MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced its senior vice president and head of global operations, Angel Mendez, is leaving the company.Mendez, who joined PalmOne in July 2001, will join Cisco Systems Inc. as senior vice president of worldwide manufacturing. He will remain with PalmOne throughout the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. announced it purchased privately-held Wi-Fi company Airespace Inc., based in San Jose, Calif., for $450 million in stock. Cisco said the deal would add wireless local area network controllers, access points, management and location software and security technology to...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Chipmaker Airgo Networks said Cisco System's Linksys unit will use its chips in high-speed networking equipment. Airgo, which uses multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) technology, will provide chips for Linksys radio cards and wireless routers that connect to the Internet from home networks...
Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent back the six lawsuits to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia where...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc., LG Electronics and Huawei Technologies have joined the WiMAX Forum, joining fellow telecom suppliers Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems Inc.The WiMAX Forum also noted recent service provider additions to its membership, including America Online Inc., Deutsche Telecom, SBC and...
First there is a date. If sparks fly, the romance eventually may graduate into a union. But in the wireless business, not all mergers and acquisitions result from long-standing engagements, evidenced by several recent such deals. "It's not always a necessary condition," said Ned...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said it has supplied a network of wireless local area networks for Greek operator Vodafone Panafon to allow the carrier to offer WLAN services across five countries. Vodafone customers in Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland and Portugal can use the hot spots...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has acquired Dynamicsoft Inc., a developer of session initiation protocol-based solutions, for $55 million as well as working capital.SIP allows operators to deliver advanced Internet Protocol voice, data and multimedia services."Broadband service providers are rapidly transforming their...
With 802.11n still lurking in the distance, wireless players are stepping up efforts to wed cellular and wireless local area networks while earnestly preparing Wi-Fi for wedded bliss. The "n" protocol will not be ready for a few years, but some carriers have set...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has joined the WiMax Forum, just as Cisco Systems Inc. reportedly denied reports that it has joined the industry body.Nortel sees its joining WiMax as part of its converged networks strategy as well as its plan to add Orthogonal...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration and the high-tech sector oppose Japan's proposal to add a user fee to unlicensed wireless devices, arguing it would undercut consumer demand and stifle development of wireless technologies in the world's second largest economy. The U.S., which expressed its views in...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has announced the first round of products certified for Wi-Fi Protected Access, otherwise known as WPA2. The products will hit the market later this month.The companies with certified products include Atheros, Broadcom Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel...
No company is an island. With three major acquisitions last week, Cisco Systems Inc., ARM Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Co. have demonstrated that many firms are involved in the mobile world. The trend is not restricted to the smaller firms whose consolidation announcements flood...
LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware revenue reached $719.5 million during the second quarter, a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter, according to a quarterly analysis from Infonetics Research.Infonetics said it expects WLAN hardware revenues to grow 9 percent to $786.2 million by the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced Internet Protocol services as Voice over IP, interactive gaming, video-on-demand, and peer-to-peer and related...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Worldwide sales of local area network switches declined 2 percent during the second quarter, following 13-percent growth during the first quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide LAN Switch QView.Despite the decline, the LAN switch market remains up 23 percent year-over-year. Port shipments were down...
Purse strings are loosening for wireless companies as the industry relaxes the tight fists of the past few years.In spite of the risks, venture-capital companies say wireless is a good place to throw money. In July alone, 41 wireless companies announced $570 million in...
Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access to high-speed Internet connectivity while in flight.The agreement allows iPass users to access Connexion...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. said it has implemented a private Wi-Fi network covering more than 1 million square feet at the University of California-Davis Health System Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif. The deployment, which includes Cisco Aironet Access Points, is designed to enhance...
A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week that is backed by a group of top wireless players.The TGn Sync is a...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans to retire up to $1.7 billion of outstanding debt.Analysts expect the company to roll out a grand reorganization plan soon.Richard...
SHENZHEN, China-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to do away with its copyright lawsuit against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.Both companies announced Sept. 30, 2003, a plan to review the litigation. 3Com, which has a joint venture with Huawei, was part of the review...
In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans to retire up to $1.7 billion of outstanding debt.Analysts expect the company to roll out a grand reorganization plan soon.Richard N....
