OTTAWA-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will use Spotwave Wireless Inc.’s SpotCell adaptive repeater to provide in-building coverage. The repeater will allow U.S. Cellular to provide wireless coverage in entire buildings …
SEATTLE-Fans of the TV show “Fear Factor” will be able to download music, images and sounds-including screams from the show’s contestants-to their mobile phones, thanks to a deal among NBC …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday rejected Northrop Grumman Corp.’s request for broadband spectrum to support emergency and homeland security wireless applications. Northrop Grumman filed a petition April 21 seeking expedited …
Following in the financial restructuring footsteps of fellow Sprint PCS affiliates, AirGate PCS Inc. said it intends to pursue a registered exchange offer for all of its outstanding $300 million …
MILWAUKEE-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GSM/GPRS service in Madison, Green Bay and Appleton, Wis., as part of its planned overlay of its legacy TDMA network. The carrier added that …
SINGAPORE-A jury ordered contract manufacturer Flextronics to pay more than $934 million to Beckman Coulter, which makes medical equipment. Flextronics said it would appeal the motion. Flextronics is the manufacturing …
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nokia Corp. both signed contracts with divisions of China Unicom. Lucent said it has signed a CDMA contract worth more than $230 million to expand the …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has sold its wireless network planning design tools known as Wizard to Setram International, a software company. The product is a second-, 2.5- …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The global fuel-cell market could be worth $35 billion in 10 years, but first it has several hurdles to overcome, according to research firm ABI. “In the long …
CAIRO, Egypt-The country’s first carrier, MobiNil, said it has launched a mobile multimedia messaging service using Nokia’s solutions. “The service, MobiNil Life, will enable MobiNil’s more than 2.6 million subscribers …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Electronic payment company VeriFone Inc. released a new CDMA point-of-sale payment product, which the company said the State of Wisconsin will use to operate wireless payment terminals for …
INGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company’s Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services to wireless users. MobileOne Ltd. (M1) …
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it is withdrawing its previously announced public offering of common stock due to the offer’s inability to garner the company’s “valuation requirements.” Centennial had originally …
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-One-third of wireless application developers in the People’s Republic of China are now deploying wireless applications, according to results from Evans Data Corp.’s Fall Chinese Wireless Development Survey, …
LEAWOOD, Kan.-Electronic transaction company Euronet Worldwide Inc. announced it purchased the assets of Austin International Marketing and Investments Inc., which sells prepaid wireless services via point-of-sale terminals throughout the United …
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee Tuesday passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003 changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points to go forward with Phase II …
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-TelASIC Communications said it has rolled out what it calls the world’s first cost-effective wideband radio chipset known as baseFlex to support all major standards, including GSM, GPRS, …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless enterprise company Infowave Software announced it acquired all of the intellectual property assets of Sproqit Technologies Inc., which offered a mobile application platform for users to access …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-IBM has chosen to integrate SupportSoft Inc.’s Mobile Device Management Suite with its Device Management Solutions to offer wireless service providers an enhanced customer service solution. With the …
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it expects its third-quarter handset sales to leap above 4.5 million units, representing approximately 50 percent of revenues. The company describes the estimate as its highest …
