Monthly Archives: October, 2004

MobileAccess debuts multiservice platforms for enterprises

VIENNA, Va.-In-building solutions provider MobileAccess Networks introduced its MobileAccess-2000 multiservice platform for enterprises and wireless operators. The product can be deployed in two configuration...

Sprint offers camera-phone printing service via retailers

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS Vision users can now send camera-phone photos and order prints from retailers including Ritz Camera, Sam's Club and Wolf Camera,...

SBC president opposes divesting wireless assets in merger

WASHINGTON-SBC Communications Inc. President Edward Whitacre today said he opposes having to divest any wireless assets as a condition of winning government approval of...

CTIA continues to fight spectrum set aside for small businesses

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Advisory Committee on Diversity in Communications in the Digital Age recommended Monday that the Federal Communications Commission hang tough on setting aside...

AWS offers mobile music store, T-Mobile aligns with The Black Eyed Peas

Mobile music continued to make news Tuesday, with two carriers announcing new efforts to serenade subscribers.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched mMode Music Store, allowing...

Memory vendors to see shift from HSDPA technology

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-High Speed Download Packet Access technology stands to create a major shift in the cellular handset memory market when the technology is...

Bush extends R&D tax credit for 18 months

WASHINGTON-Telecom and tech groups applauded President Bush's signing into law legislation extending the research and development tax credit for 18 months.The R&D tax break...

Synchronica launches OTA synch product for MS Exchange

BERLIN-Synchronica said its SyncML Gateway for Microsoft Exchange is available.The gateway provides over-the-air synchronization of Microsoft Exchange with mobile phones from Nokia Corp., Sony...

Jamdat closes IPO after netting $65M

NEW YORK-Jamdat Mobile Inc. closed a spectacular initial public offering that saw the mobile-game developer net $65.3 million.Jamdat said it sold 4.39 million shares...

Visto updates wireless e-mail platform

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced its Visto Mobile 5.0, the latest version of its wireless e-mail platform.The new version provides instant and automatic two-way...

Future Treos to use Microsoft Exchange protocol

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. and Microsoft reached an agreement that will allow future Treo smart phones to use Microsoft's Exchange Server e-mail protocol, the companies...

T-Mobile USA completes Wi-Fi security rollout

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has completed the rollout of the 802.1x security standard across its more than 4,700 Wi-Fi hot spots. The...

Nissan develops in-car navigation system for i-mode

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will offer in-car i-mode content through an agreement with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. The companies said...

Intel, Nokia, Symbian announce smart-phone cooperation

In their first significant cooperation for third-generation smart devices, Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Symbian Ltd. said they are working together to develop smart...

Openwave to support DoCoMo’s global Internet services

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. said it has agreed to support carrier NTT DoCoMo products with i-mode functionality in the operator's efforts to expand...

DRM solutions offered at Symbian Expo

LONDON-Digital rights management took center stage at the Symbian Expo Tuesday, with two new agreements to help content providers protect their wares.Mobile security company...

Playboy expands European markets, U.S. play expected by year-end

NEW YORK-Playboy Enterprises Inc. will offer content to mobile consumers in Spain and Portugal, the company announced Monday. Playboy now offers wireless content in...

Senate streamlines first-responder funding

WASHINGTON-The Senate Monday passed an amendment to the 9/11 Commission legislation that would streamline first-responder funding while ensuring that each state gets a baseline...

AMD says 3Q sales down, net income up

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-While warning that its third-quarter sales will be lower than projected, Advanced Micro Devices said it anticipates a $32 million net income increase...

Rural carrier to deploy Kodiak PTT system

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.-Rural wireless provider Bluegrass Cellular said it will deploy a commercial push-to-talk service using Kodiak Network's circuit-switch based Real-time Exchange system across its...

Centennial completes license deals

Centennial Communications Corp. said it completed a previously announced purchase of 10 megahertz of PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. covering approximately 4.1...

Cingular/AWS merger action could be delayed even with Powell approval

WASHINGTON-Sources indicate Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has conditionally approved the proposed $41 billion merger between No. 2 Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and No....

Panelists believe telecom reform will be hot topic in 2005 no matter who wins

WASHINGTON-No matter who is the next president, Congress is going to look at reforming the Telecommunications Act of 1996, said panelists Tuesday morning at...

Semiconductor segment slows, 5-percent growth predicted for ’05

A year ago, the semiconductor sector seemed on cruise control, while other sectors of telecom had just begun to rev up their economic recovery...

Sproqit software remotely enables desktop access

Four years after leaving Microsoft to start their own business, Pete Mansour and Chad Schwitters are coming to market. The co-founders of Sproqit, a...
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