Monthly Archives: June, 2004

Northeast Asia to dominate region's broadband, says BroadGroup

LONDON-Northeast Asia will dominate future growth in the public broadband market, according to a new report from the BroadGroup. The four countries in the...

CSI Wireless technology helps Texas police recover stolen goods

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc.'s Asset-Link asset-tracking hardware has been used by Texas police to recover more than $2.7 million in stolen goods, make arrests and...

'West Wing' gives Sprint users interactive texting

Fans of "The West Wing" TV series with Sprint wireless service will be able to participate in text messaging polls due to a new...

Alltel offers second PTT handset

Alltel Corp. is set to launch Kyocera Corp.'s Slider SE44 as its second push-to-talk handset for the carrier's Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service. The carrier recently...

US Unwired prices debt offering

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. said it has priced an offering of $360 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes,...

Zeevo, Smart partner on Bluetooth

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Zeevo Inc. and Smart Modular Technologies Inc. said they have entered a strategic alliance to develop and sell Bluetooth modules.The companies will...

Intel to deploy WiMax technology in China

DALIAN, China-Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments."Technology and...

SBA withdraws from intermodal LNP appeal

WASHINGTON-The Small Business Administration said late Thursday it was withdrawing from a court case that rural wireline carriers had filed against the Federal Communications...

Bank approves loan for Colombia cellular equipment

WASHINGTON-The Export-Import Bank of the United States approved a $15 million long-term loan guarantee to support the sale by U.S. suppliers of cellular equipment,...

Seattle ferry offers Wi-Fi service

SEATTLE-The Klickitat, a boat in the Washington State Ferries' fleet, has been equipped with Wi-Fi service, powered by Port Townsend, Wash.-based Mobilisa Inc., allowing...

Ericsson to integrate presence technology from Hotsip

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Multimedia applications company Hotsip AB said it has agreed to integrate its products with L.M. Ericsson's multimedia system.Hotsip said it will integrate its...

Report says fixed carriers could retake traffic from wireless

WHEATON, Md.-In-building coverage and bundled offerings have given fixed network and cable operators grounds to battle wireless carriers for subscribers, according to a new...

Nextel adds details to latest 800 MHz offer

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. late Wednesday provided more details of how it plans to give up 2 additional megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz...

Western Wireless completes 1x upgrades in three states

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas...

Australia's Telstra licenses i-mode technology

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier's ninth partnership for the wireless...

Lightbridge conferencing product could offer PTT-like benefits

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. today launched GroupTalk, a new voice conferencing product that alerts and connects members of a conferencing group to a meeting whether...

FCC approves Novatel UMTS card

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. said its UMTS-based wireless PC Card modem has received the approval of the Federal Communications Commission.The product, the Merlin U520,...

Verizon Wireless launches prepaid service bundle

Verizon Wireless launched its new Pay As You Go service bundle, which includes a Kyocera Corp. KX414 handset and flat rate pricing of 10...

Cingular scrambles to fix security problem

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has fixed a security problem with a recently deployed Internet and telephone-based payment system that drew concern from customers...

InterDigital to repurchase stock

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology vendor InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it plans to repurchase up to 1 million shares of the company's outstanding common...

Sidekick user petitions for synch technology

A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology...

M1 expands W-CDMA contract with Nokia

ESPOO, Finland-MobileOne in Singapore has awarded Nokia a W-CDMA contract to supply equipment and services for the third phase of its third-generation rollout.The value...

AppGate to release VPN for mobile roaming

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-AppGate Network Security AB announced plans to release a new version of its virtual private network system that will enable roaming for mobile...

Russian regional carrier contracts with Alcatel

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a contract with regional Russian operator CJSC Nizhegorodskaya Cellular Communication to extend the operator's GSM network.The value of the deal was...

Intrado releases public-safety platform

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. unveiled its Intelligent Emergency Network (IEN), an enhanced architecture for advanced voice and data technologies, including streaming video and location mapping...
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