Monthly Archives: February, 2006

Alcatel chooses Netrake security gateway for UMA product

PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake's nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless LAN solution. Netrake said its...

DTV hard date-Feb. 17, 2009-sails toward Bush approval

WASHINGTON-Finally! Congress has told TV broadcasters that they must give up the spectrum they were given to transition to digital TV by Feb. 17,...

Anam counts $14 million in new funding

DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile messaging infrastructure provider Anam Mobile Ltd. scooped up $14 million in its second round of financing. The Irish company said it plans...

FCC will consider expanding rules for protecting call records

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering issuing additional rules for protecting cell-phone customer records later this month, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told the House...

Alcatel net income surges

PARIS-On the heels of a 61-percent increase in yearly net income from 2004 to 2005, Alcatel Corp. is proposing a dividend payout to its...

RIM bounces on positive patent rulings

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. received good news on both sides of the Atlantic this week, scoring patent victories in both the United States...

Qualcomm appoints Lombardi as head of MediaFlo USA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. tapped the architect of its BREW business to head the commercial launch of its new mobile TV effort, MediaFlo USA Inc....

Vesta, Axalto partner on prepaid SIM solution

PORTLAND, Ore.-Virtual commerce enabler Vesta Corp. and smart card maker Axalto N.V. are partnering on a Subscriber Identity Module card-based payment method for prepaid...

Rogers launches Melodeo-powered podcast service

SEATTLE-Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Inc. and Melodeo Inc. have partnered to launch what the companies call North America's first mobile podcast service.The offering includes...

House bill criminalizes pretexting; Verizon refuses to release certification

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives joined the Senate in introducing legislation that would criminalize pretexting-the practice of impersonating a customer to get their call records....

FCC sets June 29 as wireless auction date

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today set June 29 as the date to sell advanced wireless service licenses. The FCC said it plans to sell...

Sprint Nextel closes on Enterprise acquisition

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it completed the acquisition of CDMA affiliate Enterprise Communications Partnership. The move ends Enterprise's litigation against Sprint Nextel, which...

Kyocera to build CDMA/Wi-Fi devices using Marvell chips

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it plans to build dual-mode CDMA/Wi-Fi handsets using chips from Marvell Technology Group Ltd. "The footprint and adoption of...

Muni Wi-Fi vendor Cohda raises $1.8 million

ADELAIDE, Australia-Cohda Wireless Pty. Ltd., a public-safety and municipal wireless technology developer, said it raised $1.8 million in its first round of venture funding....

Nortel partners with Huawei for broadband

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans to re-enter the broadband access market, unveiling a teaming with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop access offerings for...

DoCoMo announces HSDPA handset prototypes from Motorola, others

TOKYO-Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will join Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in upgrading its W-CDMA-based network to HSDPA technology. As proof of its...

W3C releases mobile browsing guidelines

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-More than two dozen companies are backing a preliminary "best practices" agreement for wireless Internet content, according to the World Wide Web Consortium.Mobile...

Verizon Wireless to offer wireless priority service to government, first responders

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said it was awarded a contract to provide wireless priority service to local, state and federal government officials and first responders, marking...

Privacy group sues AT&T as part of NSA wiretapping scandal

WASHINGTON-A San Francisco-based privacy group claims in a new class-action suit that telecom giant AT&T Inc. violated the law by cooperating with the National...
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