Handspring Inc. followed up on promises to update its Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant device with the release of its new Treo 600, which breaks from the PDA form factor …
SEATTLE-WaterCove Networks has joined Qpass Inc.’s Prosperity Alliance, allowing the companies to work together to offer mobile data solutions. “Our expertise in business system integration and value-added service delivery naturally …
WARSAW, Poland-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a contract to expand and upgrade SFERIA’s cdma2000 1x network here and in the surrounding areas. “This agreement will enable us to …
SOLOTHURN, Switzerland-Flextronics Technology plans to close its production site here and cut 300 jobs, or more than 90 percent of its work force in the country. The company, which said …
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration said Hynix Semiconductor Inc.-a manufacturer of computer chips for mobile phones and other high-tech gear-exported products to the United States that were unfairly subsidized, setting the stage …
MONTREAL-Canadian operator Microcell said it will become the latest operator to launch the Sony Ericsson P800 smart phone. The phone first became available in Europe and the Middle East late …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The global commercial market for operational support systems software and services could grow 9.7 percent during the next five years, although that growth will likely not begin for …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it will use Texas Instrument Inc.’s 802.11 wireless networking and OMAP application processors for its Wi-Fi and cellular dual-system phone. Motorola said TI’s processors will work …
Some major vendors have come together to form a new industry cooperation known as the Common Public Radio Interface to allow members to make base station subsystems that can work …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry’s concerns about customer churn if wireless local number portability is implemented could come to pass if the results of a recent survey are any indication. According to …
CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless product provider P-Com Inc. will acquire fixed wireless broadband solutions provider Speedcom Wireless Corp. for 67 million shares of P-Com common stock and the assumption of some liabilities …
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc.’s indirect subsidiary MobiFon Holdings B.V., which holds TIW’s 57.1-percent equity interest in Romanian GSM service provider MobiFon S.A., has begun the private offering of $230 million …
HURST, Texas-Content provider Handango announced it expanded its library of wireless applications to include more than 10,000 ring tones and graphics. The move is notable as Handango already provides thousands …
SAN FRANCISCO-Including wireless numbers in traditionally wireline-based directory assistance/enquiry (DA/DQ) databases, could create a $3 billion market for U.S. carriers and DA/DQ service providers within four years, according to new …
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. completed their exchange of wireless properties in California and Alaska, which included AT&T Wireless transferring its ownership in the Anchorage metropolitan …
High Tech Computer Corp. announced it will use a mobile-phone design platform from Ericsson to develop devices for EDGE and W-CDMA networks. “HTC is a world-leading ODM company that provides …
America Online Inc. said it will stop selling and supporting its Mobile Communicator, which is based on Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device. According to AOL’s Internet site, the Mobile …
WASHINGTON-A coalition of consumer advocates and state regulators on Monday sent a letter to senators urging them to reject efforts by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to delay the …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it plans to replace the analog radio systems for the Finnish Rail Administration with digital GSM infrastructure for voice and data, covering 5,000 kilometers. “Within the …
LAS VEGAS-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will play a role in Shorecliff Communications’ Tower Summit and Trade Show scheduled for October. CTIA’s sponsorship is notable because of the group’s …
