AUSTIN, Texas-Wi-Fi high-speed Internet access provider Wayport Inc. said it will provide wireless and wired service in seven Loews Hotel properties across the country. Loews Hotels in Philadelphia, New York …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp.’s board of directors appointed Ari Q. Fitzgerald director. Fitzgerald is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., and a member of …
RAANANA, Israel-Korean personal digital assistant maker JTEL announced it will use Emblaze Semiconductor’s application processor for its new wireless Cellvic PDA. Emblaze Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of wireless multimedia …
WASHINGTON-Aloha Partners LP has made the highest bids in the first two rounds of the 700 MHz C- and D-blocks auction, which began on Tuesday. Aloha Partners bid nearly $5 …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide mobile phone sales for the second quarter increased 0.8 percent from second quarter 2001, totaling 98.7 million units, according to Gartner Dataquest Inc. Nokia Corp. continued to …
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced it will partner with PCTEL Inc. to offer PCTEL’s Wi-Fi Roaming Clients as an option with all Novatel GPRS and CDMA 1x Merlin PC Card …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Toshiba’s computer Systems Group said it has agreed to integrate its 802.11-based technology into iPass Global Broadband roaming service. “Ipass will work with Toshiba to ensure that their …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has been working with Sprint PCS on providing the infrastructure technology for the carrier’s recently launched PCS Vision network. Sun’s contributions include its …
SEOUL, South Korea-With an eye to competing with Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics said it plans to spend $3.6 billion on chips, focusing on large-scale integration for mobile …
VIENNA, Va.-mPortal Inc. announced it will provide Xerox Corp. with a wireless field service solution to allow Xerox customer service engineers to wirelessly access and update customer information, including work …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on SIG marketing efforts, developing long-term plans …
HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it will supply a complete 2.2 million euros (US$2.16 million) prepaid system to Portal, a subsidiary of Am
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. has received the 2002 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Award in the wireless segment of OSS service assurance and OSS service fulfillment. “Nokia develops wireless operations …
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. sold its 51-percent interest in its Jamaica wireless business Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd. to partner Oceanic Digital Communications Inc. The Jamaica business includes an 800 MHz …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will slash 700 more job in its wireless infrastructure division, revealing deeper troubles in the company and confirming union fears. “We confirm that we are …
MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. jumped into the growing field of Web services with partner BEA Systems Inc., a move that again helps to position the company against personal digital assistant rival …
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc.’s long bankruptcy drama may finally be coming to a close. The company announced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District Texas confirmed the company’s second amended …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Furthering an alliance announced in April, STMicroelectronics, Motorola and Philips said they have rolled out a design platform for chips. “This platform allows designers to start next-generation system-on-chip …
LONDON-Italy’s Vodafone Omnitel plans to upgrade its gaming platform through its deal with mobile entertainment company Cash-U Mobile Technologies. Omnitel currently uses the first version of Cash-U’s Pecan entertainment platform …
