PRINCETON, N.J.-Wireless gaming startup Kayak Interactive announced it scored a substantial $11.75 million in Series A venture funding. VantagePoint Venture Partners led the round. “Our own view of the significant …
BETHESDA, Md.-Wireless resale and technology company MobilePro Corp. continued its acquisition march with the purchase of Texas Internet service provider EXP Internet Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced it has refinanced its $267 million Term Loan B under its credit facilities, with a new Term Loan C due Dec. 31, 2007. The company also …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks, which holds a 39 GHz license portfolio, announced it has secured $4 million in equity financing through a private placement of common stock. Investors received 1.1 …
TORONTO-Motorola Inc. said it will sell its new V300 camera phone through Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada for $200 with a two-year contract. The deal is notable as Motorola suffered …
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its mobile phones. Samsung is the latest …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results of $34.6 million in revenues, a profit of $1.9 million and positive cash flow. The news sent the company’s …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it has received 4,734 informal complaints about wireless local number portability as of Jan. 23. Most complaints were about porting numbers between wireless carriers, while …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it added nearly 4.4 million proportionate net subscribers during the final three months of last year across its international operations, ending 2003 with 130.4 million total …
IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks said it will upgrade its 802.11g chips with multimedia-enhancing technology from Globespan Virata. The SMC g products include its router and adapters. Globespan’s product is known as …
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has reportedly set a Feb. 13 deadline for companies interested in submitting bids to acquire the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, according to a filing with …
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. named David Zylka chief technology officer, where he will oversee the activities in the engineering, network operations, implementation and information technology organizations. Zylka was …
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association praised Bush administration officials for securing trade commitments from Costa Rica to open wireless and tech sectors to competition in that country. U.S. Trade Representative Robert …
WASHINGTON-A lawsuit was filed against a truck driver and a North Carolina company in connection with the death of a girl killed Jan. 13 when a school bus was rear-ended …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless bolstered its phone offerings as well as its wireless data application listings through two new deals. First, the nation’s largest carrier announced it will sell the new …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, has provided clues to both the divisions within the commission about what criteria …
PARIS-Location-services company Maporama announced it gained a new investor, a move that comes as the company will restructure its executive line-up and refocus on international markets. Maporama, which sells location …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Internet and wireless technology company InfoSpace Inc. announced major fourth-quarter results and a positive outlook for the year, news that sent the company’s stock up almost 30 percent to …
BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. announced it is offering prepackaged application bundles featuring its speech-recognition software products for wireless applications to small- and medium-sized enterprises. The company’s bundled offerings are targeted at …
DALLAS-Machine-to-machine (M2M) business applications-distinguished from wireless data services in their ability to automatically and autonomously communicate, control and affect the operation of remote machines or systems in real time-will create …
