Yearly Archives: 2003

Virgin partners with prepaid card companies

WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. reported a partnership with four prepaid wireless phone card distributors, including CellCards, GTS Prepaid, PRE Solutions and InComm, which...

STMicroelectronics reaffirms 2Q guidance

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics has reaffirmed its guidance for second-quarter 2003 revenues and said revenues will be within the range of $1.68 billion and $1.72 billion and...

Amplefuture invests in Macrospace

LONDON-Mobile entertainment company Amplefuture said it invested an unspecified amount of money in fellow wireless gaming company Macrospace."This investment represents a great vote of...

DoCoMo announces first dual-mode FOMA handset

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its first dual-network third-generation handset, the FOMA N2701, which is backward compatible with DoCoMo's current-generation network. The handset goes on...

Redline says product will reduce T1/E1 dependence

TORONTO-Redline Communications Inc. announced its AN-30T, a long-range, non-line-of-sight broadband wireless product with a view to helping wireless carriers reduce their dependence on T1/E1...

Nokia releases Mobile Internet Toolkit 4.0

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released a new version of its Mobile Internet Toolkit for developing wireless applications, a product the company said includes support for...

Analyst firm cautious on Bluetooth outlook

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Analyst firm Probe Group believes Bluetooth technology might drive wireless Internet revenues, but remains cautious on its outlook.Analyst David Chamberlain expects one...

Columbitech upgrade supports Microsoft mobility products

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless security software developer Columbitech announced its Columbitech Wireless Suite now offers support for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows CE .NET."We...

AT&T Corp. to bundle AT&T Wireless service

Nearly two years after spinning off its wireless business, AT&T Corp. reported a deal to begin reselling AT&T Wireless Services Inc. wireless service as...

Agere unveils new high-speed chips

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it has unveiled three high-speed chips and software reference design for both current and next-generation multiservice telecom equipment pieces, including...

Sprint PCS inks contract with Velocity Express

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS signed a three-year, $1 million service contract with Velocity Express to provide more than 3,000 lines of voice and data...

XO’s Davis steps down

RESTON, Va.-Broadband communications service provider XO Communications Inc. said Nate Davis, its president and chief operating officer will step down to pursue other business...

Microsoft announces new Smartphone wins

Microsoft Corp. announced two new sales agreements for devices using its Smartphone operating system and reiterated commitments from T-Mobile in the United Kingdom and...

Kentucky utility to use Alvarion gear

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Alvarion Inc. announced Owensboro Municipal Utilities of Kentucky has deployed its BreezeACCESS point-to-multipoint solution to offer broadband services, including high-speed Internet access, in...

UTStarcom acquires CommWorks assets from 3Com

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has acquired selected CommWorks' assets from 3Com, including voice and data products, customer support and professional services."CommWorks' products complement...

Suppliers anxiously await 802.11g ratification

With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans...

SBC targets Wi-Fi

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. is aggressively rolling out plans for a public Wi-Fi network, said company spokesman Michael Coe."We know we are going to...

World Briefs

Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel's mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel's technology...

Qualcomm positions in chip game with impact in all protocols

In an apparent counter-punch to a recent Nokia Corp.-backed initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a...

Alcatel Chinese center to focus on SARS

SHANGHAI, China-Alcatel said it plans to open a center to enable application developers in the Asia-Pacific region to jointly create mobile multimedia medical applications...

Bush shakeup puts spectrum issues at risk

WASHINGTON-As the Bush administration shifts gears from overseas battles to domestic issues and the president's 2004 re-election bid, key personnel changes and political shakeups...

Broadband tax break stripped from economic package

WASHINGTON-Lawmakers stripped out a broadband tax break in the economic growth package passed by Congress Friday, but kept intact incentives designed to stimulate equipment...

Legislation to curb spam introduced

WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the House commerce and judiciary committees introduced legislation on Friday to curb Internet spam. The legislation would allow consumers to opt...

Tropos Networks unveils technology for Wi-Fi ‘hot zones’

Tropos Networks Inc., formerly operating in stealth mode as FHP Wireless Inc., has unveiled its new Tropos technology, products and services to enable metro-scale...

Webraska, Tower Semi get funds

PARIS-Webraska Mobile Technologies has received an additional investment of $5.26 million from its current investors. The company said the capital will be used to...
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