Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Agilent sells network-planning line to Setram

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has sold its wireless network planning design tools known as Wizard to Setram International, a software company.The...

MobiNil launches MMS service

CAIRO, Egypt-The country's first carrier, MobiNil, said it has launched a mobile multimedia messaging service using Nokia's solutions."The service, MobiNil Life, will enable MobiNil's...

FCC rejects Northrop Grumman request for broadband spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday rejected Northrop Grumman Corp.'s request for broadband spectrum to support emergency and homeland security wireless applications.Northrop Grumman filed a...

‘Fear Factor’ content coming to mobile phones

SEATTLE-Fans of the TV show "Fear Factor" will be able to download music, images and sounds-including screams from the show's contestants-to their mobile phones,...

Global fuel-cell market to reach $35B in 10 years

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The global fuel-cell market could be worth $35 billion in 10 years, but first it has several hurdles to overcome, according to...

Lucent receives court approval for class-action settlement

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Denying any wrongdoing, Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has received preliminary court approval to settle pending class action shareowner litigation against the...

TelASIC rolls out chip for all standards

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-TelASIC Communications said it has rolled out what it calls the world's first cost-effective wideband radio chipset known as baseFlex to support...

Euronet purchases Austin International Marketing

LEAWOOD, Kan.-Electronic transaction company Euronet Worldwide Inc. announced it purchased the assets of Austin International Marketing and Investments Inc., which sells prepaid wireless services...

IBM integrates SupportSoft customer service software

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-IBM has chosen to integrate SupportSoft Inc.'s Mobile Device Management Suite with its Device Management Solutions to offer wireless service providers an...

UTStarcom expects 3Q handset sales to hit 4.5M

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it expects its third-quarter handset sales to leap above 4.5 million units, representing approximately 50 percent of revenues.The company describes...

Wireless devices meet television

Hollywood, meet wireless.Several new products from the world's biggest consumer electronics companies could allow mobile-phone users in the near future to tune into their...

Vodafone, Telstra begin network sharing trial in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base station infrastructure...

UWB devices to exceed 150M by 2008

DALLAS-Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems will likely exceed 150 million devices by the end of 2008, according a new report from Parks Associates.Parks Associates believes...

CellStar sells Swedish subsidiary to AxCom

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless handset distribution company CellStar Corp. announced it will sell its subsidiary in Sweden, CellStar Intercall AB, to Swedish distribution company AxCom AB....

Infowave acquires intellectual property of Sproqit

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software announced it acquired all of the intellectual property assets of Sproqit Technologies Inc., which offered a mobile...

Nextel continues legal tit-for-tat with Verizon Wireless

Citing false and unsubstantiated advertising claims, Nextel Communications Inc. filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Verizon Wireless seeking unspecified damages...

U.S. Army awards $11M contract to M/A-COM

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-COM Inc. has been awarded an $11 million contract by the U.S. Army to deploy and link critical communications to 10 Army installations,...

S&P gives Nextel notes B+

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's assigned its B+ rating to Nextel Communications Inc.'s offering of $1 billion worth of 7.375-percent senior serial redeemable notes due...

Vodafone signs exclusive content deal for Tomb Raider game

LONDON-European carrier Vodafone announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a...

Universal service heats up in Washington with newspaper ads, hearings, seminar

WASHINGTON-Universal service is a hot topic in Washington this week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign launched...

Visto files patent-related lawsuits

Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies...

Centennial withdraws stock offer

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it is withdrawing its previously announced public offering of common stock due to the offer's inability to garner the...

House telecommunications subcommittee passes E911 bill

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee Tuesday passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003 changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points...

RealNetworks wins Asian carrier contracts

INGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company's Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services...

Chinese developers quick to market with product

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-One-third of wireless application developers in the People's Republic of China are now deploying wireless applications, according to results from Evans Data...
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