OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. further hinted at future major business moves with the appointment of strategic advisory company Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. Aether said the firm would …
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.-Wireless Toyz said it sold almost 50,000 cellular handsets last year, which represents a more than 300-percent increase from 2002 sales. The company has 28 stores currently operating …
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said Brightstar Corp. will serve as its master services distribution partner in the United States for mobile phones. Brightstar, which is Motorola’s authorized distributor in Latin America, …
WASHINGTON-The auction for 55 licenses in the 900 MHz band closed late Wednesday with 46 of the licenses going to a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. ACI 900 Inc. was …
CALABASAS, Calif.-Tekelec, developer of telecommunications signaling and switching solutions, packet-telephony infrastructure, network monitoring technology, and value-added applications, will purchase Taqua Inc., a privately held provider of next-generation Class 5 packet …
IRVINE, Calif.-Military Communications Technologies Inc. said its Australian affiliate, Military SDR Technologies Pty Ltd., has released details about a new wireless product application of its SpectruCell SDR technology. The product …
POTOMAC, Md.-Wireless software company Airbee Wireless Inc. said it signed nondisclosure agreements with two European companies to work toward implementing its UltraLite Media Access Control software for medical and sensor-based …
CANNES, France-Spatial Wireless announced it will commence a market trial of Spatial Atrium, its new high-capacity distributed mobile switching platform, on India’s Hutchison Essar Telecom Ltd.’s GSM network. “We look …
SEOUL, Korea-Four senior directors of SK Telecom have tendered their resignations, according to several reports. Chey Tae-won, the company’s controlling shareholder and nephew of the founder, and Son Kil-seung, chairman, …
WASHINGTON-A California legislator has introduced what is believed to be the strictest mobile-phone recycling bill in the nation, a move that comes as state regulators consider adoption of a telecom …
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost. The vendor claims to be the first …
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. said that later this week it will become the first telecommunications service provider to offer customers stand-alone DSL service. “Customers are telling us that they want …
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed separate deals with operators in the United States, Switzerland and Nigeria. With operator Econet Wireless Nigeria, the vendor signed a $110 million GSM expansion …
CANNES-Intel Corp. has unveiled the details of its next-generation cellular and baseband processors, which include a dual-mode UMTS solution. The family of processors, which will be known as Hermon, aim …
WASHINGTON-A key Senate staffer predicted the Senate will pass a bill in the next month to create a grant program to help deploy wireless enhanced 911 services. “A lot of …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-P-Cube Inc. announced 3 Italy (Hutchison) and Israel’s Pelephone have become the first mobile network operators to select P-Cube’s Service Control Platform and Encharge solution for traffic analysis, control …
CANNES, France-Alcatel scored several new mobile video deals, including an agreement with Hutchison 3G Austria for its video gateway product. Alcatel said it will offer video-streaming services for Hutchison 3G …
CANNES, France-ScanSoft Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against voice recognition company Voice Signal Technologies Inc., a move that Voice Signal said comes after ScanSoft’s failed attempt at …
WOBURN, Mass.-Voice Signal announced Panasonic Mobile will include its advanced speech-recognition application in its X700 GSM smartphone. The phone will feature Voice Signal’s Voice-Activated Phonebook, which allows users to dial …
CANNES, France-Some wireless players around the world have come together to form the UMTS TDD Alliance to share information, set requirements for future solutions and foster market growth based on …
