Verizon Wireless provided details on its highly anticipated Push to Talk service set to officially launch Aug. 18. As RCR Wireless News reported yesterday, the service allows customers to communicate …
REDMOND, Wash.-Terabeam Corp. announced China Unicom has purchased its Free Space Optics (FSO) system for use in its network in Chongqing, China, operated by Chongqing Unicom. “We have been testing …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has chosen Robert Switz, who has been with the company since 1994, to serve as its new president and chief executive officer, replacing Richard Roscitt, who resigned to become …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market has grown 2 percent from the first quarter of 2003 to the second quarter of 2003, according to Dell’Oro Group. Revenues were …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. will lay off about 8,900 employees by year-end-about 1,700 more than it planned at the beginning of the year-the company revealed in a recent filing with the …
BOULDER, Colo.-Roving Planet said Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida has selected its management platform for it wireless local area network. “After installing a full Cisco network and complete WLAN …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. reported a relatively solid quarter of declining losses and a more positive outlook, although the company’s revenues also continued to decline. Investors seemed heartened by …
Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company’s stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share. …
WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, a pro-market think tank, released a study Wednesday that it claims shows that the proposed California Telecommunications Users Bill of Rights will cost consumers and …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced a $32 million contract with China’s Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its GPRS network. The system will be rolled out in 22 cities across Guangdong …
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Costa Rica’s sole telecommunications provider, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, has contracted it to deploy Lucent’s next-generation optical solutions. The technology will allow ICE …
CALGARY-Wi-LAN Inc., provider of broadband wireless communications products, said it was cash-flow positive from operations in its third quarter ended July 31. The company also reiterated its annual revenue and …
U.S. carriers must adopt new business models to zero in on the youth and young adult markets, especially as subscriber growth is expected to dwindle during the next five years, …
Verizon Wireless’ highly anticipated press-to-talk service is expected to introduce tomorrow with the carrier rolling out a nationwide offering using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x packet network, Winphoria’s PTT server and …
BEIJING-A state-run Chinese electronics manufacturer introduced a Dick Tracy-style mobile phone/wristwatch that features a tiny keypad, color screen, clip-on camera and support for CDMA 1xRTT networks, according to reports. The …
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-3Com Corp. reported a deal with Apple Core Hotels to provide free wireless local area network access in its five Apple Core hotels in New York City. The hotel …
TORONTO-In a document it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Nortel Networks Ltd. said it forecasts a further $30 million to $40 million of restructuring charges in the …
MONTREAL-Canadian operator Microcell Telecommunications, which filed for bankruptcy and was taken over by its creditors earlier this year, reported a profit for the second quarter. The company posted net income …
PEABODY, Mass.-Following shareholder approval, speech technology giant ScanSoft Inc. has closed its acquisition of rival SpeechWorks International Inc. Upon closing, SpeechWorks shareholders received 0.86 shares of ScanSoft common stock for …
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless reported a five-year deal with L.M. Ericsson to provide GSM/GPRS and EDGE technology equipment for the carrier’s planned overlay of its legacy TDMA technology network. The agreement …
