TOKYO—The board of directors for the four J-Phone Communications Co. Ltd. companies; East, Central, West and Japan Telecom, agreed to merge their companies into a single J-Phone structure.The merged company, …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG says it has won a $256 million contract from Brazilian operator Telemar to supply and install a GSM network in six major cities in the northeast of …
SAN FRANCISCO—Cisco Systems Inc. announced it is restructuring the company into 11 groups, one of which is wireless. The networking giant said it sees signs of the company stabilizing.“These are …
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute reported 440 engineers from 89 companies in 20 countries attended the sixth Bluetooth UnPlugFest in France. ETSI noted nearly half of the attendees …
ALBANY, N.Y.—IWO Holdings Inc., a Sprint PCS Network Partner, said it added 11,006 net subscribers during the second quarter, ended June 30, ending the quarter with 102,598 subscribers. Customer churn …
HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People’s Republic of …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Hybrid Networks Inc. announced that Andrew Corp. will provide Winbeam Inc., a Pittsburgh-based Internet service provider, with Hybrid’s head-end system and routers to deliver wireless broadband service to …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Walt Disney Internet Group today said the company’s wireless content will be distributed to Taiwanese mobile users under an agreement announced today with Taiwan Cellular Corp.Starting in October, …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is the first vendor in North America and one of the first worldwide to make its third-generation cdma2000 equipment and software available for …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG won a $256 million contract from Brazilian operator Telemar to supply and install GSM networks in six major cities in the northeast of Brazil.The contact, which will …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has decided to acquire the remaining 19 percent of its joint venture EHPT from Hewlett-Packard Co. in order to enhance its third-generation billing and business …
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.—Starfish Software, which provides synchronization and infrastructure solutions for the wireless Internet, announced it has been granted a patent for its method of providing simultaneous synchronization of two …
DETROIT—The recent and well-publicized crackdown on mobile-phone use and driver safety and the official launch of its “personal calling” service prompted OnStar to release last week what it claims is …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Superconductor Technologies Inc. has filed an answer and counterclaim to ISCO International Inc.’s complaint filed July 17 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The …
CALGARY, Canada—Cell-Loc Inc. today released its earnings report for the fourth quarter, ended June 30, showing net losses the company said are in line with its continuing restructuring.The net loss …
WYE VALLEY, United Kingdom—Electric Pocket Ltd. today released new versions of its BugMe! applications that include NotePack stationery templates, which the company said will allow Palm Inc. personal digital assistant …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson said it has licensed its technology for smart card transactions over the mobile Internet to France-based Xiring, which designs and markets personal card readers and secures transaction …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.’s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML …
GOTEBORG, Sweden—WirelessCar is partnering with Aether Systems Inc. to create a telematics platform capable of supporting a range of wireless networks, standards and protocols, the companies said.WirelessCar’s universal telematics network …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Verizon Wireless introduced an account management service for customers in Oregon and Washington allowing access to account balance information and airtime usage free of charge from their wireless handsets.The …
