Monthly Archives: August, 2004

Benhamou to resign from PalmSource board

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. said the chairman of its board of directors, Eric Benhamou, plans to resign in October.He is expected, however, to remain chairman...

Airtel expands Mont. iDEN service

BILLINGS, Mont.-Airtel Wireless L.L.C., a Motorola Harmony iDEN network operator, has added service in Kalispell, Butte and Bozeman, Mont. By the end of 2004,...

NextG raises $35M in venture funding

MILIPITAS, Calif.-NextG Networks said it has raised $35 million in venture funds to enable it to continue the buildout of its radio frequency-over fiber...

Fujitsu to develop chip for monitoring vital signs

NEW YORK-Nexense, an emerging sensing technology and research and development company, contracted Fujitsu Ltd. to manufacture an ASIC chip for non-invasive monitoring and tracking...

Infrastructure sales surge 37 percent in 2Q

Sales of infrastructure equipment covering all the major technologies surged 37 percent to $9 billion in the second quarter, according to a report from...

Zeosoft offers wireless server for P900

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Zeosoft Technology Group Inc. said it has unveiled what it describes as the first application server wireless platform for cellular phones.Its ZeoSphere XR2.1...

9 Squared to offer country music wireless content

DENVER-Jones Media Networks Inc. will team with 9 Squared Inc. to offer country-and-western-themed ring tones, wallpaper and other content, the companies announced.The content, which...

‘Alien vs. Predator’ opens with wireless play

LOS ANGELES-Movie fans can download snarling ring tones and gruesome wallpaper and play a trivia game all based on the new film "Alien vs....

Motorola, Rock the Vote help wireless users select candidates

LOS ANGELES-Motorola Inc. and Rock the Vote have teamed to help wireless users decide on their favorite political candidate.The Mobile Find Your Candidate application...

Shareholders sue US Unwired

The law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway L.L.P. filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of securities purchasers of Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc....

Centennial considers restating financials

Centennial Communications Corp. said it is considering restating its financial statements for certain prior periods due to its preparation for complying with provisions of...

Former Verizon Wireless employee indicted on prepaid fraud charges

A former Verizon Wireless customer service representative was indicted on 10 fraud and money laundering charges that he stole more than $20 million worth...

FutureDial software saves camera-phone pictures to PCs

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. has announced SnapMedia Software, a PC-based program that lets camera-phone users download pictures from phones to PCs for archiving and sharing....

Erickson joins Telcordia to direct wireless sales

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Scott K. Erickson as corporate vice president of sales for wireless.Erickson most recently was president of...

Teens tap into prepaid wireless

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Three times more teens are currently using prepaid wireless than last year, a study released Thursday indicated.According to the second annual Coinstar Teen...

Huawei to supply cross-border multimedia network

HONG KONG-Chinese venture Huawei said it partnered with carrier China Motion Telecom to collaborate on a next-generation network to provide cross-border multimedia telecom services...

Idetic wins $15M to expand MobiTV service

BERKELEY, Calif.-Idetic Inc. will use $15 million in new investment capital to fund the expansion of its MobiTV wireless TV service, the company announced...

Verizon selects Leapstone for content management enhancements

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has partnered with Leapstone Systems to deploy high-speed data services and improve customer service response times.The nation's largest carrier announced that...

Datatec buys wireless consultancy Analysys

LONDON-Datatec International, the global arm of networking and information technology services group Datatec, has agreed to purchase U.K.-based telecom consulting firm Analysys Ltd.The companies...

Microsoft makes Voice Command available in retail stores

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said its Voice Command software for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition is now available in retail...

AirGate posts $2.2M income

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. reported a 3.4-percent increase in revenues for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, from $83.2 million in...

Schema announces five new contracts

HERZLIA, Israel-Schema inc. said it won five new contracts across three continents in the second quarter just ended.The company, which provides solutions for network...

Companies submit proposal for next-gen Wi-Fi protocol

A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a...

Sendo X ships with VoiceSignal speech software

WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said it began shipping its speech-recognition technology on the Sendo X multimedia smart phone. The Sendo X is available in France, Italy...

Siemens to supply Indian EDGE network

MUNICH, Germany-India's largest GSM mobile carrier, Bharti Tele-Ventures, has entered a deal to allow Siemens AG to upgrade its network with EDGE capability, making...
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