Monthly Archives: May, 2005

PalmOne readies to unveil new gadget

PalmOne Inc. appears to be getting ready to announce a new gadget that combines Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with a 4-gigabyte hard disk drive. The...

Dobson reports increased loss, despite better revenues

OKLAHOMA CITY-Boosted by strong growth in both service and roaming revenues, Dobson Communications Corp. reported a 16.2 percent year-over-year increase in revenues from $233.8...

Public wireless access launched in San Francisco, Las Vegas

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless Internet access got a little easier in two Western U.S. cities with separate announcements this week. AnchorFree Wireless launched free Wi-Fi service...

Mail Boxes Etc. Canada locations now offer Wi-Fi access

OAKVILLE, Ontario-Mail Boxes Etc. Canada said most of its 275 franchise locations in Canada are now operational as Wi-Fi hot spots. The company worked...

Nintendo portable gaming device to feature Wi-Fi

REDMOND, Wash.-Nintendo's much-anticipated portable gaming device will feature Wi-Fi technology, allowing players to compete head-to-head on wireless networks, the company said Tuesday. IGN Entertainment...

Outsmart grabs $17M in funding

TEL AVIV, Israel-Fixed-mobile network provider Outsmart Ltd. snared $17 million in a recent funding round from Accel Partners, Gemini Israel Funds and Magnum Communications...

Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile OS

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new Windows Mobile 2005 operating system at its developers' conference Tuesday and touted a source code toolkit designed to...

Mercora brings streaming radio to Windows handhelds

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Internet-based digital radio network Mercora said it is bringing its user-contributed streaming audio service to Windows Mobile-based handhelds. The company launched IM...

HP will offer Windows Mobile 5.0 iPAQ upgrade

LAS VEGAS, Nev./PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. said it will offer an upgrade program to Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 on some HP iPAQ handhelds as...

InfoSonics reports $24M in 1Q revenues

SAN DIEGO-Wireless handset distributor InfoSonics Corp. reported reve-nues of $24 million for the first quarter, a 28-percent increase from $18.7 million reported during the...

Reality Wireless, PeopleMatter to merge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Reality Wireless Networks Inc. and PeopleMatter Inc., which develops and markets Web-based work force management software, announced plans to merge. Reality Networks previously...

UPS upgrades wireless equipment

ATLANTA-UPS said it plans to roll out new equipment with wireless capabilities co-developed with Symbol Technologies to its drivers.The company said the deployment, which...

Pate to resign from Justice Department

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department today said antitrust czar Hewitt Pate will resign next month, creating a vacancy amid a pending $35 billion merger between Sprint...

Leap financial adjustments yield restatements

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported amendments to its previously filed Form 10-Q for the third quarter of last year that also have effected...

PHS blamed for DoCoMo’s poor Q4 financials

TOKYO-Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. posted a $85.2 million loss for its fourth fiscal quarter 2004 ended March 31, which was a significant...

And the thunder rolls

Less than a month ago, I wrote a column about how the recent lull in wireless activity (mergers, etc.) was just the calm before...

Bluetooth hooks future to UWB

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said it will begin working with ultra-wideband developers, combining the strengths of both personal wireless area network technologies. The...

Bemoaning broadband

Much is made these days about America's fall from grace in broadband deployment, having supposedly dropped from fourth to 13th place on the Bit...

PCIA helps launch Web site for state wireless associations

WASHINGTON, D.C.-PCIA and tower company AAT Communications Corp., together with three state wireless associations, have launched a Web site aimed at helping other states...

T-Mobile USA gets top score for business customer satisfaction

T-Mobile USA Inc. again topped a J.D. Power and Associates ranking, this time garnering the highest overall customer satisfaction among wireless voice and data...

Ericsson to exit CDMA biz

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business, a move that coincides with the shuttering of its CDMA...

Marconi to refocus after BT contract loss

Following news that it was not selected as a preferred supplier for British Telecom's huge 21st Century Network project, U.K. equipment vendor Marconi Corp....

Speakeasy launches WiMAX-like service in downtown Seattle

Broadband service provider Speakeasy launched what it called "WiMAX-class" fixed wireless broadband covering parts of downtown Seattle. The service, which Speakeasy said will expand...

GSM Association blasts proposed DRM licensing rates

The GSM Association again blasted proposed rates for licensing anti-piracy technology, calling the revised rates "unreasonable and unworkable." The trade association of more than...

Philips reorganizes chip business into 4 units

AMSTERDAM-Dutch electronics manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics has reorganized its semiconductor business into four units to cut costs and better address specific markets, the company...
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