Yearly Archives: 2003

Appeals court pushes brain cancer suit to September

WASHINGTON-The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rescheduled for late September oral argument in the $800 million brain cancer suit against Motorola Inc....

Judge orders InfoSpace to pay legal costs in Intelius case

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace must pay all of the legal fees for Intelius Inc. after a Washington state judge found InfoSpace could not prove that Intelius,...

Broadband Central plans more than 700 new 802.11 points

DRAPER, Utah-Broadband Central announced plans to launch more than 700 new 802.11 high-speed Internet access points, or Blue Zones, throughout seven western states.A minimum...

Psion releases new rugged handheld

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Psion Teklogix introduced a Windows CE .NET-based rugged handheld computer to the North American market. The 7537 is suited for traditional supply chain...

Pen&Internet, Anoto partner for handwriting solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Pen&Internet L.L.C. and Anoto have partnered for a new handwritten forms solution for the enterprise that combines Pen&Internet's riteForm recognition technology with forms...

Industry promotes wireless safety

The wireless community is this week promoting the importance of safe use of wireless phones and public-safety uses of wireless, in addition to celebrating...

Wi-Fi roaming steps into the spotlight

Wi-Fi roaming is garnering more attention this week as more companies announce settlement solutions in the space and a new report points to the...

Playboy makes mobile inroads

Playboy Enterprises has signed its first major mobile carrier agreement through a deal with Hutchison's third-generation operations. The agreement covers rights to provide Playboy's...

BTP implements wireless POS ticketing for museum

NEW YORK-IT consulting firm Business Technology Partners, with ticket vendor Ticketmaster, has designed and implemented a wireless point-of-sale ticketing system for the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space...

Nextel teams with IBM for mobile VPN offering

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced a mobile Virtual Private Network solution that uses IBM Corp. software to provide mobile workers a higher level of...

National Semiconductor closes cellular baseband unit

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-National Semiconductor Corp. reported its progress with restructuring activities designed to improve profits it announced in February. The company expects to save...

Value-added messaging to generate $8.3B by 2008

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Value-added services on mobile messaging networks will generate more than $8.3 billion by 2008, compared with almost $5 million in 2003, according...

Pate nomination to antitrust nears approval

WASHINGTON-The Senate Judiciary Committee today appeared poised to approve the nomination of R. Hewitt Pate to be chief of the Justice Department's antitrust division,...

MmO2 takes $15.8B charge for fiscal year

LONDON-Analysts welcomed 2002 fiscal year results from European operator MmO2 plc even though the company wrote down the value of its third-generation licenses by...

Sanyo SCP-8100 incorporates Aplix Java technology

SAN FRANCISCO-Sanyo is using Aplix Corp.'s JBlend Java virtual machine in its SCP-8100 wireless handset with a built-in camera phone. The handset, which enables...

Nextel targets public safety with new iDEN handset

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will sell a new rugged Motorola Inc. iDEN handset designed for public-safety and law enforcement workers.The new Motorola...

724 wins messaging upgrade in Estonia

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions announced Radiolinja Eesti of Estonia will upgrade its messaging gateway to 724's X-treme Mobility Gateway (XMG) to enable its advanced...

DoCoMo to release new handheld PC May 28

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it will begin offering its Sigmarion III handheld PC May 28. The device, which uses the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating...

Comptel wins global contract with Telefonica Moviles

HELSINKI, Finland-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...

Orange to expand relationship with Microsoft

European carrier Orange SA said it will expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to offer text-messaging-based access to Microsoft's instant messaging and e-mail programs...

MCI reaches $500M SEC settlement

ASHBURN, Va.-MCI Corp., formerly known as WorldCom Inc., has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its accounting fraud case and...

Siemens, Agilent lead round of OSS news

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it created a new operations support system for its wireless carrier customers, a move the company...

Philips announces new handsets

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced several new mobile-phone products, including three new handsets based on technology from Cellon International.Targeting the Asian and European...

LightSurf releases MMS exchange product

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Picture messaging company LightSurf Technologies Inc. released its new Global Exchange for MMS product, which the company said offers a real-time content...

RF Micro Devices, Silicon Wave team on Bluetooth

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. and Silicon Wave have entered a partnership to manufacture and distribute Bluetooth solutions.Under the agreement, Silicon Wave will license...
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