SALT LAKE CITY—During the recently completed Winter Olympics, AT&T Wireless said its network handled 9.6 million calls from the venues where the athletes competed, averaging more than 500,000 calls daily. …
SAN FRANCISCO-In an another tie-up, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to combine Intel’s Xscale microarchitecture’s PX250 and PXA210 and Windows CE .NET to enable hardware and software developers …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. launched what it describes as feature-rich CMX 2.1 multimedia software, which offers enhanced audio, animation, speech and sound effects for wireless devices. The company said handset makers …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Western Wireless Corp. posted $286.4 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1 billion in revenue for the entire year compared with $237.1 million and $834.9 …
MADRID, Spain—European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said on Tuesday he will take action to bring down prices for mobile-phone calls across Europe. The commissioner said his agency is looking …
SALEM, Ore.—Supra Products is now part of GE Industrial Systems and will operate as GE Interlogix Inc. as a result of GE’s acquisition of Supra’s parent company Interlogix Inc. “The …
BEIJING-Texas Instruments will provide the chipset technology for a new entrant in the Chinese mobile-phone business, Legend Holdings Ltd., which entered a joint venture with Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Company …
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research in Motion Ltd. and PrinterOn Corp. announced they will team to deliver and market PrinterOn’s wireless Internet printing application for BlackBerry, under the name PrinterOn PocketWhere for BlackBerry. …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—There is a clearly defined need to adopt fleet management systems for tracking and remotely controlling vehicles in an emergency, as well as provide added value, according to …
HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom and Funk Software have joined to develop the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol that provides security for WLAN connectivity. Funk Software’s Odyssey is the first commercial implementation of EAP-TTLS. …
WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association held the first meeting of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council last week. The council said it will address hurdles facing the U.S. market …
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.—Integrated wireless and Web-based software application provider ViryaNet said it has acquired all outstanding shares of iMedeon Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga., for about 4.3 million shares of ViryaNet, plus …
CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31. The company’s revenues for the quarter totaled $131.3 million, compared with $103.4 million for fourth-quarter …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s Telia said it was not granted a stay of execution for telecom regulator National Post and Telecom Agency’s (PTS) order to reduce Telia’s GSM interconnection charges from about …
MONROE, La.—CentruyTel Inc.’s board of directors voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend from 5 cents to 5.25 cents per share payable on March 22.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. said the U.S. District Court in Rochester, N.Y. rejected a motion made by Xerox Corp. pertaining to Xerox’ 1997 claim of patent infringement that alleged Palm’s …
VANCOUVER, B.C.—Sierra Wireless announced its solutions were used by the Utah Highway Patrol to enhance security during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. During the games, Sierra Wireless …
SINGAPORE—Harris Corp., a supplier of military tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, has been chosen by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to provide a wireless e-mail system. KBK Tokyo, …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Ecutel Inc. announced it is participating in Hewlett-Packard’s Mobile E-Services Bazaar program, an initiative aimed at developing software and services for the mobile market. “The idea is to build …
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Rural Cellular Corp. reported $106.5 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001, compared with $99.5 million during the same quarter of 2000. For the year, Rural Cellular …
