April 2004

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 financing. “We believe this debenture financing …

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 devices and camera phones. Kyocera reported …

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 his creation of a solid …

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 development services including site acquisition, …

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 costs. AppPackage allows healthcare providers to …

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 broadband infrastructure. “Wireless metropolitan area networks …

Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source, about his company’s recycling efforts and …

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 a new wireless startup, such …

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 Group. However, unlike other telecom services, …

With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry watchers see as better times ahead. …

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. and Alltel Corp. all posted strong …

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 170 kilobits per second and average …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense adopted a new policy for military use of all wireless devices, emphasizing security in all future commercial purchases. The DoD directive-signed April 14 by Deputy Secretary …

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

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, Calif. The carrier said the purchase …

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 Internet services that advance U.S. business …

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, who-despite running the smallest of the …

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 the browser. “Motorola believes that having …

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 the government a clear path to …

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

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 pay the FCC $10 million to …

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 what analysts predict will be the …

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 is a member of the worldwide …

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 Protocol platform for routing calls. The …

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 battle for survival. Neither .16e nor …