Monthly Archives: June, 2003

Comarco releases UMTS drive-test system

IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless said it has unveiled what it describes as the first comprehensive third-generation UMTS drive-test system known as Seven.Five."With our powerful post-processing...

Verizon, Sprint re-evaluate Sony Ericsson phone plans

In the wake of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' retreat from the CDMA mobile-phone business, Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are re-evaluating their plans to...

Tao Group secures $9M in venture funding

READING, United Kingdom-Tao Group announced it scored an additional $9 million in venture funding, bringing the company's total war chest to $40 million.Tao is...

IPWireless demos solution for UMTS unpaired spectrum

LONDON-IPWireless has completed interoperability and co-existence testing between UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) and UMTS FDD (W-CDMA) networks at Nortel Networks' wireless headquarters in Chateaufort, France.IPWireless...

Nortel supplies gear for Cingular network migration

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. reported it is the primary provider of Home Location Register infrastructure for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s ongoing migration to GSM/GPRS/EDGE technologies. Nortel...

Canadian golf clubs get Wi-Fi

TORONTO-Canadian wireless local area network service provider Spotnik Mobile said ClubLink Corp. will deploy Spotnik's wireless Internet service at 20 ClubLink golf club properties...

Newbury Networks releases location-based Wi-Fi software

BOSTON-Newbury Networks Inc. released WiFi Watchdog 2.0, a location-based software solution capable of securing enterprise networks against wireless intruders, at this week's 802.11 Planet...

Hypres wins $8M Pentagon contract

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon awarded an $8 million contract to Hypres Inc. to build a digital receiver for future military wireless communications systems.Hypres, Elmsford, N.Y, is...

Huawei wins Russian contract worth $60M

MOSCOW-Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies said it won a frame contract valued at nearly $60 million with Russian mobile operator MegaFon. Huawei said it will...

Qwest, Touch America agree on service continuity

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. and Touch America Holdings Inc. reported an agreement in principle to continue to provide services between the companies that maintain...

Motorola to build Orange-branded handsets

LONDON-Orange has formed a new alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in...

Telephia releases push-to-speak market report

SAN FRANCISCO-With push-to-speak services designed to rival Nextel Communications Inc.'s Direct Connect offering expected from a number of carriers in the near future, Telephia...

Billing World 2003 update

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Several more billing companies announced news as Billing World 2003 kicked off June 24 in Miami Beach, Fla. Portal Software Inc. said...

Midwest Wireless to acquire additional licenses

Midwest Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless properties from three partnerships providing wireless service in Iowa under the name Cellcom.Midwest said the...

Two deals fuel wireless messaging consolidation trend

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wireless messaging and e-mail market continues its race toward consolidation with news of two new funding and acquisition deals, including a...

Verizon offers aggressive LNP details

Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Denny Strigl said the company will not charge its customers additional porting fees if they want to...

MasterCard extends MoneySend to offer wireless funds transfers

FRANKFURT, Germany-Under a new service launched in Europe by credit card giant MasterCard, mobile-phone users will be able to transfer money to other users...

Columbitech Wireless Suite supports DoD authentication system

NEW YORK-Columbitech announced its flagship Columbitech Wireless Suite now supports the Department of Defense's new Common Access Card (CAC) smart card authentication system."The CAC...

Ericsson outsources information unit to IBM

NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson said it plans to outsource its information systems unit to IBM Corp., transferring 1,000 employees to the software giant. Ericsson sees...

Siemens wins Colombian order

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it will build a GSM/GPRS 1900 MHz network for Colombia Movil in Colombia. The Colombian operator will also equip its network...

Sony Ericsson shuts down North American R&D

What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality today for Sony Ericsson Corp. as the handset maker announced it will shut down...

Triton PCS acquires licenses from Lafayette

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it acquired 12 personal communications service licenses from Lafayette Communications and paid approximately $28.1 million to the Federal...

U.K. proposal bans talking and driving

WASHINGTON-Drivers in the United Kingdom caught talking on handheld mobile phones could face fines up to $1,700 under a new government proposal announced today...

Tecore Wireless to set up Iraqi distribution center

WASHINGTON-Tecore Wireless Systems said it is setting up a distribution center in Iraq to deploy GSM mobile-phone systems throughout the country."Our established regional presence,...

SALT Forum adds graphics technology to speech specs

BOSTON-The SALT Forum, a standards group aimed at promoting the use of speech technologies in multimodal and telephony systems, announced it combined new graphics...
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