MUNICH, Germany-The head of Siemens’ mobile-phone business died Dec. 28, the company said. Siemens could not immediately elaborate on the death of Ian Moyes, 48, president of Siemens’ Mobile Phones …
Intel Corp. at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show said it will invest $200 million in companies developing technologies to drive the convergence of personal computer and consumer electronics devices on …
Motorola Inc.’s long-awaited V600 camera phone will finally hit store shelves this month through AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced. The phone suffered from software glitches and had been …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced the availability of Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry 7510 wireless handheld, the first BlackBerry equipped with a speakerphone. The BlackBerry 7510 provides integrated access to …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive appointments Tuesday. The company has appointed Jan M.K. Jaferian as its new intellectual property business president and John DeBono as its …
AUSTIN, Texas-Ultra-wideband semiconductor company Alereon said it has received $31.5 million in the first round of its series A financing. The financing, which was led by Austin Ventures, included companies …
SEATTLE-Connexion by Boeing said it signed a letter of intent with China Airlines to bring high-speed connectivity to travelers on commercial flights in and out of Taiwan. The agreement calls …
AUSTIN, Texas-Globile Wireless announced it will distribute a new Bluetooth hands-free car kit and speaker product in North America. The portable solution allows users to use Bluetooth-enabled phones, hands free, …
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it has received $25.3 million in purchase orders from Latin American wireless network operators since Sept. 1. The orders were for CDMA, TDMA and GSM/GPRS …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Operating system company PalmSource Inc. announced it is now shipping the latest version of the Palm OS, version 6, to its licensees. Palm’s licensees include PalmOne Inc., Samsung Electronics …
DALLAS-New research shows the worldwide market for wireless “infotainment” services will grow from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $7.2 billion in 2008, but such massive success will be contingent on …
LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. released its fourth-quarter 2003 customer results on the heels of a $225 million debt offering announced yesterday. Alamosa said net subscriber additions were 34,000 for the …
NEW YORK-The market for personal digital assistants should level off to only 20 million in the United States by 2008, with population penetration around 7 percent, according to a new …
SAN DIEGO-Wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. said it will meet its previous fourth-quarter revenue forecasts of between $9.6 and $9.8 million, news that helped push the company’s stock up …
PHOENIX-Nextel Partners Inc. reaffirmed its full-year 2003 guidance at today’s Smith Barney Citigroup Entertainment Media and Telecommunications Conference. “Our preliminary results for 2003 indicate that Nextel Partners achieved its objectives …
The acquisition beat goes on in wireless as two companies, Agere Systems Inc. and PCTEL, announced they bought other companies. Agere said it has acquired TeraBlaze Inc., which makes a …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Monday named Brian Kidney as chief operating officer-a new position in the organization. “The COO job was designed to keep the trains running on …
Sprint Corp. said the PCS group added approximately 1 million subscribers to its PCS network in the fourth quarter, including 390,000 direct additions and more than 610,000 additions from strategic …
Former Microsoft Corp. executive Juha Christensen dumped his plans for a wireless startup and instead will helm the wireless and mobile devices business of Internet software company Macromedia. Christensen has …
HONG KONG-Chinese equipment vendor Huawei Technologies co. Ltd. said it agreed with Hong Kong wireless carrier Sunday to supply equipment and financing to assist with the rollout of Sunday’s third-generation …
