Motorola Inc. purchased the research-and-development operations and patent portfolio of European mobile-phone startup Sendo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The announcement ends weeks of speculation on the fate of Sendo, which has been nearing corporate collapse. Indeed, Sendo today essentially entered bankruptcy protection...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-The wireless test equipment market is projected to grow to $4.5 billion by 2011 from $1.9 billion last year as carriers move toward third-generation networks, according to a report form Frost & Sullivan.The report, "World Wireless Communications Test Equipment Markets," said carriers,...
Similar to mechanics in the automotive world, test-and-measurement companies are the quiet heroes of wireless technologies. They take little credit when the networks hum and huff, yet they witness each technology's creation day and play parts in their burial rites. From handsets to access...
MINNEAPOLIS-TestQuest Inc. this week plans to release a new solution to automate the testing of Palm OS Garnet devices and Palm OS 4 devices with the TestQuest Pro test automation tool.TestQuest Pro connects to multiple mobile devices, PCs, base-station emulators and other test equipment...
In a bid to provide comprehensive operation support systems, big vendors and carriers may be biting off more than they can chew, according to a new study.Many smaller players are using bigger vendors like L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel Alsthom as channels,...
Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product news, from wireless test and measurement companies.Last week, test equipment company Agilent Technologies Inc....
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The global commercial market for operational support systems software and services could grow 9.7 percent during the next five years, although that growth will likely not begin for at least another year, according to research from Probe Group."Sales cycles have increased dramatically...
METUCHEN, N.J.-Berkeley Varitronics Systems announced two new international distributors will provide sales and support for its wireless products.Genetel Online will offer sales and support for BVS WLA and Bluetooth test equipment in France and Reliable System Services corp. will offer sales and support for...
BOSTON-SiGe Semiconductor said it has entered an agreement with IBM under which it will be granted assignments and licenses to intellectual property associated with IBM power amplifier products. Separately, SiGe will also acquire certain design and test equipment from IBM and will house it...
MORGAN HILL, Calif.-Anritsu Co. US announced it will sell its remote special services test product lines to Spirent plc for approximately $26 million.Anritsu said it is selling the product lines because its primary markets have become mobile communications and Internet-based communications applications. "The remote...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.—Plantronics Inc. has acquired Ameriphone Inc., a company that develops telephones and accessories for the hearing impaired.Ameriphone will join Plantronics' Walker Division, which supplies amplified phones, specialty handsets and communication test equipment to the special needs market. Plantronics said it expects to...
WICHITA, Kansas-IFR Systems Inc. announced it was chosen to provide test equipment for the United Kingdom's $2.4 billion BOWMAN tactical communications program. The program will provide secure voice and data communications that will serve as the major enabling technology for the future digitization of...
WICHITA, Kansas, United States—IFR Systems announced it was chosen to provide test equipment for the United Kingdom's US$2.4 billion BOWMAN tactical communications program. The program will provide secure voice and data communications that will serve as the major enabling technology for the future digitization...
WICHITA, Kansas—IFR Systems Inc. announced it was chosen to provide test equipment for the United Kingdom's $2.4 billion BOWMAN tactical communications program. The program will provide secure voice and data communications that will serve as the major enabling technology for the future digitization of...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—WatchMark Corp., a provider of service assurance products, said it will begin working with Motorola Inc. to provide Verizon Wireless with service assurance software designed to help the carrier evaluate network performance.
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has expanded its CDMA license contract with Rohde & Schwarz to include using its patents and purchasing its integrated circuits and system software to manufacture and supply test equipment products for current and third-generation applications."Qualcomm is pleased to amend Rohde &...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-As we approach what was supposed to be the Bluetooth Christmas, all Santa Claus has to offer those wishing for a Bluetooth-enabled gift is a headset, some PC cards and the promise that next year his bag will overflow with Bluetooth products.Those...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a multimillion dollar amendment extending Advantest Corp.'s existing CDMA test equipment license agreement to include the use of certain Qualcomm patents to manufacture and supply test products for current and third-generation CDMA and 1xEV applications.In addition, the amendment allows Advantest...
Sygate TechnologiesInternet security and access management solutions provider Sygate Technologies Inc. introduced its OneNIC Internet Sharing Solution through the release of the newest version of its flagship software product, Sygate Home Network 4.0 Internet access sharing software. Sygate said the OneNIC technology is designed...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. entered a CDMA test equipment license agreement allowing Agilent to use certain Qualcomm patents and software, as well as purchase chipsets and system software to manufacture and supply test equipment products for current and third-generation CDMA and...
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 as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
Fires, floods, avalanches, carjackings. Disaster at every turn. This is everyday Americana?Yes, according to CTIA head Tom Wheeler at last week's CTIA's Wireless Foundation Awards dinner honoring 51 VITA Award winners. (OK, Wheeler didn't say it exactly that way.)Wheeler was praising-as well he should-51...
SEATTLE-U S West Inc. customers now have wireless access to the company's Internet e-mail and personal information management services due to a joint effort with VirtualTek Corp., a developer of Web-based and wireless collaboration software.The service uses U S West's MyDesk and Wireless BrowserNow,...
