VIENNA, Va.-David Canellos has been promoted to vice president and general manager for the Americas at Cramer Systems Ltd., a provider of inventory management and provisioning automation solutions for the …
ALPHRETTA, Ga.-Verizon Wireless launched its branded service in Macon, Columbus, Griffin, Warner Robins, Augusta and Thomaston, Ga., and Auburn, Montgomery and Dothan, Ala. The markets were part of Verizon Wireless’ …
SAN FRANCISCO-Gary Weis, formerly senior vice president of global services at AT&T Corp., has become president, chief executive officer and a director of Cometa Networks Inc. Larry Brilliant, co-founder and …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The principals of Probe Research, a 26-year-old telecommunications and Internet market research firm, have established a sister company, Probe Financial Associates, whose goal is to provide independent research …
HELSINKI, Finland-Swedish unions are threatening to “block” mobile equipment vendor Ericsson’s restructuring plans if the company refuses to “provide genuine guarantees” that future cuts in the group’s workforce are carried …
WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA reportedly plans to drop enhanced observed time difference (EOTD) technology as its solution for implementing Phase II enhanced 911 service. T-Mobile’s deployments of the technology had been one …
HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli company CellTick Technologies said China Unicom will deploy its interactive broadcast system in XinJiang state. The platform allows operators to establish interactive communications with subscribers by using a …
IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.’s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying interoperability between Bluetooth-enabled devices. Toshiba said …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc., which develops technologies for secure, high-performance wireless local area networks, has promoted Craig Barratt, its vice president of technology, to the post of chief executive officer. …
RALEIGH, N.C.-Wireless application and technology company Summus Inc. scored a deal with international news agency Agence France-Presse to offer wireless news and photo content. “AFP is excited about the opportunity …
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo …
NEW DELHI, India–India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go–toward …
WASHINGTON-A U.S. congressman representing California, home state of Qualcomm-the developer of CDMA technology-is urging lawmakers to sign onto a letter to the Department of Defense to deploy CDMA technology, not …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Two of Australia’s national mobile carriers will do battle for third-generation (3G) subscribers by mid-year. Telstra introduced its cdma2000 1x network, an upgrade of its CDMA network, to consumers …
BOSTON-New research from Strategy Analytics predicts the location-services market could reach US$8 billion in revenues by 2008, but carriers specifically need to move ahead with their delayed investment plans. “Operators …
ALAMEDA, California, United States-U.S.-based supplier UTStarcom said it won a US$40 million contract with China Telecom for new and expansion deployments of its PHS equipment in the Jiangsu and Guangdong …
LONDON-U.K. information services firm iTouch said it will buy Spanish and Portuguese premium-rate text message service Movilisto for up to US$64 million. Under the terms of the deal, Movilisto will …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 555 will be available from Thailand’s Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia, a cdma2000 1x operator. The AirCard 55 is a wide area PC …
WASHINGTON-The congressman representing San Diego, home of CDMA developer Qualcomm Inc., introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense and the United States Agency for International Development to deploy …
