JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Recently, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) licensed a new operator, the Malawi Mobile Cellular Network Limited, with an eye to increasing the number of mobile networks to …
SAN DIEGO-Voyager Systems Inc., San Diego, has closed a $7.5 million initial round of venture financing, led by Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures that it will use to expand sales and …
BOSTON-The four publicly traded tower companies received a much-needed boost from Wall Street this week, following tolerable carrier earnings and some financial announcements of their own. Third-quarter earnings announcements from …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Action in the wireless enterprise space continues, with two providers scoring government contracts. First, Aether Systems Inc. announced that the Garden City, N.Y., Police Department will use its …
ISSY_LES_MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA reported third-quarter net income of $16.85 million, or $1.13 per share, on revenues of $167 million, almost entirely derived from sales of its WISMO modules. By comparison, …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will partner with Agere and Proxim to develop end-to-end solutions for Wireless LAN access, integrating hot spots with 3G wide area networks. “The operators can …
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc. has released Driver-Link, a one-touch in-car calling device that uses wireless and GPS technology to allow drivers to communicate hands-free with call centers, roadside assistance and …
HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. reported revenues of $4.5 million and a net loss of $5.5 million, news the sent the company’s stock down almost 10 percent to about …
SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile in Germany will offer wireless instant messaging services through a new deal with messaging company MessageVine. Using the Mobile IM service powered by the MessageVine IM Server, users …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which sells Web and wireless software and application services, reported revenues for its third quarter of $33.6 million and a net loss of $26.4 million. “I’m pleased …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. became the first nationwide wireless operator to officially report an increase in its customer base during the third quarter of this year following negative net …
DUBLIN, Ireland-The Ireland business of European carrier MmO2 will use technology from location-services company Webraska to offer WAP-, Web- and text messaging-based location services, including applications to allow users to …
DANVERS, Mass.-TUV America Inc. and 7 layers Inc. have partnered to establish a Bluetooth laboratory in Irvine, Calif., at 7 layers’ new facilities. The laboratory offers services for Bluetooth development, …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. posted $2.3 billion in revenues for the recently completed third quarter, an increase over the $1.8 billion reported for the same quarter last year. Net income …
BOSTON-Ember Corp., which provides embedded wireless networking solutions, has closed its Series B round of financing with commitments totaling $20 million, brining its total capital raised to $28 million. Ember …
MANILA, The Philippines-While Globe Telecom and Smart Communications are now offering multimedia messaging service (MMS), such issues as interconnection, standards of interoperability and rates have to be tackled, according to …
LONDON-Cellular subscriber numbers in nine Middle East countries are set to overtake the number of fixed-line customers by the end of 2002, the latest report from the Arab Advisory Group …
COLUMBIA, Md.- Peak Technologies was awarded as the largest reseller for Symbol Technologies last year, selling about $28 million worth of Symbol products. “Peak Technologies was our leading reseller again …
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will acquire location-services company Vicinity Corp. in a deal valued at about $96 million. Microsoft said it will integrate Vicinity into its MapPoint Business Unit. …
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Hop-On, which makes prepaid, recyclable mobile phones, announced it licensed CDMA technology from Qualcomm Inc., a move that will allow the company to build CDMA phones. “This agreement …
