Monthly Archives: March, 2004

LG teams with Microsoft for smart phone

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to...

Alvarion releases 5.4 GHz broadband system

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solution provider Alvarion Ltd. released its new BreezeACCESS VL system that uses OFDM technology for the 5.4 GHz unlicensed frequency...

RBRC to collect old phones at CTIA show

ATLANTA-The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) will collect old cell phones for recycling at their booth at CTIA Wireless 2004 as part of a...

Lucent to pay $25 million penalty to SEC

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to pay a $25 million penalty as a settlement, which...

Nokia, Philips, Sony establish Near Field Communication Forum

HANOVER, Germany-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corp. established the new Near Field Communication Forum, which the companies said will support the use...

Artemis, Xingtone form ring tone deal

LOS ANGELES-Artemis Records announced a deal with Xingtone to include software on its new Sugarcult CD album that will allow users to create mobile-phone...

Bellwave to use Ericsson reference design

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-South Korean mobile-phone design firm Bellwave announced it will use Ericsson Mobile Platforms' G200 reference design to develop its new GSM/GPRS products, and...

Cingular to file for FCC approval of merger

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is set to file papers with the Federal Communications Commission today seeking approval for its proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T...

France Telecom, Alcatel plan cooperation on converged network

PARIS-France Telecom and Alcatel Alsthom say they have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop next-generation architecture for a converged fixed, Internet and...

U.S. files complaint with WTO over China circuit tax issue

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about China's tax treatment of integrated circuits imported from the...

Qualcomm allows Tata to use BREWChat

NEW DELHI, India-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to allow Tata Teleservices to use Qualcomm's BREWChat solution for push-to-chat...

MetroPCS taps Spickler as VP

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which offers unlimited local wireless service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., reported that its former chief financial officer, Dennis...

Cingular to try new billing format

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will introduce a new billing format for customers in Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey this month that is...

Madrid to head multicultural effort at Verizon

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless named Oscar Madrid associate director of Multicultural Marketing for the carrier's 12-state West Area, which includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,...

Dobson repurchases notes

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it has completed a series of open market transactions initiated earlier this year to repurchase approximately $55.5 million of...

MeshNetworks releases software suite

MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks, Inc., a developer of mobile ad hoc networking solutions, released the MeshConnex software suite, an embedded software solution targeted at wireless original...

Sierra licenses InterDigital technology

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it signed a new license agreement with Sierra Wireless Inc. for the sale of GPRS, EDGE and...

Players test pilot program for phone-TV content

BERLIN-Wireless heavyweights Nokia Corp., Philips, Universal Studios Networks Germany and Vodafone's research division announced a pilot program to develop a digital broadcasting technology for...

In-building market to top $1B by 2010

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Distributed antenna systems, which use fiber cable to distribute signals to a network of small antennas throughout a building, have helped to...

Flarion shows chipsets, modems

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said it has introduced chipsets and modems for use in laptops, tablet PCs, personal digital assistants and handsets.The company, which...

Lucent, Novatel supply PC card modems to T-Mobile

HANNOVER, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. say they will supply T-Mobile with UMTS PC card modems to support high-speed data services for...

Nextel initiates notes offering

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. initiated a cash tender offer and consent solicitation for the entire $858.8 million outstanding principal amount of its 9.5-percent senior...

Telcontar server chosen by Delphi

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Telcontar, which supplies software and applications for location-based services, announced Delphi's MobileAria subsidiary has chosen its Drill Down Server as the spatial...

OMA calls both PTT positions proprietary

LA JOLLA, Calif. -The Open Mobile Alliance has described as proprietary the Push-to-Talk standard announced by two competing vendor interests yesterday."They are not 3G...

MetroPCS chooses Alcatel MMS solution

DALLAS-Alcatel has entered an agreement with MetroPCS Inc. to provide the carrier with its Alcatel Multimedia Messaging Services product suite, allowing MetroPCS customers access...
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