has engulfed Hewlett-Packard over its investigation into news leaks, company executives have at once sounded contrite and dismayed at what happened, but have refused to take responsibility. That trend continued here Sept. 28 during a daylong hearing before a House subcommittee looking into methods used by investigators hired by HP […]

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is creating a new bureau that will be responsible for a collection of security and public safety functions that had been scattered through several bureaus. The announcement of the new bureau took place at the FCCs meeting here Sept. 26. The new bureau will have three divisions focusing on Policy, Public […]

VIENNA, Va.—Two U.S. product development companies have agreed to merge to form GlobalLogic, a multinational software product development company based here. The companies, Bonus Technology based in New Jersey, and Indus Logic, based here, both have substantial overseas operations. The merger is the result of an equity swap, and no price was placed on the […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army, the Air Force and the Defense Telecommunications Service – Washington have teamed up to award a huge new contract for wireless services to Cingular Wireless. The new contract, which consolidates a number of existing military wireless contracts into a single procurement vehicle, is valued at about $150 million over the five years […]

NEW YORK—When CA CEO John Swainson thinks about the future of IT, he does not see one giant development that will change the landscape of the profession. Instead, Swainson sees several monumental changes that will not only fundamentally change IT but add to the ever-evolving complexity of technology throughout the world. “The truth is that […]