Monthly Archives: June, 2004

Optimization firm secures first-round financing

NEWBURY, United Kingdom-Arieson, a network planning and optimization company, said it secured its first round of institutional funding led by Add Partners and Top...

TI to provide chip for Samsung camera phones

LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. said it signed a deal to provide a chip for Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.'s mobile-phone cameras.The chip will allow Samsung's...

Vonage exec demos VoIP over EV-DO technology

WASHINGTON-Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol is here with the advent of Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service as deployed by Verizon Wireless, said Brooke...

GAO finds spectrum use inefficient

WASHINGTON-A new congressional report concludes the existing spectrum-management regime does not promote efficient use of the nation's airwaves and needs repair, a finding that...

Developer's conference draws rash of BREW announcements

SAN DIEGO-As expected, Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference. Qualcomm joined handset...

Nokia market share drops amid healthy handset sales in Q1

The worldwide market for mobile phones continues to swell, as new research shows handset makers sold 153 million devices in the first quarter. However,...

CDMA 450 MHz technology pushes into Norway, Brazil

OSLO, Norway-CDMA 450 technology is making headway in various global markets, with Norway awarding a 450 MHz license in that country, and trials of...

Cutting the Wires offers Wi-Fi connection interface for laptops

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Cutting the Wires, a mobile solutions provider, said it has launched Zafari Mobile Professional, a network- and device-independent connection and application management...

FCC defends E-rate program despite 'bad actors'

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission official today defended a $2.5 billion government program that subsidizes Internet connections for schools and libraries, but conceded there is...

Western Communications launches iDEN service in S.D.

RAPID CITY, S.D.-Western Communications Inc. in conjunction with Airtel Montana said it has launched an integrated wireless service in Rapid City and the Black...

Comverse licenses i-mode

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world.The...

Study finds youth most lucrative to rural wireless carriers

A youth-oriented consumer survey released by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation for Rural Service found that rural wireless customers between the...

Sprint launches non-camera Treo, others unveil new devices

Mobile-phone enthusiasts the world over witnessed the release of several new devices and gadgets, including one phone that actually takes a step back from...

Verizon, Cingular expand wireless networks

Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. both announced network expansions. Verizon Wireless will provide customers with additional coverage in the Northeast, while Cingular customers...

TracPoint offers dealer, retailer marketing programs

TOPSFIELD, Mass.-TracPoint Wireless has introduced a suite of revenue programs and value-added services designed to help wireless dealers and retailers increase new subscription activity.TracPoint's...

Bluetooth hits 2 million weekly unit shipments

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is now shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which...

Expanded BREW UI deepens capabilities

In preparation for its developer's conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology...

Chipmakers sample EV-DV product in Nokia collaboration

DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution.The chips will...

Global carriers push forward with varying PTT technology

MUMBAI, India-Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.'s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie...

Price is key differentiator for business sale

Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn't really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed...

Technology potential still awaits fulfillment

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full...

NAD report requests T-Mobile limit claims

In a rare review of wireless advertising claims, T-Mobile USA Inc. received a modest slap on the wrist last week as The National Advertising...

Cingular merger deal scores, loses points on different issues

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C's proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal...

Downgrade dims RIM's recent shine

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd.'s stellar growth was dimmed slightly due to a downgrade from Bank of America Securities, which forced the company's stock...

Barton proposes Berlin-style subsidies for faster DTV transition

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House Commerce Committee said last week he wants his committee to consider a "Berlin" subsidy plan to end the transition...
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