BURLINGTON, Mass.—Lightbridge Inc., which provides mobile business solutions, announced it will acquire Altawave Inc., which offers wireless data management services. Lightbridge said the move strengthens its strategic relationships with carriers …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission said today it charged two firms with making false claims about devices purporting to protect consumers against mobile phone radiation. The FTC said it filed suit …
CANNES, France—Sun Microsystems made several announcements relating to the company’s overall wireless strategy at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company demonstrated how its mobile offerings, which …
CANNES, France—Nokia Corp. stamped its feet at the 3GSM World Congress with a series of announcements ranging from open architecture, live demonstrations and Internet Protocol mobility networks. Nokia introduced its …
DENVER—Aerie Networks subsidiary Ricochet Networks Inc. initiated a technical trial of the Ricochet high-speed wireless data network in Denver, marking the return of the service since its former owner, Metricom …
MANKATO, Minn.—Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $4 million in wireless service revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001, a slight drop from the $4.6 million reported during the previous …
CANNES, France—The GSM Association continued to move forward with its wide-ranging M-Services Initiative, announcing the second phase of the program, broad support from the supplier community, and a series of …
CANNES, France—The GSM Association presented several awards at the 3GSM World Congress this week. “Once again, our industry has surpassed itself,” said Rob Conway, chief executive officer of the GSM …
CANNES, France-Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. will offer mobile handset manufacturers and application developers a complete open and standards-based reference platform, combining Nokia’s Series 60 software and development kit, …
LONDON—Symbian announced six semiconductor companies have joined its Semiconductor Partner Programme, showing support for Symbian OS and ARM core-based chipsets. The six new partners—Agilent Technologies; Epson; Parthus; Philips Semiconductors; Samsung …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a partnership with XSVoice Inc., an enabler of live wireless audio, to provide Nextel Online customers access to live, on-demand streaming audio. With the service, …
HOUSTON—Compaq Computer Corp. and SignalSoft Corp. announced the Compaq Discovery Location Services solution, which allows GSM carriers to identify the physical location of a mobile customer and deliver location-based services …
MORRISTOWN, N.J.—Celerica Inc. announced details of its second round of funding, which brought the total funding raised for the wireless infrastructure start-up company to more than $20 million. This round, …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. stock fell more than 25 percent on Tuesday to an all-time low of $3.35 per share after the carrier reported its international division would take a …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission today will announce law enforcement action against companies allegedly selling ineffective radiation protection products. The FTC will hold a press briefing at 1:30 p.m. (EST).
CANNES, France—Intel Wireless Competence Center and Appear Networks will demonstrate wireless local area network (WLAN) location-based services at the 3GSM World Congress. The demonstration uses application provisioning technology by Appear …
BERN, Switzerland—T-net, Transat and Performance Technologies will together demonstrate seamless roaming between wireless local area network (WLAN) and GSM networks this week at the 3GSM World Congress. The joint solution …
WEXHAM SPRINGS, U.K.—Red-M will demonstrate its wireless Portable Office Solution, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based system aimed at the mobile workgroup market. The portable office offers connectivity back to …
CANNES, France—M-Systems will display its Mobile DiskOnChip, which it calls “the world’s smallest, most cost-effective” 16MB flash disk for the mobile handset market, this week at 3GSM World Congress 2002. …
ANDOVER, Massachusetts, United States—NetTest is showcasing its masterQUEST Data Warehouse, which provides wireless carriers with insight into customer, service and network activity through a customizable data warehouse decision support solution, …
