Monthly Archives: September, 2005

WebTech issues nearly $4M in shares

BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless Inc. said it has issued nearly 5.1 million common shares for total proceeds of $3.7 million pursuant to the exercise...

Nokia appoints Oistamo to lead Mobile Phones unit

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s board of directors added two new members to its executive board, appointing Kai Oistamo to lead the Mobile Phones business group...

LGC Wireless completes new funding

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In-building wireless solutions company LGC Wireless Inc. said it completed the second close of its series B-1 equity financing in the amount...

Eatoni targets baby boomers with e-mail software

NEW YORK-Software developer Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has developed a new e-mail application aimed at helping older mobile-phone users more easily send and receive e-mails.Eatoni...

Reaxion scores $2M from venture-capital firm

SEATTLE-Mobile gaming company Reaxion Corp. announced it scored $2 million in its first round of funding from i-Hatch Ventures. Reaxion said it will use...

Qualcomm adds sound enhancement to chips

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has added sound enhancement technology on its Mobile Station Modem chipsets.The echo-canceling technology is designed to improve acoustic performance...

Sprint Nextel introduces new Samsung CDMA phones

SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced two new phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to sell over the carrier's CDMA network.Samsung's A560 features a...

Ganswindt to head Siemens division following Pauly departure

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said Thomas Ganswindt will head up its Communications division following the abrupt departure of Lothar Pauly to Deutsche Telekom AG. "With...

U.K. carrier launches pre-WiMAX network

SITTINGBOURNE, United Kingdom-English regional carrier Telabria launched a pre-WiMAX network that covers 850 square miles-including 675,000 households and 60,000 businesses-in southeast England. The carrier...

Canadian carrier group launches distracted driver Web site

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association has launched Focus on Driving, an interactive Web site to raise awareness of the risks associated with driver distraction....

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Small group will drive mobile TV services, says Parks

DALLAS-The early market for video content and live TV services on mobile platforms will be driven by a small but dedicated group of users,...

HP to supply Wi-Fi gear in 2 cities

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Franklin, Tenn., and St. Cloud, Fla., have signed agreements to use Hewlett-Packard Co. equipment for their metro-scale Wi-Fi projects.HP said the deal...

Traffic.com files for $86M IPO

WAYNE, Pa.-Traffic information vendor Traffic.com Inc. announced plans to raise up to $86 million in an initial public offering. The company sells traffic information...

Germany’s E-Plus to offer Skype VoIP service

Skype Technologies S.A. inked its first deal with a wireless carrier, announcing a contract with Germany's E-Plus to provide its Voice over Internet Protocol...

Remec shareholders vote to dissolve company

SAN DIEGO-Remec Inc.'s shareholders approved the dissolution of the company, scheduling the company's asset sale for Friday.Remec's shareholders approved the sale of selected assets...

Mobile-messaging firms to merge

TOULOUSE, France-Mobile-messaging services companies Atchik and Realtime announced a merger between the two companies.Atchik is a 6-year-old French company that provides white-label mobile services,...

Telefonica Moviles launches EV-DO in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY-Telefonica Moviles said it launched its third-generation service in Guatemala using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology from Nortel Networks Corp.Telefonica signed a contract with...

Alcatel to supply Austrian WiMAX network

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with WiMAX Telecom GmbH to provide the first commercial broadband wireless network using the new WiMAX standard...

Bluegrass Cellular employs InterOp for ringback services

FORT MYERS, Fla.-Kentucky-based regional carrier Bluegrass Cellular Inc. has tapped InterOp Technologies Inc. to provide ringback services, the companies said Thursday.InterOp, which powers mobile...

Cingular, T-Mobile USA, i-mate debut new devices

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA Inc. and device vendor i-mate were among those introducing new phones to the market.Cingular said it will sell two...

Verizon certifies modems from BlueTree Wireless Data

MONTREAL-BlueTree Wireless Data Inc., which provides commercial and industrial wireless modems for machine-to-machine applications, said Verizon Wireless has certified its CDMA 1xRTT GPS Series...

Verizon Wireless sues 2 telemarketers

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Wednesday sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because...

Kodak, Nikon announce cameras with built-in Wi-Fi modems

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak Co. and Nikon Corp. separately announced new digital cameras that will include built-in Wi-Fi modems. The companies said such devices will...

RIM rivals file documents in NTP patent battle: Seven, Intel filings side with RIM, Microsoft sides with NTP

The tumultuous legal battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. has coaxed some unexpected players out of the...
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