Monthly Archives: November, 2004

Nokia readies iPod-style device

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. appears to be readying a new iPod-style device designed to play digital music, according to detailed documents posted on the Internet.According...

RTX to develop cordless phones for Skype

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-RTX, a wireless product development company, and Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype Technologies S.A. said they have agreed to develop handsets for...

End2End delivers content for Swisscom’s 3G streaming service

AALBORG, Denmark-Danish mobile data delivery company End2End announced that it will deliver content for Swisscom Mobile's third-generation streaming service. The carrier has been using...

InterNoded deploys BlackBerry server for Lotus Notes

WALTHAM, Mass.-InterNoded, an application enablement company specializing in BlackBerry and IBM technologies, said it has successfully deployed its On-Demand BlackBerry Enterprise Server solution for...

Tegic updates predictive text software

SEATTLE-Developer Tegic Communications launched the latest version of its popular predictive text software for mobile devices this week. Tegic unveilled T9 7.2, an embedded...

Seven withdraws from IPO market

Wireless e-mail company Seven pulled its plans for an initial public offering, but said it plans to hold an IPO at an unspecified later...

Wireless, wireline hail passage of bill prohibiting USF restriction

WASHINGTON-Wireless and wireline carriers serving rural America hailed passage of language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from restricting...

Motorola ships 900 MHz wireless broadband radios

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has begun shipping its version of the 900 MHz Canopy wireless broadband radio for last connectivity to remote subscribers.The...

Cingular to sell Motorola V551

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will be the exclusive provider of the new Motorola Inc. V551, which supports Cingular's new EDGE network. Cingular...

WPS begins in Canada with Rogers Wireless contract

Canadian officials Tuesday introduced wireless priority service for emergency communications in the North American country. In the United States, the nationwide GSM carriers and...

Cingular begins contest for mobile video clips

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L. C. announced a contest encouraging would-be film directors to create 15-second film clips with their video phones.The carrier is offering $5,000...

Messaging company gains $16M in capital

READING, United Kingdom-Mobile messaging and content provider Airwide solutions raised $16.25 in Series C funding, the company announced Thursday. Artiman Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based...

Adelstein enjoys bipartisan support at confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON-Democratic Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein won strong bipartisan support for a new term at a Senate confirmation hearing, with Senate Commerce Committee...

SAIC sells Telcordia for $1B cash

SAN DIEGO-Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus have signed a deal to acquire Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.35 billion in cash, according to Science...

InPhonic raises $109M in IPO, Syniverse eyes public offering

Wireless technology and service company InPhonic Inc. enjoyed a major initial public offering last week, raising a total of $108.9 million in net proceeds....

People

BoingoWireless local area network provider and aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. named David Hagan chief executive officer, replacing company founder Sky Dayton, who will remain...

SBC extends Yahoo! pact to wireless

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. signed a multi-year extension of their current agreement to provide co-branded DSL and Dial services and announced...

Ad group recommends changes to Verizon ‘IN-Network’ claims

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. recommended that Verizon Wireless modify or discontinue its "anytime, anywhere" claim for...

Real-estate company takes control of Infowave

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software Inc. announced a complicated business deal that will net the company $4.6 million in new money from...

FCC approves first U.S. software-defined radio

The Federal Communications Commission approved the nation's first software-defined radio, marking the launch of a new era of smart wireless devices designed to make...

Vendors offer rash of devices just in time for holidays

DALLAS-Handset makers opened the floodgates on new phones and carrier deals for the holiday season, with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Nokia Corp., Research In...

Products

ROK Entertainment Group said its ROK Player allows multimedia memory card-capable mobile phones to play content-loaded multimedia chips on the full screen of their...

Unions miffed with T-Mobile policy on Calif. technicians

WASHINGTON-U.S. and global unions accused T-Mobile USA Inc. of embracing an anti-union policy here that would not be permitted in Germany, where the wireless...

Motorola Ventures invests in AirClic

NEWTOWN, Pa.-Wireless enterprise company AirClic said it closed its second round of venture funding, which was led by Motorola Ventures. AirClic did not say...

Business Briefs

Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. closed on the sale and leaseback of 51 towers as part of an agreement reached in September to sell...
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