NORWOOD, Mass.—Compaq Computer Corp. selected Analog Devices’ Othello and Softfone GSM/GPRS chipsets for use in its wireless Pack for the iPAQ Pocket PC. “The field-proven Othello and Softfone chipsets allowed …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has licensed its CDMA technology to TCL Holdings Co. Ltd. in China to to develop, manufacture and sell cdmaOne and cdma2000 1x/1xEV subscriber equipment. “This …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xora Inc. has unveiled version 4.0 of the Xora Platform, which offers improved voice recognition, out-of-coverage operation support for J2ME-based devices, and personalization features. “The Xora Platform 4.0 …
CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. has released version 5.0 of its Geneva Active Revenue Management (ARM) software. Convergys said the new version of Geneva addresses the needs of its clients with new functionality …
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it sold its unified communications solution to StarHub PTE Ltd, an integrated fixed and mobile telecommunications provider in Singapore. StarHub will use the technology to offer …
TORONTO—724 Solutions Inc. said Japanese brokerage service Nomura Securities will offer the company’s account aggregation and financial alerts services to its 700,000 online customers. The deal comes after 724 Solutions …
PARIS—Alcatel and Fujitsu Ltd. said they successfully carried out voice and high-speed data and video communications using a live third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunication System network. The demonstration was held in …
Qualcomm Inc. has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively shut out in the region, other …
NEW YORK-Fraud is following the course of least resistance, trending largely but not exclusively toward subscriber identity theft and away from the use of wireless networks as a means to …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported strong results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 with revenues of $63 million, an increase from the $45.4 million reported for third-quarter 2000. …
MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. announced its third-quarter revenues showed it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing. The company’s $161.5 million in revenues was well above competitors CellStar Corp.’s …
TORONTO-Go Prepaid Inc. announced it has added Telus’ Talk & Surf Card to its line of prepaid card solutions. The Telus Talk & Surf Card includes toll-free North American Internet …
SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company’s short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application Performance (Wireless DNA Performance) service, which …
While 802.11b, otherwise known as Wi-Fi, has made huge inroads as the wireless local area network technology of choice, many companies providing equipment and support for the technology acknowledge higher-speed …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hitachi Semiconductor Inc. said it has unveiled a new Flash memory product, called Mobile Media Chips, which saves space and enhances storage for multimedia functions in handheld PCs, …
Pinnacle Holdings Inc. painted a grim picture during its third-quarter earnings call last week, as executives tried to offer some hope that the company is going to survive even though …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless unveiled www.vtext.com, a short text messaging Web site designed to help customers send text messages to individuals and groups and set up information alerts. The service works …
FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG reported a fourth-quarter loss of $968 million, although it exceeded analysts’ estimates. However, the company, which attributes its loss to the down market in telecom equipment, said …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Amdocs customer and billing platform Ensemble, which the carrier expects will improve customer service and reduce customer retention costs. The implementation is part of a …
