SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped samples of its Mobile Station Modem chipset and system software that support cdma2000 1x, EV-DO and GSM/GPRS standards, allowing roaming among the technologies. …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it intends to sell $600 million worth of senior unsecured notes with maturities in 2010 and 2013 to qualified institutional buyers in an unregistered offering. …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more. Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. …
Two firms released different ratings on wireless vendor Lucent Technologies Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities maintained a hold rating, while Independent Research Group upgraded Lucent from sell to neutral. In a …
The worldwide opportunity for mobile data and wireless games is huge, according to two new studies, but wireless carriers will need to accurately price and market the applications to take …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-Analyst firm Communications Industry Researchers claimed the market for wireless local area network chips will rise to $1.7 billion in 2007 from $938 million in 2003 based on a …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned a CCC rating to the $230 million convertible senior notes recently issued by tower owner Crown Castle International Corp. The rating service also …
Nextel Communications Inc. entered an agreement with Extend America Inc. to provide iDEN network coverage for Nextel in a number of rural markets beginning later this year. Extend is expected …
NEW YORK-Global Crossing this week was granted an extension on its exclusive purchase agreement with Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd., by which STT plans to invest $250 million to own …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The global radio frequency identification (RFID) market will be worth more than $3.1 billion by 2008, according to a new study from research firm ABI that analyzes RFID …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is the second company to announce it was awarded a piece of China Unicom’s cdma2000 1x network expansion. The Swedish vendor said it will expand China Unicom’s …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it plans to develop silicon products based on the 802.16a standard, which covers wireless metropolitan networks. The company has signed an agreement with Israel-based Alvarion …
Centennial Communications Corp. selected Ericsson as the sole supplier for its planned GSM/GPRS technology overlay of the carrier’s U.S.-based legacy TDMA network. Ericsson said it will immediately begin deploying EDGE-ready …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-VIA Technologies Inc. introduced the new VIA Antaur mobile processor, which features low-power consumption and thermal density with enhanced performance for productivity and digital media applications. “With the launch …
AirCell Inc. said it moved one step closer toward offering mobile-phone services aboard aircraft with a new patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The company said the patent marks a …
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. suffered further fallout from its Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, with its chairman of the board and executive vice president and …
SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. said it has entered an alliance with MontaVista Software Inc. to make available an embedded Linux platform for Motorola’s i.MX1 line of application processors, which will target …
Verizon Wireless entered the camera phone race with a new picture-messaging service and advanced phone from LG Mobile Phones. The move was expected, as RCR Wireless News reported on the …
Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. is expected to expand its Wi-Fi initiative into the San Francisco Bay Area this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report noted the …
NEWBURY, United Kingdom-U.K. company Cognito has launched a GPRS service called BusinessPhone that encourages users to text message other employees rather than talk directly to them and includes a personal …
