Monthly Archives: July, 2004

Ericsson to supply GPRS, MMS in Mongolia

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will supply GPRS and multimedia messaging service systems to Mongolian wireless carrier MobiCom. The value of the contract was...

Vodafone adds Square Enix games to Live!

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced a collaboration with gaming company Square Enix for new content for the Vodafone Live! multimedia service. The agreement marks Japanese-based...

NEC software detects counterfeit batteries

KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. and its NEC Electronics GmbH European subsidiary released new software for microcontrollers that they said can detect counterfeit battery products...

Nextel Partners updates intranet with SharePoint Portal Server

REDMOND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. has adopted Microsoft Corp.'s Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to run its internal corporate portal that currently serves more than...

GenX Mobile announces first product

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The former founders of @Road have announced the first product to emerge from their new business venture, GenX Mobile Inc.The GNX-10 location-based...

Motient closes $30M stock sale

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Corp. closed a sale of 3.5 million shares of common stock to several institutional investors in a private placement that raised approximately...

Siemens names new CEO, merges business units

Siemens AG said current head of strategy and communications Klaus Kleinfeld would replace Heinrich von Pierer as president and chief executive officer of the...

Starbucks adds more T-Mobile hot spots: Wi-Fi brings customers during off-peak hours

Starbucks Corp. said it has added T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Wi-Fi HotSpot service to more than 110 coffee houses in Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico...

Cincinnati Bell extends Convergys agreement

CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. extended its outsourcing agreement with former subsidiary Convergys Corp. to continue to provide professional consulting and data processing...

Access to provide 3G technology to Datang

BEIJING-Internet access technology provider Access announced it will provide Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. Ltd. with technology to enable advanced mobile services over China's...

Airbee opens development center in India

ROCKVILLE, Md.-Airbee Wireless Inc., which develops intelligent software for wireless voice, data and video communications, announced it has opened a new development center in...

Rivals keep Nokia’s Symbian stake below 50 percent

Symbian Software Ltd.'s shareholders raised their stakes in the company this week, but rivals kept Nokia Corp.'s equity stake below 50 percent, ensuring the...

DHS addresses wireless network security

WASHINGTON-Homeland Security Committee Chairman Christopher Cox (R-Calif.) later today will address the importance of l innovation to national security at a technology showcase on...

New bill to give regulators VoIP oversight, Bells connection compensation

WASHINGTON-New legislation introduced by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) would give federal regulators unfettered oversight of Voice-over-Internet-Protocol applications, while requiring service...

DoCoMo offers first handset for m-commerce service

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch its mobile wallet service using the mova P506iC handset July 10.The new service and smart-card handsets will...

Sound business models key to wireless music’s future

LONDON-Satisfactory business models have yet to be established between the mobile industry and the music industry, according to "Mobile Music," a new executive briefing...

Rap, hip-hop most popular SMS downloads

WASHINGTON-Rap and hip-hop music make up the most popular downloads of short message service users, according to a new survey from ForceNine Consulting and...

Nokia to use Coding’s audio compression technology

NUREMBERG, Germany-Nokia Corp. will incorporate Coding Technologies' aacPlus audio codec into its future products under a newly signed licensing deal.aacPlus, which offers high audio...

iPass reaches 10,000 active hot-spot goal

iPass announced it has exceeded its goal of having 10,000 active hot spots in its Global Broadband Roaming network by the end of the...

TI to implement ARM security software

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. will partner with ARM to develop a security solution to protect software on mobile phones.For the solution, TI will implement ARM's...

EFJohnson wins $1M DOE contract

WASHINGTON-EFJohnson today said it received a $1 million contract to provide the Department of Energy with its Netelligent Infrastructure Systems Project 25 trunked communications...

Jamdat Mobile files for IPO

LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of ...

T-Mobile USA to offer ‘King Arthur’ content

Continuing the content tie-ins between Hollywood movies and wireless carriers, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will begin offering exclusive content from the Touchstone Pictures/Jerry...

PolyFuel raises $18.4M in new funding

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PolyFuel Inc. said it closed an $18.4 million third round of funding. The new funds bring the five-year-old company's total investments to...

FCC requests more detail from Cingular, AWS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. a series of highly detailed questions about their proposed $41...
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