February 2003

ROHNERT PARK, Calif.-Next Level Communications Inc. said it plans to appeal a court ruling that denies its request to prevent Motorola Inc. from taking over the company. “The court’s ruling …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. added three new hot-spot operator partners, bringing its total to 25 worldwide. The latest additions to its Wi-Fi network are Azure Wireless in Melbourne, Australia, …

WASHINGTON-InPhonic said it will create and provide the Palm Tungsten Activation Service, a self-service customer activation process combining online and call center support for buyers of the new Palm Inc. …

FORT LEE, N.J.-California Lutheran University has deployed at its Thousand Oaks campus the ConnectSystem developed by ReefEdge Inc., Fort Lee, N.J., which is designed to guard against rogue wireless networks, …

TRENTON, N.J.-Rating agency Standard and Poor’s has removed Lucent Technologies Inc. from its credit watch list, explaining that the vendor’s cash flow has stabilized in spite of the challenges ahead. …

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.-Meetinghouse Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., has introduced its AEGIS Client for Pocket PC 2002, which it said, “supports a broad range of Extensible Authentication Protocol methods, including MDS, TLS, TTLS, …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Cable channel Game Show Network said it will offer game show trivia, news, programming alerts and prizes using wireless text messages, thanks to a deal with interactive TV …

NEW YORK-NII Holdings, formerly Nextel International, hopes for a Nasdaq stock listing now that it has emerged from bankruptcy and is headed back into the black, said Byron Siliezar, chief …

NEW YORK-The Uzan family, which controls Telsim, Turkey’s second-largest mobile carrier, will most likely be found guilty of fraud for failing to repay US$2.7 billion in equipment vendor loans from …

NEW YORK-As part of its bankruptcy filing, Devon Mobile Communications L.P. intends to sell all of its rights, title and interest in nine wireless licenses and related personal communications network …

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.7 million in wireless revenues for the fourth quarter of last year, which was a decrease from the $4 million the company reported …

JERSEY CITY, N.J.-RPA Wireless Inc. said it has entered a strategic alliance to offer ClickSoftware’s product known as ClickSchedule to deliver wireless messaging to its customers. “The combined capabilities of …

FLEET, United Kingdom-InterDigital Corp. said it has chosen Anite Telecom’s test cases to deliver 3GPP-validated protocol stacks for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, mobile computing devices, other terminal-end wireless devices …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Independent wireless communications service provider Centennial Communications Corp., represented by mergers & acquisitions firm Nations Media Partners, is selling 186 wireless communications towers that cover four states and …

BERVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. said it has agreed to extend its partnership with China’s Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission to develop GPRS networks and elements. “Tektronix’ history in China and its …

LEVALLIOS, France-Motorola Inc. will use software from BVRP Software in its mobile phones to allow users to connect to their personal computer using a cable, infrared or Bluetooth wireless technology. …

GENEVA, Scotland-STMicroelectronics and Aspects Software Ltd. have signed a license agreement to provide Java card SIM solution for GSM mobile phones markets. “The agreement between the two companies provides a …

NEW YORK-EximSoft Technologies Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, has released commercially two new products, one to enable secure corporate intranet access via mobile phone, the other to provide security and authentication for …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has introduced the world’s first complete battery fuel gauge for cellular handsets and personal digital assistants. “With today’s announcement, TI simplifies the design of a cost-effective …

MILPITAS, Calif.-A U.S. Appeals Court affirmed a New York District Court’s ruling that Palm Inc. infringed on a Xerox Corp. patent for handwriting recognition, but the court also sent the …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service confirmed its speculative-grade ratings on $2 billion of debt owed by Dobson Communications Corp., Oklahoma City, but also changed its rating outlook to negative from stable. …

BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems introduced its new Live Connect technology, which the comapny said allows for automated delivery of e-mail and corporate information from enterprise database applications. “By …

NEW YORK-Alvarion Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel, a provider of point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire most of the assets of InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd. from its …

CARY, N.C.-UbiNetics has licensed its TM200 Test Mobile technology to Rohde & Schwarz, which provides test and measurement solutions to the wireless industry. Rohde & Schwartz has integrated TM200 technology …