Monthly Archives: September, 2003

Michigan enters agreements for bird tower study

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has entered into an agreement with the state of Michigan to use its 800 MHz public-safety communications system towers for...

Ericsson licenses Bluetooth platform to STMicroelectronics

STOCKOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract to embed its Bluetooth platform in the products of STMicroelectronics.The platform, which is known as...

IBM, RIM agree to further integrate corporate access servers

SOMERS, N.Y.-Wireless enterprise giants IBM Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they will more tightly integrate their corporate access servers, a move the...

Samsung displays new phones with integrated TV, camera

NEW YORK-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. held a product showcase in New York to display its advanced electronics equipment from televisions to camcorders and took...

Siemens extends infrastructure contract with E-Plus

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced it won a contract with Germany's E-Plus to expand its GSM/GPRS network. The two-year contract is worth a "two-digit million...

Lucent to analyze MmO2 networks for performance

LONDON-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a three-year contract to assess and analyze the performance of European mobile operator MmO2's GSM and GPRS...

Intel enhances wireless line

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has unveiled enhancements for its solutions for wireless notebooks, cell phones, personal digital assistants and other handhelds.The chipsets...

DigiPortal, Nokia products target mobile spam

LA JOLLA, Calif.-The threat of spam on wireless devices continues to drive new industry products, with startup DigiPortal Inc. and stalwart Nokia Corp. both...

Gov. walks fine line in forecasting future technology impact

WASHINGTON-The question of whether government can or should be able to forecast technology development in an attempt to solve a problem was on display...

Sprint outlines $1B cost-reduction plan

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. unveiled an outline for a three-year growth and cost-reduction plan designed to save the company more than $1 billion per...

Calif. police department uses Tropos’ mesh network

SAN MATEO, Calif.-The San Mateo, Calif., Police Department is now using Tropos Networks Inc.'s metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network for law enforcement activities. With Tropos'...

E-Plus deploys Lucent’s upgraded billing technology

BONN, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. said German mobile-phone operator e-Plus deployed the latest version of its MiLife SurePay line of prepaid and postpaid technology. E-Plus...

Traq-wireless offers pricing analysis for enterprises

AUSTIN, Texas-Traq-wireless released a new professional services offering aimed at helping enterprises take advantage of wireless local number portability. The service allows enterprises to...

China Unicom completes first phase of GSM1x trial

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has worked with China Unicom to complete the first phase of a comprehensive GSM1x technology trial.The technology allows GSM...

Microsoft enhances 802.11g product line

BELLVUE, Wash.-Microsoft Corp said it has added the enhanced version of its 802.11g Wi-Fi solution to its suite of wireless products. The decision follows...

Orange launches Treo on heels of Microsoft phone

LONDON-Following its announcement Monday to launch a new Microsoft-powered smart phone from Motorola, Orange today launched Palm Inc.'s Treo 600 in the United Kingdom...

Siemens to sell $3B in bonds in U.S.

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it plans to sell $3 billion of bonds in the United States to enhance its investments in the country.The vendor...

AT&T Wireless’ Dobson stake shrinks to 4%

NEW YORK-Due to the recent issuance of new stock by Dobson Communications Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s stake in the rural operator has dropped...

NTT DoCoMo to offer video calling to U.K.

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to offer FOMA video-phone handsets beginning Oct. 1, allowing users to make international video phone calls and 64...

Asian Wi-Fi collaboration gains new members

SINGAPORE-Five Asian companies joined the collaboration between the Singapore telecom regulator and Intel Corp. to help solve the challenges of hot-spot roaming. The initiative...

Visto acquires Jarna messaging technology

Wireless enterprise company Visto Corp. announced another financial transaction, this time the acquisition of the intellectual property and technology assets of wireless e-mail company...

AT&T Wireless takes texting global

In a further promotion of its text messaging services, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced plans to expand its services globally to allow users to...

Tessco to sell, distribute AFL Telecommunications products

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies will sell and distribute products from Alcoa's AFL Telecommunications through its "Your Total Source" customer solution."Our key goal is to...

Clooney lends support for 211 act

WASHINGTON-High-power, star power and political power were on hand Wednesday when actor George Clooney lent his support for the Calling for 211 Act. Clooney...

Court dismisses Verizon Wireless contempt charge against CWA

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America today applauded a federal court's dismissal of a contempt-of-court charge brought by Verizon Wireless against CWA Executive Vice President...
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