SAN JOSE, Calif.—Wireless content management company WebUnwired announced it changed its name to Net6 Inc., a move the company said better reflects its expanded business focus. The company said the …
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. pre-announced select results for the first quarter reporting it added 85,200 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, ending the quarter with 601,100 wireless …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—IBM Corp. is introducing a new ThinkPad notebook, known as the T30, which combines it mobility solutions with Cisco System’s network infrastructure products and solutions. “The flagship …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it would offer discounts to its wireless customers in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The discounts will apply to communications charges for its PDC and FOMA …
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—3Com company CommWorks said it has rolled out its cdma2000 1x EV-DO solution for mobile subscribers at speeds up to 2.4 Megabits per second, 16 times faster than …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. reported 268,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year, ahead of estimates of around 240,000 net additions. The carrier, which markets its …
LINCOLN, Neb.—Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding it customer service and technical support capabilities. The company has added hours to its toll-free call center and now serves original …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said its second-quarter profits stood at $43.9 million, or 5 cents a share, amounting to a 60-percent drop. A year earlier, the company reported net income of …
LAS VEGAS—IFR Systems Inc. announced it has added SmartNet and SmartZone testing capabilities to its 2975 radio test set. SmartNet and SmartZone are trunked radio communications systems made for private …
TOKYO—Japanese wireless operator J-Phone, which is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, said it was delaying the launch of its next-generation network until December citing delays in agreements on international …
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. donated more than 25 wireless phones, monthly service and five additional phone lines through its Hometown Emergency Loaner Phones program to the Tulsa Area Chapter of the …
WARREN, Mich.—General Motors Corp. and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they plan to conduct a multi-year driver distraction study. …
MINNEAPOLIS—ADC announced that Lithuanian operator Omnitel will install its Metrica software to help manage the performance of its mobile network. Omnitel will use Metrica for network performance reporting and monitoring. …
LONDON—ART Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. announced it will port its speech and natural handwriting recognition solutions to the new Intel PXA250 and Intel PXA210 applications processors. “Recognition technologies like those …
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest telecom operator in Japan, on 1 April launched its third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 1x technology, entering the highly competitive Japanese high-speed data market. In Japan, …
LONDON—Nortel Networks said it has signed a deal with Orange SA subsidiary Dutchtone to upgrade the carrier’s wireless network with GSM and GPRS equipment. “Our aim is to provide the …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it will install a new short message service gateway from Motorola Inc. to power its Mobile Messenger service. “As the nation’s largest wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless …
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. added 650,000 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, exceeding both company and analyst expectations of around 550,000 net additions. The carrier ended …
TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology by early next year. The carrier joins the likes of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. …
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless reported 186,000 net customer additions for the first quarter of this year compared with 518,000 subscriber additions for the first quarter of last year. The carrier noted …
