HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Stocks for mobile data device maker Symbol Technologies Inc. took a dive after the company reported its fourth-quarter earnings and announced its president and chief executive officer resigned. Jerome …
SAN DIEGO—Littlefeet Inc. announced it has completed its GSM coverage solution trial with Vimpelcom in Russia. Littlefeet’s SPICE coverage system is designed to help carriers quickly and cost-effectively achieve high-quality …
AMONK, N.Y.-Delphi Automotive Systems has chosen IBM’s J9 virtual machine environment as a foundation technology for the development of automobile multimedia products that will allow automobiles to communicate in real …
WASHINGTON—The United Church of Christ has asked the Federal Communications Commission to review the agency’s agreement with Enron to settle an investigation against the now-bankrupt energy consortium that failed to …
CHICAGO—GTCR Golder Rauner L.L.C. announced it has completed its acquisition of TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. from Verizon Communications Inc. in a $800 million transaction. Edward Evans, formerly president and chief …
CANNES, France—conVISUAL will demonstrate several mobile multimedia applications at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes this week. ConVISUAL’s multimedia messaging service (MMS) applications, including Mobile Picture Postcards, Mobile Cam, Mobile …
CUPERTINO, California, United States—Tropian unveiled its CodeStar Polar Impact RF technology, which it will demonstrate over W-CDMA technology, although it also offers a solution for GSM, Enhanced Data Rates for …
CANNES, France—Intec Telecom Systems and Apama are teaming up this week in Cannes to demonstrate the 3G billing process using a fictitious online dating service. Apama will record profile information …
CANNES, France—AePONA announced its commercial deployment of the Causeway OSA/Parlay product suite, an OSA/Parlay gateway that will include IVR extensions. The product suite, which is based on Parlay specifications mandated …
CANNES, France—Airline communications provider SITA and roaming services supplier Comfone announced they have signed a contract that will make it easier for airline passengers to pay for on-board, in-flight phone …
CANNES, France—Radio Frequency Investigation unveiled its 3G UMTS RF Conformance System for cellular manufacturers and network operators. The system, which was developed by Racal Instruments, incorporates the 6401 3G UMTS …
CANNES, France—Agilent Technologies is releasing products to assist mobile operators in quickly and cost-effectively deploying next-generation services over their networks. Agilent Technologies released its acceSS7 Location System, a solution that …
PLEASANTON, California, United States—FunMail plans to introduce version 2.0 of the FunMail Wireless Messaging solution, which can process more than 100 animated messages per second, or more than 8 million …
CANNES, France—Adax unveiled details of its new Signaling3 strategy at the 3GSM World Congress. Signaling3 provides solutions for the three networks, three signaling protocols and three interfaces necessary to control …
SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketVideo is targeting carriers with pv3 Mobilemedia system, a new multimedia delivery system that includes encoding, transmission and decoding products that enable delivery of high-quality audio and …
CANNES, France—Starfish Software will demonstrate managed mobility solutions for Pocket PC 2002 at the 3GSM World Congress being held in France. Starfish executives including Tom O’Brien, Scott Schnaars and Bruce …
CANNES, France—Adax and Hughes Software Systems announced they will collaborate to produce an integrated signaling solution for third-generation (3G) networks. For the solution, HSS’ RANAP interface integrated value-added software solutions …
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse Technology announced its enhanced messaging services will operate on Texas Instruments’ OMAP platform for 2.5- (2.5G) and third-generation (3G) wireless devices, a combination the companies …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it plans to lay off 1,000 employees as it tries to streamline its operations. The cuts are expected to come from management positions in its information …
INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. said it has completed the formation of the joint venture with Hong Kong-based Chinatron Group Holdings Ltd. it announced last October. Brightpoint gave Chinatron a 50-percent interest in …
