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724 Solutions Inc. boosted its wireless financial services profile last week by acquiring Tantau Software, Inc., a provider of software platforms that help businesses conduct high-volume, secure and mobile transactions. …

Continuing the flow of wireless technological improvements from north of the border, Burnaby, British Columbia-based PMC-Sierra Inc. introduced its Power Amplifier Linearizer and Distortion Inhibitor-10 chip, designed to allow traffic …

Digital Paging Digital Paging Co. released its new Hit plus pager, which the company said can carry three different frequencies. The pager also features a hands-on screen programming function, and …

Littlefeet Littlefeet Inc., a wireless network infrastructure developer, appointed Kai Cheong Chan as the general manager and sales director for the company’s new regional office, which will serve Singapore and …

Computer and telephony infrastructure provider Cisco Systems Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter profits just above analyst expectations, but the company also revealed its inventory levels increased 59 percent during the quarter, …

BEIJING-Amiosonic’s new range of GSM mobile phones will be able to interoperate with Lucent Technologies Inc.’s GSM network infrastructure under a deal announced by the two companies. Mobile operators in …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Having spent vast sums on third-generation (3G) mobile licenses, operators are hoping terminals will live up to expectations. Unlike GSM, where handsets are broadly similar in appearance, it seems …

Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its …

Intel Corp.’s stock rode a roller coaster early last week with its price falling sharply Monday on analyst concerns about depressed microprocessor prices, followed by a surge on Wednesday after …

BARCELONA, Spain-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced plans to make third-generation technology and product design easier and faster using its system-on-a-chip solution to test both software and hardware as though they were …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices will collaborate to develop an architecture for AMD’s Flash memory devices and TI’s digital signal processors-based Open Multimedia Application Platform. TI said the …

TOKYO-Intel Corp.’s stock took a beating early Friday after the world’s largest silicon chip manufacturer reported third-quarter sales would fall short of analysts’ expectations. The company’s stock lost about 22 …

E2open has opened its doors. The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

MUNICH, Germany-U.S. chip manufacturer Amtel Corp. plans to take over Siemens AG’s North Tyneside semiconductor factory in northeastern England, with plans to supply Siemens with specific semiconductor products and help …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

NEW YORK-Dallas-based Texas Instruments has begun making samples of its new Bluetooth chipset available and will begin shipping them by year-end, Christian Dupont, general manager of the short-distance wireless unit, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp., the world’s biggest chip company, last week announced a new chip architecture designed to benefit a wide variety of wireless Internet and networking infrastructure applications. Intel …

Ding! The bell has sounded for the rematch between Phone.com Inc. and Nokia Corp. in the fight over WAP browser market share, and Nokia is coming out swinging with a …

TOKYO-Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. and ST Assembly Test Services developed an RF chip package and production test solution with Bluetooth specifications for the wireless market. “This Bluetooth device uses …

iMedeon Wireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon’s iM: Work, includes an administration tool …

Qualcomm Inc.’s transformation is complete. The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Low-power graphics chip maker Silicon Motion Inc. reported it has invented an embedded digital signal processor technology that will enable the company to expand into the digital voice, …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

Qualcomm Inc.’s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales anticipated in South Korea. Marc Cabi, …