WASHINGTON, D.C. September 24, 2007 – CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007® will feature exhibitors and educational sessions focused on products, services and issues facing IT professionals as they work to implement and build wireless data solutions for the enterprise. CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment® takes place October 23-25 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, South Hall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 11, 2007 – CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007® has announced the sessions and speaker lineup for the industry's largest mobile data conference, which takes place October 23-25 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, South Hall. Featuring a mix of enterprise, entertainment and Mobile Data 2.0 sessions, the conference program addresses the most important issues facing the wireless industry today. The 120 speakers comprising the panels for this year's educational sessions were selected from a pool of more than 700 applicants from companies throughout the mobile industry.

WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement today in response to last evening’s Federal Communication Commission vote on Enhanced 911 policy...

WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA-The Wireless Association® President & CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement today in response to an announcement by Senators Klobuchar (D-MN) and Rockefeller (D-WV) that they will introduce legislation to regulate the competitive wireless industry...

WASHINGTON, DC – CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement today in response to newly-established Federal Communications Commission rules for the upcoming 700 MHz auction...

InfoSpace announced it has agreed to sell its mobile services business to Motricity, a privately held provider of mobile content services and solutions, for $135 million in cash. The company says that after completing the sale of its online directory business and its mobile business it hopes to have an excess of $550 million in cash, and then to focus its business solely on online search. Motricity said that this deal expands its customer base to include 11 wireless carriers in North America, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

By Wireless Week Staff

The same day that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit alleging accounting fraud at Nortel Networks, the equipment vendor agreed to settle the case for $35 million, the SEC said today.

The SEC claimed that Nortel used fraudulent accounting between 2000 and 2003 to close the gap between its financial results and Wall Street’s expectations. In settling the case, Nortel neither confirmed nor denied the SEC’s accusations.

By Ed Gubbins

The Telephony LIVE Telecom Summit in Dalls last week hosted the first annual Telephony Innovation awards. All six winners are unique in finding new ways to solve customer problems. The awards recognized this innovation at a time when service providers globally are trying to differentiate their offerings in a highly competitive landscape.

By Carol Wilson

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade body that represents 240 airlines and 94% of scheduled international travel, has reached an agreement on a global standard for mobile barcodes, which it says "paves the way" for air travelers to use mobile phones for check-in at airports.

Passengers can opt to have the barcode sent to their mobile phones when they book a ticket and then use that barcode as a boarding pass at the airport.

By Wireless Week Staff

President George Bush has said that he will not sign a new wiretapping bill unless it grants retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that cooperated in the government's earlier eavesdropping programs without court orders. Several House representatives have requested the FCC investigate U.S. carriers that allowed the National Security Agency (NSA) access to phone and Internet records of U.S. citizens without a court order.

By Teresa von Fuchs