Monthly Archives: December, 2003

Disposable cell-phone charger introduced for $10

LOS ANGELES-Compact Power Systems Inc. introduced its flagship product, Cellboost, which the company said is a disposable mobile-phone battery/re-charger that powers up to 60...

Siemens to enter PTT arena

Mobile-phone news continues its frantic march, with Siemens announcing major new support for global push-to-talk services.Siemens Mobile said it will make its entire product...

Subex software to help telecom firms with Sarbanes-Oxley reporting

BANGALORE, India-Software company Subex Systems is marketing INcharge, its revenue assurance solution, as a solution that helps U.S. telecommunications firms comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley...

Zander selected to lead Motorola

Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman,...

Amdocs reiterates guidance without Sprint contract

Amdocs attempted to assuage shareholders Tuesday, following news earlier in the week that Sprint has backed out of a previously announced billing migration project,...

Global Vision teams with Via Cell for wireless banking

LA JOLLA, Calif.-E-business company Global Vision Holdings Inc. announced it teamed with Virtual Integrated Applications Inc. (Via Cell) to offer wireless banking applications. The...

Car Toys adds Sprint PCS to wireless selection

SEATTLE-Wireless retailer Car Toys said it added Sprint PCS products and services to its 59 outlets across the country, bringing the company's total wireless...

Western Wireless closes HickoryTech acquisition

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. closed on its previously announced $25 million acquisition of rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp.'s wireless business, which included two cellular...

Wireless content deals play on music, TV

Music and TV fans will soon have new outlets for their tastes through a series of new announcements in the wireless space.First, Crisp Wireless...

AT&T to swap EDGE card for rival card and contract

Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card...

Sprint adjusts outlook

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it expects its wireless division to post full-year losses at the low end of previous guidance of 43 cents...

FCC denies requests to postpone 900 MHz SMR auction

The Federal Communications Commissions' Auction No. 55 of Specialized Mobile Radio service licenses in the 900 MHz band will take place as scheduled Feb....

Williams & Moore Capital invests in Sinclair

TORONTO-Williams & Moore Capital Corp., private equity investment arm for the Reliance Aerotech group of companies, will become a strategic investor in Sinclair Technologies...

T-Mobile, iPass enter Wi-Fi distribution agreement

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a distribution agreement with iPass Inc., enabling corporations to access T-Mobile USA's HotSpot Wi-Fi network through the iPass virtual...

Telcordia acquires DAX intellectual property

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. has acquired intellectual property from DAX Technologies Corp. related to the DAX Optima Performance platform.With the acquisition, Telcordia will create...

S&P survey finds 10% of wireline customers ready to cut the cord

NEW YORK-Nearly 10 percent of current wireline customers surveyed by Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services said they would take their wireline numbers to...

Linux OS loved, still faces murky future

There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the...

LogicaCMG says merger on positive track

LONDON-LogicaCMG said its merger so far has gone according to plan."Trading overall during the second half of the year has developed in line with...

Semiconductor biz pushes ahead, while Intel overhauls wireless unit

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for...

Wireless2Web founder receives patent for LinkPush technology

LOS ANGELES-Richard Helferich, Wireless2Web founder, has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for its LinkPush technology included in Wireless2Web's...

Business Briefs

LGP Allgon has been awarded a contract to provide an indoor distributed antenna system to improve wireless phone and data coverage at Moscone West,...

Historic council objects to FCC ruling that towers can go up on scenic highway

WASHINGTON-The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation rejected the government's argument that towers along scenic highways are the same as large signs and other improvements...

Scanbuy service turns camera phones into bar code scanners

NEW YORK-Software company Scanbuy announced a new service that allows camera-phone users to scan bar codes. The company said the technology could allow users...

Great expectations

Could we, dare we get optimistic? There are signs. The Dow topped 10,000. People are beginning to believe the economy is rebounding.Wireless carriers continue...
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