SINGAPORE-Asia's largest wireless event scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Singapore and the region....
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced the private placement of $350 million of its zero-yield puttable securities due 2023. The securities are convertible into shares...
OLDSMAR, Fla.-Fortress Technologies released new "three-factor authentication" technology for securing wireless LANs at the network, device and user levels.The company also enhanced its AirFortress...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Funk Software upgraded its secure wireless LAN access client to add support for the new Wi-Fi Protected Access standard for wireless security.Odyssey Client...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Wireless and Internet software provider InfoSpace Inc. said revenues in its wireless business have declined by $500,000 during the past year and that...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that chief financial officer John Thompson would transition into a new position of vice president of strategic initiatives in...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless operator Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. introduced its "No Worries Starter Service" that it said provides new customers with three months of local...
CAMBRIDGE, England-SavaJe Technologies Inc. said it has licensed ARM i3D graphics client in collaboration with Superscape plc for 2.5G and third-generation wireless devices."Through our...
LONDON-Swisscom Mobile announced it will use several wireless network and service performance software solutions from Actix, including Actix' Infrastructure Verification Solution (IVS) for its...
CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp., which provides software for mobile-phone text entry, said it received an extension of its $3.3 million secured credit facility. The company...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that under its recently signed roaming agreement with Western Wireless Corp., the rural operator will build out a GSM/GPRS...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone Ireland said it opened its third-generation network, although it will initially be available only to several "key business partners." The network provides...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GoPhone spending-limit program that allows credit challenged customers to sign-up for a wireless service plan with cheaper...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-President George W. Bush has appointed Patricia Russo, chairman and chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies Inc., to the 30-member National Security...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a buy-back and leasing program designed to attract users of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices from competing...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration said legislation to ban Internet gambling should apply to all communications platforms, a position that runs headlong into the growing global...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced the titles of its first Disney-, ABCNews.com- and Movies.com-branded applications developed for Qualcomm's BREW platform. WDIG also...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin taking orders for its Wristomo wristwatch-style PHS phone beginning May 7 exclusively through a wristomo.com Web site...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported $58.5 million in revenues during the first quarter of 2003 compared with $46.1 million during the first...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. will build a mobile phone for Verizon Wireless that will include BREW application download technology from Nokia's archrival Qualcomm Inc.Verizon executives...
SOUTHWICK, Mass.-Thales Broadcast & Multimedia said it has signed an agreement to sell and support IPWireless' next-generation broadband wireless access solutions.Under the contract, Thales...
WASHINGTON-Mel V. Velarde, president and chief executive officer of Next Mobile Inc. in the Philippines, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address July 11...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec and Santera Systems Inc. announced they will merge their next-generation switching businesses.The new company will be a majority owned subsidiary of Tekelec...
