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,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is close to awarding a contract for a turnkey measurement system that tests mobile-phone compliance with radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines, according to government sources.The test equipment will help the FCC ensure mobile phones meet specific absorption rate (SAR) levels set...
HandsetsNokiaNokia announced a new NMT 450 analog handset, to be available in the third quarter, that features true 3-volt technology and the Nokia NaviKey concept. The Nokia 640 weighs 195 grams and has a standby time of up to 80 hours and talk time...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. have agreed to work together in technical trials of a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system with the Telephone Organization of Thailand.Based on a memorandum of understanding with the TOT, NTT DoCoMo and NEC plan to...
WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. announced an agreement to buy the Network Monitoring and Mobile Test Systems business of Necsy Network Control Systems S.p.A., based in Padova, Italy, for an undisclosed amount.The product line Tektronix acquired includes monitoring systems for measuring voice, data and fax transmission...
WICHITA, Kan.-Citing a "persistent weakness in the global test equipment market," IFR Systems Inc. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 1999, which ended Dec. 31, of a net loss of $401,000, or 5 cents per share, compared with a net income of...
Geoworks Corp. and APiON Ltd. announced they successfully completed interoperability tests of their products based on the Wireless Application Protocol. The testing process lasted several months and involved Geoworks' new Premion Interface+ graphical user interface and APiON's WAP gateway system to allow Premion-enabled handsets...
DENVER-Following its $107 million cash acquisition of Marconi Instruments Inc. in February, IFR Systems Inc. began a road tour last week-part product demonstration and part branding initiative designed to introduce the "new" IFR.What began as an avionics instrumentation company has grown to a global...
The year-old Asian financial crisis is being blamed for an increasingly gloomy outlook for the third quarter, which ends this week. The situation is compounded by growing economic worries in Russia and Latin America and a weakened semiconductor market.Several companies warned investors last week...
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications wireless handsets.The production process combines HP's TS-5500 test platform and handset-fixture solution with CommQuest's customized test...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Seven of the nine bidders won lots in Australia's PCS (Personal Communications Services) spectrum auction, which raised almost A$350 million (US$218.5 million) for the federal government. Four winners-AAPT Wireless, Hutchison Telephone, OzPhone and Catapult Communications-were first-time entrants into the Australian wireless market.The auction,...
