Verizon Wireless reinforced its position as the industry's top dog regarding the rollout of high-speed wireless data services, announcing the recent expansion of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO based BroadbandAccess service to 43 markets covering more than 100 million potential customers. During the past several...
Following is a roundup of ratings and financial information relating to wireless companies announced this week by banking and investment firms and financial analysts.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services withdrew its ratings on Crown Castle International Corp. including its B corporate credit rating after the...
Verizon Wireless said it plans to introduce new rate plans that combine voice minutes and unlimited data access from a personal digital assistant, smart phone or BlackBerry device.The new plans begin at $80 per month for 450 anytime calling minutes, unlimited night and weekend...
VODSKOV, Denmark-XMS Penvision and Blip Systems signed an agreement to work toward a digital pen-and-paper solution that would include Bluetooth access points.The solution would entail a wireless pen that transfers written data from the paper to a back-end system via Bluetooth connections. Traditionally, digital...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS added the BlackBerry 7250 to its line-up, while T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will sell the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. e335.Sprint said it will sell the BlackBerry device for $490. The device from Research In Motion Ltd. features Bluetooth and...
Motorola Inc. returned to the Japanese market with a high-end third-generation phone that features support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks. The company's new M1000, based on its A1000 phone for Europe, will work on NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s FOMA W-CDMA network."This is a breakthrough for...
Seventy-five years after it sold the first car radio, Motorola Inc. wants to get back into your dashboard. The world's No. 2 handset manufacturer is preparing to beta test iRadio, a digital music service that uses cell phones to link consumers' home PCs with...
Sprint released a software update for its PalmOne Inc. Treo 650 smart phone, a download that will add additional Bluetooth, dialing and messaging features to the high-end device. The move highlights the evolving nature of the smart-phone market, where users likely will have to...
Seventy-five years after it sold the first car radio, Motorola wants to get back into your dashboard. The world's No. 2 handset manufacturer is preparing to beta test iRadio, a digital music service that uses cell phones to link consumers' home PCs with their...
LONDON-British Telecom plc launched its BT Fusion fixed-mobile convergence service offering, which uses Bluetooth technology to switch seamlessly between the company's wide-area wireless network and its in-home BT Broadband service. The service, which was originally knows as Bluephone, relies on its BT Hub for...
I've just returned from Supercomm and feel a little like Alice in Wonderland. Experiencing a show from a wireline telephony point of view is indeed weird for someone who is enmeshed in industry from the wireless perspective. The news was much the same: IP...
The following wireless companies had ratings changes or information notes from financial services and investment banking firms this week.Robert W. Baird made several changes within its telecom coverage universe following the Supercomm show this week in Chicago. In general, the firm said news out...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. released a new Bluetooth application it said would allow people to communicate and connect by essentially broadcasting information about themselves to other mobile-phone users.Nokia's new Sensor application allows Bluetooth phone users to create personal pages, complete with text and graphics. Other...
CHICAGO-Alcatel Corp. this week announced an Unlicensed Mobile Access solution that provides access to GSM and GPRS mobile services over Bluetooth and 802.11 unlicensed spectrum technologies.UMA technology allows subscribers to roam and hand over between cellular networks and unlicensed wireless networks using dual-mode GSM/GPRS...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. announced version 5.0 of its WIDCOMM BTW Bluetooth software.The new version aims to simplify interactions between PCs and other devices and includes a wide array of Bluetooth profiles. New functionality includes the ability to wirelessly stream print jobs from a cellular...
Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone lineup with high-end devices from PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to be fleshing out its EDGE offerings with the release of its second EDGE-capable phone, the Motorola Inc. V330. First up,...
Nokia Corp. introduced a new Internet-browsing device that represents a new market for the world's largest handset vendor as well as an entirely new software strategy. Nokia's new personal digital assistant-sized 770 Internet Tablet supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and features an 800 by...
Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone line-up with high-end devices from the likes of PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. First up, Verizon announced it is selling PalmOne's Treo 650 for $300 with a two-year service agreement. Verizon is offering the device with...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that more than 5 million Bluetooth units are being shipped per week. The Bluetooth SIG noted that at the end of 2004 more than 250 million Bluetooth units had been shipped worldwide, and it expects to surpass...
Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine their efforts if they...
Less than 10 years ago, dot-com was the technology phrase de jour. Business plans, companies and even an economic boom (and bust) were built upon one little dot. Today, at least in the wireless world, `dot' has taken on a new meaning.Dot unites 802...
MILPITAS, Calif.-As expected, PalmOne Inc. announced its new LifeDrive mobile device, which features a 4-gigabyte hard disk drive from Hitachi along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. Information about the device surfaced a few weeks ago on Amazon.com and other sites. Paul Cousineau, product line...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its new SCH-V740 "ultra slim phone" for the Korean market, a strike back at Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr phone. Motorola has scored a high level of industry buzz with its super-slim Razr clamshell-style phone. The GPRS phone is...
LONDON-Navicore Personal launched its next-generation navigation system for handsets. The product uses a proprietary routing algorithm to respond to directions taken by users. Reportedly, calculating routes of hundreds of miles takes only a few seconds.Navicore Personal is sold as a complete retail package including...
