Monthly Archives: August, 2004

PalmOne offers Wi-Fi card for Zire, Tungsten devices

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. introduced a Wi-Fi card for use with its Zire 72 and Tungsten T3 handhelds to enhance the integrated Bluetooth technology solution...

Unity Wireless to supply power amps to Flarion

BURNABY, British Columbia-Unity Wireless Corp. said it has agreed to supply power amplifiers to Flarion Technologies Inc. The amplifiers will be used in Flarion's...

UTStarcom provides softswitch for Qualcomm airline test

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it provided its wireless softswitch solution for Qualcomm Inc.'s proof-of-concept test to allow passengers aboard an American Airlines commercial flight...

GoConnect launches wireless search access to online directories

MELBOURNE, Australia-A subsidiary of Australia's GoConnect Ltd. has launched a search tool to help users with Windows-enabled phones access phone numbers from online directory...

TeliaSonera sells Zed to Wisdom Entertainment

TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd.The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless data portal...

Flextronics subsidiary buys Sheldahl

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In a stock-for-stock merger, Multek Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Sheldahl.Multek, a Flextronics subsidiary, makes rigid circuit boards while...

Mforma scores new funding round

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. may score up to $40 million in its latest round of funding, the mobile content provider announced Tuesday. The announcement...

Global mobile data revenue to reach $189B by 2009

LONDON-The global wireless industry is expected grow mobile data revenue from $61 billion this year to more than $189 billion by 2009 with person-to-person...

SK Telecom, SiRF to market LBS platform

SAN JOSE, Calif.-SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. will partner with Korean operator SK Telecom Co. Ltd. to develop and market a new location-based services platform,...

Software allows Java providers to debug handset apps

TOKYO-A new mobile software solution from Aplix Corp. and Motorola Inc. allows Java developers and content providers to debug an application as it runs...

Tessco rebounds on stock buyback news

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. said it will purchase shares of its common stock pursuant to a previously announced stock buyback program. "Our current...

I Wireless selects TruePosition Phase II system

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. announced an agreement to provide its Finder system to Iowa wireless carrier I Wireless.The Finder system will allow the...

Nextel may have until Halloween to decide on 800 MHz plan

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. may have up to three months to decide whether it will accept or reject the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve...

Leap Wireless emerges from bankruptcy

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, shedding more than $2 billion in debt since its financial reorganization...

Canadian police open Nortel criminal investigation

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it received a letter from the Canadian police signaling its intention to begin a criminal investigation of the company's financial...

Airespace integrates security platform in enterprise platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-InfoExpress Inc. said it has integrated its CyberGatekeeper solution with Airespace Inc.'s Wireless Enterprise Platform, which will provide enterprises a way to...

SpectraSite closes SBC purchase contract

SpectraSite Inc. said it has purchased 191 wireless communications towers from affiliates of SBC Communications for $50 million in the final closing in its...

American Tower to sell notes

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it will sell $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3-percent convertible notes due Aug. 15, 2012, through an...

Verizon profiles real-life network testers

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has begun profiling on the carrier's Web site its real-life test men and women who inspired its "Can you...

ILoop to offer Olympics premium SMS service through U.S. carriers

SAN FRANCISCO-ILoop Mobile Inc. will partner with sports information provider STATS Inc. to deliver sports-related premium short message service subscription services beginning this week.The...

AT&T Wireless signs data provider agreement with CDW

HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell...

Second Wi-Fi standards group steps forward

A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to...

Dobson stock falls as tier-two carriers post financials

Tier-two wireless carriers reported diverse second-quarter financials. Dobson Communications Corp., the nation's ninth largest carrier, saw its stock plunge on full-year guidance, while No....

U.S. gets global access to Olympic content Will users bite?

European content provider Acotel is going to Athens to target American consumers. The 12-year-old Italian company is taking the Olympic Games wireless, delivering updates...

This is the year

I'm not-so-officially declaring 2004 the year of wireless data.Anyone who has been in the industry for a while knows that "next year" has been...
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