BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems Inc. laid off about 80 employees and plans to exit the hands-free car kit manufacturing business. Company spokeswoman Lori Pidick told The Denver Post that all the …
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Cellular Systems completed deployment of equipment allowing it to offer voice-activated dialing services through Preferred Voice. Dobson said it would market the VoiceDial service, which will allow customers …
TORONTO—Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc. announced new partnership plans between its PowerLOC division and Canada’s Maximum Monitoring Services Inc. Maximum will purchase and license PowerLOC’s Vehicle Location Devices as well as …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Wireless data platform maker Parthus Technologies plc announced its results for the quarter ended March 31, showing growth in its licensing and royalty revenue and expectations of a return …
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest mobile carrier in Japan, and Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest operator in France, announced they reached a license agreement over i-mode services in France. Following the …
BURLINGTON, Mass.—Triton PCS signed a three-year contract renewal with Lightbridge Inc. to use Lightbridge’s Customer Acquisition System for the assessment and activation of new wireless subscribers. Triton said the CAS …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—AMD said it has unveiled a new mobile Athlon XP processor that delivers high performance and requires low power to notebooks. “The launch of the mobile AMD Athlon XP …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. said it added 502,000 customers during the first quarter, ahead of analysts’ expectations of around 475,000 net subscriber additions. The carrier ended the quarter with 9.2 …
NAPERVILLE, Ill.—Telecom equipment maker Tellabs Inc. said it will cut 1,200 jobs as it announced first-quarter earnings of $5.3 million in contrast with $122.5 million a year ago, representing a …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Cisco Systems Inc. said it has launched the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point and 5 GHz 802.11a radios, a wireless local area network infrastructure that provides seamless …
ROME—The market for messaging services continues to lead the development of the worldwide wireless data industry, as shown by several news announcements. First, the GSM Association released figures showing the …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. beat analyst expectations and reported a net loss for ongoing operations, excluding special items, for the first quarter ended March 30, of $174 million, or 8 cents …
GENEVA—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming exchanges (GRX) are rapidly emerging as a profitable new service niche in Europe and around the world, as mobile operators get serious about GPRS …
MANILA, The Philippines—In its attempt to cash in on the heavy use of short messaging service (SMS) among Filipinos, Philippine-based Mobile Horizons, a subsidiary of Lopez family-owned Benpres Holdings, unveiled …
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 …
LONDON—European carrier MmO2 signed separate contracts with Nokia and Nortel Networks to equip its 2.5- and third-generation (3G) networks in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Germany and Ireland. Each …
REDMOND, Washington, United States—The second- and third-largest U.S. wireless operators are in talks to merge their operations according to a report from Bloomberg. While neither AT&T Wireless nor Cingular Wireless …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—Shares in wireless personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring tumbled by more than 20 percent following the company’s disappointing third quarter report. Handspring announced revenue of …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS reported first-quarter results at the high end of company and analysts expectations and provided hope that the industry could meet reduced targets for the quarter. The …
DALLAS—MetroPCS, which offers flat-rate local wireless service in the Atlanta, Miami and the Sacramento, Calif., areas, said it has partnered with Telvista Co. to handle all of its customer contact …
