REDMOND, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Metawave Communications Corp. announced an alliance to increase the capacity of CDMA and CDMA2000 wireless networks. The joint solution, designed for the 850 MHz frequency …
SARASOTA, Fla.—Speedcom Wireless Corp. announced its Wave Wireless Networking division has been chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration to provide broadband wireless connectivity between FAA buildings at airports throughout the …
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will not implement the reverse stock split it previously announced on Sept. 17. The company said it made its decision following Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s …
WATERLOO, Canada—Research In Motion Ltd. announced earnings in line with many analyst expectations, but lowered its forecasts for the future due to a troubled economy, slow rollouts of GPRS networks …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies has inked a five-year TDMA agreement with Cingular Wireless to cover 30 markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Under the pact, Lucent will …
BRAMPTON, Ontario—Nortel Networks has named Frank A. Dunn to succeed John A. Roth as president and chief executive officer of the company effective November1. Dunn was the company’s chief financial …
HOLMDEL, N.J.—Unified communications provider uReach Technologies and wireless technology and services provider GiantBear Inc. announced a partnership that will allow GiantBear to offer its customers personal information management services powered …
LONDON—Location-based information service provider WCities announced a global distribution agreement with Nokia under which Nokia will market WCities’ mobile-location applications to mobile operators globally as part of its mPosition and …
NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it is conducting a trial of its Wireless Multimedia Platform for handheld devices over Spanish wireless carrier Telefonica Moviles Espana’s network. The trial, over the …
ARLINGTON, Va.—SiteSafe Inc. introduced the Rooftop Safety Solution for the real estate market, building owners and site managers. With this package of solutions, SiteSafe said it will develop a radio-frequency …
SAN DIEGO—Ericsson Enterprise released its OneBox 2.0 unified messaging product, which the company said is designed to offer instant access to all types of electronic messages from wired telephones, Windows-based …
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Enhanced messaging company Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced the sale of its Intelligent Short Message Service Center to two South American wireless carriers, news that comes …
TEMPE, Ariz.—Making headway in the development of miniature fuel cells that may someday power cellular phones, Motorola Labs researchers announced they have demonstrated a prototype of a methanol fuel cell …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it has appointed Edward D. Breen as president and chief operating officer effective 2002 when the present incumbent, Robert L. Growney, plans to retire. Breen has …
SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett Packard Co. has denied reports in the World Street Journal and Reuters that it plans a new wave of 7,000 job reductions, saying the cuts were previously announced …
WOBURN, Mass.—Cerylion Inc. announced it has been awarded $5 million in series B convertible preferred funding, led by Chestnut Partners Inc. Cerylion said it will use the funding for continued …
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Wireless communications product developer Tropian Inc. has closed $45 million in Series D equity funding, its largest funding round to date. Merrill Lynch Ventures LLC led the financing and …
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse has been chosen to provide its Intelligent Short Messaging Service Center solution (ISMSC) to Argentina’s Telecom personal GSM network. “The ability to seamlessly integrate our current feature functionality …
SAN RAMON, Calif.—MobileWay Inc. announced it has received $27 million in its second round of venture funding. This funding, which adds to the $9 million secured in the company’s first …
TORONTO—Nortel Networks has slashed 20,000 jobs as it announced that it expected a $3.6 billion third-quarter loss, bringing its total loss for the current fiscal year to $20 billion. The …
