Monthly Archives: January, 2004

RealNetworks music download service to support Treo 600

LAS VEGAS-RealNetworks Inc. said it will include support for PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone in its newly unveiled Internet music download service. The...

AAT to acquire Signal One tower assets

ST. LOUIS-AAT Communications Corp. announced it plans to acquire all tower assets of Signal One L.L.C., a privately held Chattanooga, Tenn.-based tower owner and...

BT expands Wi-Fi network to 500 McDonald's locations

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc said it will expand its Wi-Fi network to 500 U.K. McDonald's restaurants during the next few months. Plans call for BT...

Intel invests $200M in fund for wireless in home

Intel Corp. at this week's Consumer Electronics Show said it will invest $200 million in companies developing technologies to drive the convergence of personal...

Motorola camera phone on sale

Motorola Inc.'s long-awaited V600 camera phone will finally hit store shelves this month through AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced. The phone suffered...

Consumer Reports slams wireless industry again

The latest issue of Consumer Reports comes down hard on the wireless industry in its annual wireless consumer review, referred to facetiously as an...

Siemens' mobile-phone president dies

MUNICH, Germany-The head of Siemens' mobile-phone business died Dec. 28, the company said. Siemens could not immediately elaborate on the death of Ian Moyes,...

Hughes awarded backhaul contract by Polish carrier

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. said it was awarded a contract with Polish cellular operator Era/PTC to deploy its wireless access system in major...

T-Mobile claims gains from LNP

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has gained two customers for every one customer it has lost since the implementation of wireless local number portability....

Alcatel wins GSM contract in China

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it signed a $14 million GSM expansion contract with Gansu Mobile Communication Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Mobile. Under the...

Council calls for sunsetting spectrum rules

WASHINGTON-Congress should sunset all telecommunications regulation including spectrum allocations and let the private sector innovate if true telecom progress is ever to occur, according...

TI releases router combining 802.11 technologies

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has unveiled a universal router known as wONE that delivers simultaneous 802.11g and 802.11a from a single chipset.This also...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it can pass class-action reform in 2004

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is rejecting the notion that because 2004 is a presidential election year, its legislative priorities-led by class-action reform-cannot be...

Nokia stock price benefits from upgrades

Handset bellwether Nokia Corp. received a boost from J.P. Morgan, which upgraded the company to "overweight" from "neutral," leading to a 3.5-percent leap in...

Talking while driving banned in D.C.

WASHINGTON-The Council of the District of Columbia has voted to prohibit drivers from talking on handheld mobile phones, following the lead of New York...

Attwell joins NTIA as senior advisor

WASHINGTON-Meredith M. Attwell, a former wireless industry lobbyist, has joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as a senior advisor to Acting Assistant Secretary...

Symbian to win smart-phone OS war

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Symbian will come out the winner in the battle for mobile-phone operating systems, followed closely by Microsoft Corp. and the Linux open...

Phone designer Cellon cuts product design times

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile-phone design company Cellon said it managed to cut its product design times down from 18 months to less than six months...

Infotainment services could hit $7.2B by 2008

DALLAS-New research shows the worldwide market for wireless "infotainment" services will grow from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $7.2 billion in 2008, but such...

PalmSource ships Palm OS 6

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it is now shipping the latest version of the Palm OS, version 6, to its licensees.Palm's licensees...

Telular receives $25.3M in Latin American orders

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it has received $25.3 million in purchase orders from Latin American wireless network operators since Sept. 1. The orders...

Globile Wireless to offer Bluetooth hands-free kit

AUSTIN, Texas-Globile Wireless announced it will distribute a new Bluetooth hands-free car kit and speaker product in North America. The portable solution allows users...

China Airlines signs agreement for in-flight Internet service

SEATTLE-Connexion by Boeing said it signed a letter of intent with China Airlines to bring high-speed connectivity to travelers on commercial flights in and...

UWB company secures $31.5M in funding

AUSTIN, Texas-Ultra-wideband semiconductor company Alereon said it has received $31.5 million in the first round of its series A financing.The financing, which was led...

Lucent announces two new hires

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive appointments Tuesday. The company has appointed Jan M.K. Jaferian as its new intellectual property business...
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