Yearly Archives: 2004

Qualcomm invests in content company Digital Orchid

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. made a strategic investment in wireless application company Digital Orchid. The companies did not disclose the amount of the investment.Digital Orchid...

KPN extends i-mode line with new NEC phone

LONDON-Dutch wireless carrier KPN will add a new NEC i-mode handset to its portfolio, according to NEC UK Ltd. NEC said it launched the...

Yahoo! wraps up carrier deals with Nextel account

Yahoo! Inc. launched a package of Internet-based wireless applications for Nextel Communications Inc. subscribers, the companies announced Tuesday.With the new offering, Nextel customers can...

Cingular adds Motorola MPx220 to portfolio

Cingular Wireless added another Motorola Inc. phone to its line-up of exclusive devices with the release of the Windows-powered MPx220 for $300 with a...

Pointsec offers Smartphone security software

CHICAGO-Pointsec, which provides enterprise security software for personal digital assistants and smart phones, released its Pointsec for Smartphone product.The product is a new version...

Global Signal ups dividend

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. said its board of directors has increased its cash dividend for the fourth quarter to 40 cents per share of...

Pulse-Link reports fastest UWB transmission

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Pulse-Link Inc. said it achieved ultra-wideband date rates of 667 megabits per second of throughput after forward correction.The company said that speed is...

Samsung releases tiny 128 MB memory card

SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released a tiny new memory card for mobile phones, which the company said can store up to 128 megabytes. The...

Huawei demonstrates EV-DO at 450 MHz

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Huawei, the CDMA Development Group and the International 450 Association said they have successfully demonstrated a 450 MHz CDMA2000 1x EV-DO end-to-end...

ZigBee Alliance ratifies specification

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The ZigBee Alliance has crowned two years of work with a ratified specification, which will allow interoperability of products from more than...

Zi buys handwriting-recognition company for $1M

CALGARY, Alberta-Predictive input company Zi Corp. announced its $1 million, all-stock acquisition of privately held handwriting-recognition company Decuma AB. Zi said it will use...

DoT bans lithium battery shipments on commercial flights due to fire risk

WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration has banned shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries on commercials flights because they pose a fire hazard when transported in the...

Cingular won’t oppose Nextel 800 MHz plan

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. became the second national mobile-phone carrier to back off from opposing a government plan to reconfigure frequency assignments of Nextel Communications...

Long-term value of wireless users expected to increase

TORONTO -Average revenue per user is down among U.S. wireless users, but the adoption of wireless data services is increasing, according to a report...

Zi kit ready for BREW adaptation

CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp. said its eZiText Adaptation Kit for BREW is commercially available.The software package for handset adapters simplifies the integration of predictive text...

All fired up

Japan, which has uncanny savvy in developing and marketing mobile-phone services, has now taken wireless lobbying to a lofty level that would shame the...

NEC to sell EDGE phone on the Web

IRVING, Texas-Since it was unable to score a distribution deal with Cingular Wireless and other GSM carriers, NEC America Inc. plans to sell its...

With $2.6B, NextWave reorg to repay creditors, launch broadband

Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of...

Siemens buys Chantry for larger WLAN play

Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area...

Cingular creates group to focus on enterprise market

In the wake of its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. created a new Business Markets Group, which the carrier said...

Canadian carrier outranks U.S. rivals in wireless metrics

Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract...

CTIA, IEEE create working group to address issue of faulty batteries

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers expect to meet in San Diego this week to continue work on a mobile-phone battery standard, an effort that...

Sprint moves forward with DO deployment

While Sprint Corp. had little to say about a possible deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier did report $3 billion worth of multi-year...

CDMA faithful comfortable with rise of W-CDMA

Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players,...

Spidey slings into wireless Web with Mforma deal

Enchantress, Deathlok, Nightcrawler and Ant-Man-coming soon to a cell phone near you. Those characters, as well as more familiar Marvel comics stars like Spider-Man...
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