CLEVELAND-United Wireless now counts 22 locations throughout northeast and central Ohio, following the opening of two new retail locations in Streetsboro and Montrose. United Wireless offers wireless solutions from Alltel …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS’ chief financial officer will leave the company in January, and no replacement has yet been named. A Sprint spokeswoman declined to give a reason for William …
NEW YORK-David King, president and chief operating officer of Proxim Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., has moved into the newly created post of vice chairman of the board of directors, as part …
NEW YORK-Spirea AB, Kista, Sweden, a developer of integrated radio-frequency solutions for the short-range wireless markets, will make available during the second quarter of 2003 two new transceiver chips for …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Much to the annoyance of those promoting competing technologies, GSM continues to grow in worldwide dominance. While the reasons behind its original success have now largely been lost …
TORONTO-Joining the increasing number of fixed-line companies re-examining the wireless market, Bell Canada yesterday launched a trial of “hot spots” providing wireless high-speed Internet access. The service aimed at business …
KIEV, Ukraine-The Ukrainian parliament passed a law prohibiting carriers from charging any incoming calls and causing protests from all national operators, which appealed to President Leonid Kuchma to veto the …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigerian state-owned network operator Nitel announced that all the country’s state capitals will be connected to the operator’s GSM network during 2003. Sam Nmegbu, Nitel’s territorial manager, said …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN reported it is contributing toward the New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) through social and infrastructure investments in six African countries. The network …
VADODARA, India-Internet service provider Technet Teleservices said it launched CDMA 1x limited mobility service in Vadodara. The company said in a promotional piece that users could save 60 to 90 …
ATLANTA, United States-Numerex is working with Vehicle Security Resources de Colombia, the LoJack licensee for Colombia, to equip commercial and personal vehicles in Colombia with vehicle location and tracking services, …
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. announced it is working with Intel Corp. to integrate CPS’s location technology-enhanced observed time difference technology-into a variety of Intel products geared toward the …
CALGARY, Alberta-Zi Corp. announced it has completed financing, including a secured short-term credit facility valued at $3.3 million. The credit facility, repayable on March 5, 2003, includes a commitment fee …
AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless Valley Communications Inc. said it has secured a U.S. patent to allow networks to plan and manage assets, thereby saving cost and time. “By integrating cost and network …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Mobile marketing company Avesair Inc. reported the results of its advertising campaign for the grand opening of New York City sport store Champs Sports, with hundreds of …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aspect Communications, a provider of software-based call center and customer relationship management solutions, hopes to shore up its balance sheet through the sale of $50 million in convertible …
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. has made available commercially Release 2.1 of its IP Suite, which incorporates activation and mediation modules to enhance the ability of operators to deploy multiple services on their …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Austrian operator Mobilkom Austria has awarded L.M. Ericsson a service assurance contract with an undisclosed value. The agreement will allow Mobilkom Austria to have one focus point for monitoring …
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications has begun volume shipments of its system-on-a-chip that integrates 2-Megabyte Flash, 8 MB Synchronized Dynamic Random Access Memory and an Ethernet transceiver. The ETRAX100LX MCM 2+8 chip, …
BEIJING-PalmSource Inc., the operating system subsidiary of Palm Inc., announced it is expanding into the Chinese market for personal digital assistants and smart phones through a new Hong Kong office …
