Bluetooth

MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Socket Communications Inc. and Axis Communications of Sweden have agreed to deliver end-to-end networking solutions incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, providing mobile computer users with broadband wireless …

Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications …

Red-M, a wireless Internet server developer, and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to cooperate on enabling Wireless Application Protocol applications over Bluetooth technology. The idea is to allow mobile access to …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. is targeting telematics and personal computers in its product debut this week at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Telematics uses wireless and global positioning system …

L.M. Ericsson led the stampede of companies that introduced Bluetooth products in the past few weeks, but some industry experts believe it will be several years away before consumers embrace …

Cimarron Technologies With the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies’ Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital …

ZURICH, Switzerland-SoftWired Inc. unveiled its range of iBus//Mobile products for cellular phones, wireless personal information managers, notebooks and personal digital assistants, enabling wireless devices running PalmOS, Symbian or Windows CE …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association said its GlobalXChange trade show will feature a special pavilion of Bluetooth technology adopters led by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a nine-company promoter …

BOISE, Idaho-Extend Systems Inc. said it will provide Motorola Inc. with a software kit enabling Bluetooth wireless file exchange and synchronization technology in Motorola products. According to Extend, key components …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-According to first-quarter survey results from IDC’s Mobile User and Buyer ePanel program, 23 percent of mobile device users said they will buy a personal digital assistant during the …

NEW YORK-Telecom Italia Mobile, Europe’s largest wireless carrier, sees the Subscriber Identity Module that links each customer to its network as key to its control over an expanding array of …

SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Semiconductor and Symbol Technologies said they plan to jointly develop solutions for the Bluetooth wireless personal area networking market. The deal combines Peregrine’s Ultra-Thin Silicon Complementary Metal Oxide …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-International Sales Information Systems Inc. announced it will acquire wireless software firm Versatile Systems Inc. for $11.2 million of combined cash and stock. Versatile strategic partners include AT&T …

NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland’s Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company’s executive vice president. In partnership with …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

NEW ORLEANS-RangeStar Wireless introduced what it says is the industry’s smallest Bluetooth embedded antenna for use by Bluetooth adopters in notebook computers. The new 2.4 GHz antenna allows original equipment …

HANNOVER, Germany-After a year of industry enthusiasm and the wild market forecasts that have surrounded the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the silicon-chip developers used the giant CeBIT 2000 exhibition to …

TOKYO-Three Japanese carrier groups are gearing up their efforts to launch IMT-2000 services-earlier than any other wireless carriers in the world. The three players are NTT DoCoMo Group, Japan Telecom …

Motorola and Psion agreed to build products, expected to be released in the first half of 2001, using a new platform from Symbian. Symbian announced a wireless computing platform for …

HANOVER, Germany-Alcatel announced its single-chip Bluetooth solution, which brings all functions, including radio-frequency, base-band, processor, memory, antenna and filtering devices into a single die package. “We have taken a hard …

Application developers looking to break into the increasingly popular wireless Internet industry will soon have an ally on hand to guide them through the maze of technologies, specifications and ever-multiplying …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have agreed to jointly develop and market a wireless technology solution supporting both Code Division Multiple Access and Bluetooth standards. According to …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Micrologic Research released a study that said the cdmaOne market is growing more rapidly than Global System for Mobile communications, while the Bluetooth market is expected to grow more …

LAS VEGAS-RangeStar Wireless introduced a new embeddable Bluetooth antenna, about the size of a penny, suitable for a host of wireless applications. The antenna, the V-pol Omni, will enable users …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies’ Microelectronics Group announced its first Bluetooth chipset solution, meeting the Bluetooth 1.0 specification. The product consists of a single-chip radio subsystem and baseband controller with protocol software.