Monthly Archives: May, 2004

Wireless continues to infiltrate gaming show

Video gamers worldwide reveled at the new products and titles premiering at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show in Los Angeles,...

Qualcomm raises expectations on higher sales

CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. announced increased third-quarter and full-year expectations due to higher sales of its chipsets and technology products, along with higher W-CDMA...

Dobson posts loss despite revenue increase

Dobson Communications Corp. posted an 81-percent increase in total revenues during the first quarter from $128.9 million last year to $233.8 million this year,...

Openwave expands handset biz with Magic4 buy

Openwave Systems Inc. announced it will acquire messaging software provider Magic4 for a sizable $82.6 million in cash and stock. The deal marks Openwave's...

Infowave solution implemented at Ontario electric company

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc.'s Telispark Mobile Enterprise solution has been chosen by Ontario's Hydro One Networks Inc., which owns and operates a large...

SpectraSite prices share offering

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Inc.'s previously announced secondary offering of 9 million shares of common stock has been priced at $36.25 per share. The shares are...

LogiSense software to be used in Wi-Fi network

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario-LogiSense Corp.'s EngageIP Hot Spot Suite software solution has been chosen by the District of Squamish for the deployment of a Wi-Fi network,...

LG chooses ART speech interface for CDMA phones

ATLANTA, Ga.-Advanced Recognition Technologies announced LG Electronics selected its smARTspeak XGT embedded speech interface for its new 4500 series CDMA phones. "The demand for...

Rural Cellular reports rising revenue, net loss

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported a 5-percent increase in total revenues from $113.9 million during the first quarter of 2003 to $119.8 million this...

Research says M2M market set to balloon

SAN MATEO, Calif.-The market for wireless machine-to-machine communications is poised to experience a 27-percent compound annual growth rate, ballooning from $9.3 billion in 2004...

AWS to provide service to Sacramento County

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that Sacramento County, Calif., selected the carrier to provide wireless voice services to more than 1,000 county employees,...

Triton PCS 1Q numbers mixed

Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted mixed first-quarter financial results as a significant drop in roaming revenues and a slight increase in net losses offset...

India's Hutchison to deploy EDGE gear from Motorola

NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. said it has successfully completed EDGE trials with wireless carrier Hutchison Max Telecom and will deploy the technology later this...

Nokia scores Polish 3G contract

HELSINKI, Finland-Following two third-generation contract announcements yesterday, Nokia Corp. said it will supply another 3G network in Poland. Polkomtel S.A. has selected Nokia to...

Study to address UWB interference potential

Freescale Semiconductor said it is collaborating with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's testing laboratories to determine the interference potential of the various Ultra-Wideband...

Nokia sells MMS product to 724 Solutions

Nokia Corp. said it will divest a part of its multimedia messaging service technology to wireless services vendor 724 Solutions, a move 724 said...

Metrocall revenue increases despite declining sub base

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. reported increasing revenues and net income along with a declining subscriber base. The carrier also said...

Sierra Wireless uses Certicom technology in Voq

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Certicom Corp. said Sierra Wireless has embedded its secure movianVPN solution into its VoqMail Professional Edition wireless e-mail solution for the new Voq...

FCC likely to decide 800 MHz in private

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., and the rest of the wireless world, will have to wait a bit longer.The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday put out...

IPWireless technology used in U.K. broadband network

Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom's Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band....

Privacy concerns dog RFID deployments

WASHINGTON-California, already pursuing new laws for wireless carriers, cell-phone drivers and camera phones, has become the latest state to advance privacy legislation governing radio...

Business briefs

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $150 million contract to provide U.S. Cellular with CDMA2000 equipment, software and professional services in the...

3-man firm says its solution 'solves' picture-messaging interop problem

In their spare time after work and on the weekends, three tech-savvy guys in Petaluma, Calif., in about six months have managed to surmount...

Shadow campaign

Ah, the wireless guys can smell a winner.At both ends of the country, mobile-phone lobbyists are tapping into two of the hottest political tickets...

Mforma, THQ Wireless make acquisitions

The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions.The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment...
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