Wireless VoIP news from FierceWireless

T-Mobile USA has submitted a wireless router for testing by the FCC, several reports indicate. The extrapolation is that T-Mobile intends to extend its wireless hub and HotSpot VoIP capabilities into Read more...

FMC goes commercial, but will it thrive? After many starts and stalls, 2007 is shaping up to be the year of fixed mobile convergence. In fact, this summer we've seen two U.S. operators dip Read more...

Cricket Wireless, a subsidiary of Leap Wireless, inked a five-year agreement to purchase up to $126 million in equipment, services and software from Alcatel-Lucent. The carrier is expanding its

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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin brushed off companies seeking "advantageous regulatory rulings" from the commission, saying that the FCC "doesn't want to get caught up dealing with these." Martin then Read more...

Although smartphone penetration is still in the single digits in the U.S., analysts at the Smartphone Summit (co-located with the CTIA Wireless 2007 conference in Orlando) this morning said that Read more...

One of biggest ISPs in the U.S., EarthLink has begun a beta test of WiFi handsets for local home VoIP use or for use near any public hotspot. The pricing is remarkably low: A package including a Read more...

The U.S. government will announce this month the carrier it has selected to supply voice, data, video and wireless services through 2017. The $20 billion project, called Networx, is split into two Read more...

Deutsche Telekom confirmed that it has canceled its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service, called T-One. The officialese from DT is that it wants to focus on its mobile Internet services, which Read more...

Verizon Wireless won a patent suit against Vonage that found the VoIP provider had infringed on three of the wireless carrier's patents, including one for VoIP over WiFi that might mean trouble Read more...

Skype cried foul with the FCC last week. It formally asked the commission to force mobile operators to "open up" and allow hardware and software created by third parties to connect to their Read more...