Wireless-related mergers and acquisitions dominated the headlines last week from technology pairings to content match-ups. Here is a roundup: Qualcomm Inc. paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW platform...
WASHINGTON-The Walt Disney Co. defended its decision to reverse a policy to stay out of the wireless business until mobile phones are proven to have no health risks. "There certainly is a lot more information available today than back then. The FDA has...
The following wireless companies' ratings were changed by financial services companies this week.Standard & Poor's Ratings Service raised its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Agilent Technologies Inc. from BB to BB+, citing sustained improvements in the company's profitability and cash-flow generation....
ABC News announced ambitious plans to expand its 24-hour digital news operation, offering a suite of multimedia services through television, the Internet and mobile phones.The network will build on ABC News Now, which launched as an experimental broadcast for digital television, high-speed Internet and...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Triton PCS has deployed Agilent Technologies' acceSS7 location solution to provide passive monitoring of its network. Triton PCS will use the solution to help it comply with the Phase II requirements of the Federal Communications Commission's E-911 requirements. According to Agilent, the...
BERKELEY, Calif.-MobiTV reported that rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless has launched its live streaming television service on the carrier's CDMA-based network. The MobiTV service currently provides access to more than 20 channels, including MSNBC, ABC News Now, NBC Mobile, Fox Sports, Discovery, The Learning...
LOS ANGELES-Idetic Inc. has brought its live, mobile TV service to Cingular Wireless L.L.C. customers.Cingular customers can now get MobiTV, a 22-channel broadcasting service featuring content from MSNBC, ABC News Now, Fox Sports, C-Span and other providers. The service is available on four Cingular...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS is teaming with ABC News Now to deliver video updates of today's presidential Inauguration Day events.The coverage, which began at 8 a.m. EST, includes Sprint Video Mail reports from nearly two dozen parade participants equipped with video-capable Sprint handsets. ABC...
LAS VEGAS-The stampede toward mobile video continued at the Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to on-the-go viewers. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced a series of agreements to bring television network content to devices using...
The stampede toward mobile video continued Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to wireless handsets. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced a series of agreements to bring television network content to devices...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless telecommunications company P-Com Inc. said it reached an agreement with Agilent to restructure its $1.7 million obligation to the company. Under the new deal, P-Com said it will pay Agilent $250,000 and will pay the balance amortized over 16 monthly payments starting...
WASHINGTON-More than 100 members of Congress earned a perfect score on pro-technology votes in the 108th Congress, according to a group representing Silicon Valley giants and top electronics companies with a major presence in the wireless industry. The Information Technology Industry Council evaluated House...
MobiTV creator Idetic Inc. will provide content and operations for one of the new channels available through Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services, which the carrier launched late last Friday.Sprint TV, the "basic cable" channel of the Sprint service, will feature programming from NBC News,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said five of its semiconductor components have been incorporated into Samsung's new VM-A680 mobile phone. The Samsung VM-A680 mobile phone operates in the PCS and 800 MHz frequency bands. It features a clamshell design and a large, full-color LCD...
Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product news, from wireless test and measurement companies.Last week, test equipment company Agilent Technologies Inc....
NEW YORK-Test equipment company Agilent Technologies Inc. received good news from Standard & Poor's as the ratings agency upgraded its outlook from negative to positive.S&P cited the company's improved profitability, liquid balance sheet and revenue growth."Agilent has sharply improved its profitability over the past...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said its second fiscal quarter 2004 results reflect the highest order and revenue levels of the past three years.Orders for the company's Test and Measurement division were up 23 percent from a year ago at $745 million. Agilent said...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has officially challenged China's homegrown Wi-Fi security standard that industry and government leaders claim is at odds with international guidelines and commercially harmful to U.S. companies that make equipment for wireless local area networks. A letter to Beijing officials raising concerns...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has officially challenged China's homegrown Wi-Fi security standard that industry and government leaders claim is at odds with international guidelines and commercially harmful to U.S. companies that make equipment for wireless local area networks. A letter to Beijing officials raising concerns...
T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and optimization services and Nokia's NetAct network service management system. Shipments of the new equipment are expected to begin immediately. "Nokia...
NEW YORK-Telenor Mobile Interactive and ABC News said they launched a premium text-messaging alert service that will give mobile consumers major breaking news and political news updates on their mobile phones.The companies said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have agreed to...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a micro-size electronic component known as film bulk resonator duplexer for handsets, data cards and other wireless products. The company said the product is its smallest ever and can shrink phone sizes and create more...
