Monthly Archives: July, 2004

Sun Network buys m-commerce provider

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-Sun Network Group Inc. has agreed to buy m-commerce provider PayCell Inc., a two-month-old subsidiary of Celtron International, in an all-stock transaction.Earlier...

SmartServ moves to acquire prepaid card distributor

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. is negotiating to acquire New York-based distributor of international prepaid calling cards KPCCD Inc. in a deal the company...

FCC’s 24 GHz auction nets $216,000

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 24 GHz licenses started and ended Wednesday after four rounds netting more than $216,000 for seven licenses in...

Verizon Wireless expands EV-DO service to Vegas

Increasing its presence in the wireless high-speed data game, Verizon Wireless launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas, providing users in...

Summer financing plentiful for wireless companies

It's already been a hectic week for investment in the wireless arena, with several companies scoring millions of dollars in venture-capital funding. Some of...

PacketHop, Xybernaut offer wearable mobile technology

BELMONT, Calif.-PacketHop Inc. and Xybernaut Corp. said they have partnered to combine wireless broadband communication technologies with wearable mobile computing technology to meet the...

SEC sues former Qwest Wireless CFO

Former Qwest Wireless Chief Financial Officer Michael Felicissimo was sued this week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for providing it with materially...

South African company to roll out iBurst network

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-ArrayComm Inc. said it has scored its second iBurst broadband wireless system deployment, this one in South Africa. Wireless Business Solutions, a...

@Road cancels MDSI acquisition

PHILADELPHIA-@Road Inc. won't buy MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. after all.The cancellation of the proposed acquisition, valued at about $86 million when it was...

MobiTV expands TV content for Sprint PCS customers

BERKELEY, Calif.-MobiTV continued to add content offerings to its video streaming service Tuesday, signing agreements with NBC Universal, FOX Interactive Media and Comedy Time.With...

Orange to use IBM single sign-on software

ARMONK, N.Y.-Orange will use IBM software and services to offer its mobile-phone customers single sign-on capabilities for secure access to different mobile services and...

GCT to integrate CPS technology in tracking devices

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-GCT, a location company headquartered in Spain, and Cambridge Positioning Systems have launched a joint development program that calls for GCT to...

Yahoo! expands mobile photo service

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. late last week expanded its play in the mobile space, with a new service that allows consumers to post photos to...

UTStarcom’s transformation reflected in quarterly results

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said its second-quarter financial results reflected both successes and challenges, including increased pricing pressure in China. "UTStarcom continues to go through...

Ericsson to supply Chinese in-building system

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded by Beijing Communication...

Alvarion plans to buy InterWave

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Communications Ltd. said it has entered an agreement to acquire InterWave for approximately $56 million in an all-cash deal.InterWave makes...

Lucent partners with NMS on signal processing

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with NMS Communications to design and build advanced optical voice processors for use in next-generation wireless...

Former DT chief joins Motorola board

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has elected a former chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom to its board of directors with immediate effect.Ron Sommer,...

Nextel Partners adds 92,000 customers in 2Q

Continuing what it claims is its 18th consecutive quarter of exceeding analysts' expectations, Nextel Partners Inc. said it added 92,000 net customers during the...

Tropos scores municipal Wi-Fi contract in Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas-Tropos Networks announced its largest deployment to date with the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, under a contract worth approximately $600,000.Tropos will...

GCI to market Dobson wireless service in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Dobson Communications Corp. and GCI have entered distribution and spectrum-leasing agreements in Alaska. The companies said the 10-year agreement will allow GCI to...

TruePosition supplies E911 solution to rural carrier

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition will provide its Uplink Time Difference of Arrival wireless location system to Viaero Wireless to meet the Phase II...

Sprint to offer joint Wi-Fi/1x access

Just over a year after launching its Wi-Fi initiative, Sprint Corp. reported that it will enable customers to access both its CDMA2000 1x-based wide...

ABI calls RF power market unstable

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The outlook for RF power amplifier and RF power device makers is unstable, according to a new report from ABI Research.The study,...

Cellular South launches BREW services

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless...
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