2004

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association on Wednesday called on Congress to fully fund the Rural Broadband program. “The unfortunate truth is that many rural Americans are not able to receive broadband …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-CinemaElectric Inc. announced it will sell mobile content through America Online Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. CinemaElectric is a wireless services company that provides multimedia entertainment for mobile devices in …

HANNOVER, Germany-Comverse announced a joint project with Siemens, which calls for Comverse to implement its Visual Voicemail handset client on Siemens’ new Symbian OS-based SX1 mobile handsets. The handsets are …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced they have formed a strategic relationship that initially will focus on bringing new Bluetooth wireless technology accessories, broadband networking and home monitoring products …

ATLANTA-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it plans to develop a complete solution for WiMAX radio networks, which will be available in the second half of next year. The …

ATLANTA-MapInfo Corp. introduced its location-based demographic analysis solution for telecommunications companies. The Predictive Analytics solution is designed to help communications companies perform in-depth analysis of customers, new markets and potential …

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. said its subsidiary nReach has partnered with Merit Industries to introduce self-serve mobile content vending machine products nationwide. nReach provides mobile ring tones, graphics, games …

ATLANTA-Wavecom SA and SensorLogic said they are working together to market complete machine-to-machine solutions for existing GSM and CDMA networks. According to the agreement, SensorLogic will integrate devices from Wavecom’s …

MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. said it had revenues of $242.5 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2004, which ended Feb. 27. The revenues represented an increase of 22.6 percent from …

ATLANTA-CellStar Corp., a provider of value-added logistics services, launched its reverse logistics solution called Omnigistics. “Until now, ‘reverse logistics’ has been the most difficult and costly process to manage in …

ATLANTA-UTStarcom Inc. said it has entered an agreement to acquire the intellectual property portfolio of Hyundai Syscomm for between $12 million and $15 million in cash. Terms of the deal …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc. introduced its new model A840, which combines CDMA and GSM technologies to allow for global roaming. The handset combines 800/1900 MHz CDMA, CDMA 1x and 900/1800 MHz GSM/GPRS …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said Verizon Wireless has licensed its Infinys rating and billing software called Geneva. The software will be implemented by the two companies and integrated within Verizon’s systems portfolio, …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless said it plans to launch next month a new service that allows customers to manage their personal account information. Called *Services, the new service lets customers dial a …

NEEDHAM, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. has sub-contracted General Dynamics Network Systems’ wireless services to deploy a land mobile radio system that will link 10 U.S. Army installations in the National Capitol Region. …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-From the show floor of CTIA Wireless 2004, TTPCom Ltd. this week announced it has commenced interoperability testing with its single processor-based EDGE modem design. “The commencement of EDGE …

ATLANTA-Sierra Wireless this week introduced the AirCard 775 PC Card and the MP 775 GPS modem for EDGE networks. Both products are slated for commercial availability in the second half …

ATLANTA-Roamware Inc. has implemented its Roaming Replicator solution with India’s mobile operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), enabling visitors to and travelers from India to use GSM services provided by …

LONDON-Mobile operators must provide businesses with Wireless Asset Management (WAM) services to ensure success in mobilizing the enterprise, according to a new report-“Out-of-Sight Shouldn’t Mean Out-of-Mind”-from the London School of …

OAKLAND, Calif.-Kivera, in partnership with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., has launched Mobile Traffic, a customized wireless application offering real-time traffic information. Mobile Traffic, currently available exclusively to AWS customers, features: …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Wireless entertainment provider Mforma Group Inc. has teamed with tennis star Venus Williams to bring the Williams World Tennis game to mobile devices. “The action of Williams World …

NEW YORK-The king lives on through new mobile applications from Diggit Entertainment Group. Diggit announced it will develop a suite of Elvis Presley-branded applications for mobile devices through an exclusive …

NEW YORK-Telecom operators in Europe must re-examine their competitive strategies as fixed-line minutes shift to mobile networks, according to Frost & Sullivan. For both fixed and mobile, wireless local area …

TEMECULA, Calif.-Opto 22, which manufactures hardware and software for industrial automation, remote monitoring, enterprise data acquisition and machine-to-machine applications, announced two new integration deals. The company has integrated Sony Ericsson’s …

ATLANTA-Mobile content delivery and Internet access technology provider Access announced that Mexican wireless operator Radiomovil Dipsa S.A. de C.V., known as Telcel, will use technologies and services from Access, including …