SAN JOSE, Calif.-Semotus Solutions, a wireless application service provider and infrastructure architect, recently acquired Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Application Design Associates Inc., a provider of equipment-centric integrated tracking systems for the …
NEW YORK-Global semiconductor sales dropped 4.7 percent in April to $13.72 billion from $14.4 billion in March, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The deepest dives were in the Americas …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it expects its third-quarter sales to be better than during the second quarter. Lucent Chairman Henry Schacht said the company is confident in its …
TOKYO-Japanese telecom firm KDDI Corp. has agreed to cooperate with China Unicom Ltd. on mobile-phone and Internet access technologies, according to international press reports. KDDI uses CDMA technology, and China …
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless introduced its national wireless micropayment billing service, Cingular DirectBill, allowing customers to bill purchases made by wireless phones or from the Internet to their current wireless phone bill. …
NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc introduced international roaming for its prepaid mobile-phone customers on its networks across Europe. The service, already available to Vodafone’s postpaid customers, follows the launch of Vodafone …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Korean CDMA wireless data modem provider Yiso Telecom Co. Ltd. will provide a third-generation compatible Compact Flash card solution to Sprint PCS. The wireless modem cards will support …
WESTBORO, Mass.-AT&T Wireless and Switchboard Inc. reported an agreement to add Switchboard’s Nearbuy locally targeted e-marketing solution to AT&T Wireless’ Digital PocketNet Service. Nearbuy Merchandising is designed to allow users …
CHARLESTON, S.C.-Hark Systems Inc., a developer of wireless messaging products, has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina against former staff engineer W. Chisolm Wilson alleging …
OSLO, Norway-Norway’s government is willing to reduce its current 78 percent of telecom company Telenor to 34 percent, according to international press reports. Previously, the government had said it would …
HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish mobile carrier Radiolinja said it will begin GPRS services in September. The service will initially include WAP and Internet connections along with wireless office solutions, the company said. …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. says it has settled three lawsuits filed against it by former employees. The company said the California Superior Court ruled in its favor in the Hanig vs. …
ATLANTA-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., demonstrated its Picture Messaging solution using Java technology-based mobile devices last week at Supercomm. According to Comverse, its Picture Messaging application, which is …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The number of global CDMA subscribers grew by 58 percent during the past year to 90 million customers worldwide, according to the CDMA Development Group. The Asia Pacific …
SAN FRANCISCO-Nextel Communications Inc.’s i85s and i50sx Java-enabled handsets, provided by Motorola Inc., will soon provide support for Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Over-the-air download application and serial port connectivity beginning …
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a developer of location-commerce technologies, has acquired MobilePosition AB, a Sweden-based developer of consumer-oriented mobile location-based applications for wireless network operators. “With MobilePosition, SignalSoft can now bring …
LONDON-SchlumbergerSema, a business group of Schlumberger Ltd. has been awarded a contract to install its mobile messaging solutions at Libertel-Vodafone, enhancing the company’s existing messaging service capabilities and adding a …
SAN FRANCISCO-Aether Systems Inc. announced it will combine its BlackBerry e-mail product with its enterprise server powered by Neomar Inc. in order to offer businesses a behind-the-firewall wireless server that …
MONTE CARLO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. made several announcements regarding Java technologies. Zucotto unveiled its Xpresso 100 microcontroller, its first Xpresso Java technology-based processor for wireless devices, making the company’s J2ME technology …
NEW YORK-Through manufacturing outsourcing and layoffs designed to return Ericsson Inc. to profitability, the company’s Consumer Products Division will wind up this year with about 5,000 employees. That compares with …
