Monthly Archives: April, 2004

WaveRider completes $2.1M in debenture financing

TORONTO-WaveRider Communications Inc., provider of non-line-of-sight wireless broadband technology and deployments, said it has completed the private placement of $2.125 million of convertible debenture...

Kyocera reports strong phone growth

TOKYO-Kyocera Corp. reported increasing sales and profits for its most recent fiscal year and said its mobile-phone business was enjoying strong sales of color-screen...

Sony Ericsson names Flint new president

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced Miles Flint will replace Katsumi Ihara as the company's new president."We are truly happy with Mr. Ihara's achievements and...

Bechtel chooses VelociTel for expansion

IRVINE, Calif.-Bechtel Telecommunications has chosen wireless infrastructure services company VelociTel Inc. to develop several wireless sites for certain cellular network expansions.VelociTel will provide site...

SandCherry releases healthcare-based speech solutions

BOULDER, Colo.-Speech recognition software provider SandCherry Inc. unveiled its AppPackage suite of speech-enabled solutions for healthcare providers, aimed at improving patient services and reducing...

Navini to offer Net2Phone VoIP services

NEWARK, N.J.-Net2Phone and Navini Networks announced they will partner to deliver Net2Phone's VoiceLine voice-over-IP broadband services over Navini's wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) wireless...

Turning the corner

Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source,...

Software allows users to razz-or worse-on command

Wouldn't it be funny to burp on command?It's a question probably every American boy has asked at one time or another. And thanks to...

Wireless takes up 25% of corporate telecom spending

Wireless voice and data services now represent 25 percent of a typical U.S. corporation's telecom spending, according to a new report from the Yankee...

Vendors dance amid better financials

With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry...

Competitors gain from high sub losses at AWS

The wireless industry's first full quarter of operating under local number portability provided few surprises as Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc....

Cingular expands EDGE in So. Florida

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to...

DoD directive focuses on wireless security

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense adopted a new policy for military use of all wireless devices, emphasizing security in all future commercial purchases. The...

InterDigital counts patents to propel biz

Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name...

MetroPCS acquires additional Calif. licenses

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. said it has acquired four15-megahertz PCS licenses covering approximately 1.2 million potential customers in the cities of Modesto, Merced, Redding and Eureka,...

Bush hits trifecta on China, Korea disputes

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile...

Donahue speaks on spectrum, technology and consolidation

Few wireless executives have had as much of an impact on the industry over the past several years as Nextel Communications Inc.'s Tim Donahue,...

Motorola to use Picsel browser technology

GLASGOW, United Kingdom-Handset-maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola's A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature...

Likely fewer suitors for NextWave spectrum

NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give...

Satellite shifts to be part of hybrid system

Satellite is spreading its wings. The sector appears to be aligning itself with other wireless technologies in hopes of becoming a significant part of...

NextWave, FCC end years of fighting with $1.6B settlement

WASHINGTON-Buried in the legalese of the settlement document between the Federal Communications Commission and bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. was an agreement that NextWave would...

Battle intense for No. 2, No. 5 spots in handset sales

Although market leader Nokia Corp. stumbled in the first quarter, most of the rest of the world's handset makers managed to cash in on...

Business Briefs

Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will use push-to-talk software from Sonim Technologies in its line of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA phones. Sonim said it...

IDT to deploy Wi-Fi service using VoIP

NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet...

In broadband battle, .16e seems to overtake .20-for the moment

As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a...
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