Yearly Archives: 2003

WLAN vendor Mobility Networks closes doors

Privately held Mobility Networks, which sold technology to wireless carriers that linked wide area networks with Wi-Fi hot spots, has shut down and ceased...

Boingo, Wayport expand hot-spot networks

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-High-speed wireless Internet service provider Boingo Wireless Inc. announced its roaming system will include more than 2,600 hot-spot locations within the next...

Nokia, Qualcomm test rival technologies

SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. performed trials on what have been known to some degree as rival technologies for the respective companies, Nokia...

Taiwan’s APBW launches CDMA2000

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwanese newcomer Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. has launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services in Taiwan. The company is the first to market...

Nokia blitzes emerging markets

HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has...

Senators join rural-carrier quest to alter E911 accuracy standard

WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911...

Competition vs. regulation

Sen. Charles Schumer last week blasted the wireless industry in light of the recent power outage that caused havoc throughout the Northeast. "Last week's...

BARI Holdings offers competing bid for i3 Mobile

BOCA RATON, Fla.-BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture...

Customer-care problems lead to churn, J.D. Power asserts: Photo messaging, PTT are most desired features

Wireless customers unhappy with their carriers' customer care are more likely to switch service providers, according to J.D. Power and Associates' 2003 Wireless Customer...

Motorola looks to exit Symbian

Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture.Nokia Corp. said it and...

Verizon settles Detroit class-action suit

WASHINGTON-A Michigan state judge has approved a settlement of a class-action suit against Verizon Wireless entitling about 2 million mobile-phone users in the Detroit...

Philips, T-Com join forces to develop wireless home market

BERLIN, Germany-Philips Consumer Electronics and T-Com, Deutsche Telekom AG's fixed-networks division, will cooperate to develop the market for broadband wireless home networks, connected devices...

Andrew, Kathrein cross license downtilt antenna technology

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. and Kathrein-Werke KG will cross license their relevant patents related to remote electrical downtilt antenna technology so both companies can...

Acterna to sell Itronix to Golden Gate Capital

SPOKANE, Wash.-Acterna Corp. announced it plans to sell its subsidiary Itronix Corp., which develops rugged mobile computing systems, to private equity firm Golden Gate...

Nokia offers first Chinese CDMA handset

BEIJING-Nokia introduced its first CDMA phone for the Chinese market, the 2280, during a signing ceremony between Nokia, operator China Unicom and China Putian,...

Messagers want music-related capabilities, says poll

SAN DIEGO-Wireless consumers who use text messaging represent a target market for the music industry, according to research from SMS.ac Inc., a mobile community...

Court dismisses NCR claim against Palm, Handspring

NEW YORK-A claim from NCR Corp. that Palm Inc. and Handspring Inc. violated its patents in their handheld computers has been dismissed by the...

Wireless2Web begins LinkPush licensing program

LOS ANGELES-Wireless2Web has launched a licensing program for its newly patented LinkPush technologies, potentially benefiting handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, wireless application service providers, Internet...

Moyes to head Siemens phone division

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG named Ian Moyes as the new head of its mobile-phone segment, one of its five divisions within Siemens Mobile. Rudi Lamprecht,...

T-Mobile couples music, cameras in new promo

T-Mobile USA Inc. will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell...

Siemens, Huawei to invest $100M in TD-SCDMA joint venture

Continuing the string of announcements surrounding the potentially lucrative Chinese market during the past few weeks, Siemens AG and Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co....

Motorola cuts 200 jobs in chip division

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to...

MetroPCS offers 511 transportation service

SAN FRANCISCO-MetroPCS Inc. said its customers now can access the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's 511 service, which provides transportation information in the San Francisco Bay...

Intel announces new facilities in China, South Korea

Intel Corp. this week announced plans to build a $375 million assembly and test plant in western China's Sichuan province and a research and...

Daewoo enters wireless home space

BERLIN, Germany-Daewoo Electronics is making its debut in wireless home entertainment products using ViXs Systems' XCode video processor and Matrix dual-channel 802.11a chipsets....
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