Monthly Archives: September, 2004

Baker named Enpocket president

NEW YORK-Mobile marketing company Enpocket appointed Mike Baker as president and chief operating officer, the company announced Monday.Baker, a former executive vice president at...

AWS Ogo device could help parents reclaim home PCs

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Monday the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users...

Chinese PAS subscribers gain interoperable text messaging

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Internet Protocol networking vendor UTStarcom launched a service allowing Chinese wireless users to send and receive text messages between carriers, the company announced...

Richardson promoted to Nortel CMO

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed Clent Richardson as its new chief marketing officer. Richardson will oversee the vendor's marketing organization covering brand...

BridgePort gains $25M in financing

CHICAGO-BridgePort Networks said it has received $25 million in a series B financing. The company, which makes solutions for mobile to Voice over Internet...

TestQuest releases Palm device testing tool

MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc. this week plans to release a new solution to automate the testing of Palm OS Garnet devices and Palm OS 4 devices...

Cingular sells Interactive subsidiary to venture-capital group

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems...

Proxim adds Wi-Fi access point, software enhancement to product line

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. today announced the addition of the ORiNOCO AP-700 entry-level Wi-Fi access point to its product line.The new access point was designed...

CPUC sticks with $12M fine for Cingular

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission, unable to reach a settlement with the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone operator, last week affirmed a record $12 million...

Nokia, Motorola on task with music-enabled devices

LONDON-Traditional GSM device manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., are leading the charge in music-focused cellular devices, or "Cellular Music Decks," according to...

DRM issues still haunt U.S.

No matter what you call them-ringtones, true tones, master tones, hi-fi ringers-mobile music downloads are producing huge revenues. After a few years of market...

DTV transition gets break

WASHINGTON-The wireless and public-safety communities lost another battle for 700 MHz spectrum to the powerful TV broadcasting lobby. Last week started out well: Sen....

Donahue: Nextel wants to clarify 800 MHz plan

WASHINGTON-Tim Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc., said Thursday morning Nextel finds nothing in the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety...

Voice Mobility raises $1.6M in private placement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian messaging software developer Voice Mobility International Inc. raised $1.6 million in private placement.Mobility offered 2.5 million units consisting of one common...

World Briefs

POLAND Lucent Technologies Inc. has collaborated with Novatel Wireless to supply third-generation UMTS PC card modems to Polish wireless carrier PTC. The operator said...

PalmSource revenue rises on growing smart-phone shipments

PalmSource Inc.’s results for the first quarter fiscal year 2005 show increased revenues, much-improved net losses and growing smart-phone shipments.The company recorded revenues of...

InterDigital updates patent license with Toshiba

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—InterDigital Communications Corp. this week announced it has entered a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp.The agreement covers...

Orange brings Star Wars to European phones

LONDON—Lucasfilm Ltd. and European operator Orange will partner to bring Stars Wars to mobile phones.Beginning this week, Orange customers can download images, film clips,...

D.C. touts 700 MHz wireless system in move to get more public-safety spectrum

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia government Thursday showed off its public-safety wireless network as it urged Congress to allocate 10 megahertz of spectrum in the...

Chicago judge to reconsider Cingular discrimination suit

WASHINGTON—A federal judge in Chicago has decided to reconsider an employment discrimination lawsuit against Cingular Wireless L.C.C. that was thrown out of court two...

MDSI eliminates 30 positions

TORONTO—MDSI Mobile Data Solutions eliminated 30 workers in an effort to trim operating costs by $3 million a year, the software developer announced Thursday.The...

Senate committee passes equitable USF bill

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed legislation to distribute universal-service subsidies more uniformly, but the legislation is not expected to become law."There are 18 of...

Nortel, UTStarcom hit by accounting troubles, but still getting contracts

Nortel Networks Ltd and UTStarcom are on two sides of a stormy boat: Both multinational vendors face accounting travails and both are still gaining...

Telenor to finalize EDGE network by end-2005

OSLO, Norway—Norwegian wireless carrier Telenor said it will have its EDGE upgrade in place by end-2005. The carrier decided to upgrade to EDGE technology...

U.S. Cellular sells Daytona Beach license to MetroPCS

U.S. Cellular Corp. entered a definitive agreement to sell its 20-megahertz PCS license covering Daytona Beach, Fla., to MetroPCS Inc. for $8.5 million.U.S. Cellular...
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