Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has asked the city of San Francisco to consider its wireless EDGE network as a complement to San Francisco's Wi-Fi network but said it does not plan to provide the city with a Wi-Fi network.Cingular pointed out that while...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, gave a "suggestion" to San Francisco that the city let Cingular's EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies submitted proposals to supply San Francisco's 750,000 or so residents with Wi-Fi Internet access....
SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. beginning in November. Cingular, which reportedly serves more...
SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. beginning in November.Cingular, which reportedly serves more BlackBerry...
MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom's network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico.PetroCom will use the Digi Connect WAN GSM to provide Ethernet-to-wireless Internet Protocol connectivity to...
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-By 2010, worldwide subscribers will reach 2.3 billion individual wireless subscribers, according to Visant Strategies "World Mobile Subscriber Markets 2005" report.Of those 2.3 billion subscribers, nearly half will use third-generation services, said the company."What we are seeing today is not only the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced a deal with Research In Motion Ltd. in which RIM will use Intel technology in future BlackBerry devices that will run on EDGE networks.RIM is adopting the Intel XScale architecture and will use the Intel PXA9xx cellular processor, code named...
Laptop maker Dell Inc. said that starting next year it would sell computers that feature built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s forthcoming UMTS/HSDPA network. The announcement represents a strike against Verizon Wireless, which earlier this week said Dell, Lenovo Group Ltd. and Hewlett-Packard Co....
Verizon Wireless continued to increased the number of laptops that can access its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network with two new agreements with computer makers. Verizon Wireless reported a deal with notebook computer manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd.-which purchased IBM Corp.'s Personal Computing Division-to integrate CDMA2000...
Verizon Wireless has tapped into the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO data network for domestic wireless data needs and Vodafone's GPRS/UMTS network for...
German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG reaffirmed its intention to keep its U.S. mobile subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. and said it plans to participate in upcoming spectrum auctions to strengthen T-Mobile USA's competitive position."There is no reason for a sale," DT Chief Executive Kai-Uwe...
Verizon Wireless has tapped the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO data network for domestic wireless data needs and Vodafone's GPRS/UMTS network for international...
Motorola Inc. may cut EDGE technology from the initial shipments of its forthcoming handsets-including the highly anticipated Pebl and Slvr models-due to problems with chips from supplier RF Micro Devices Inc. Motorola earlier this year promised that its forthcoming Pebl and Slvr devices would...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has signed an agreement with Sunrise, a Swiss operator, to provide its EDGE network, including Nokia's UltraSite base stations."As the most cost-effective solution for greatly expanding the reach of multimedia services, EDGE is key to our aim of providing the best...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported that national wireless distributors Global Wireless Data and Trio Teknologies are now offering the carrier's Wireless Wide Area Network Connectivity Service through their more than 445 wireless agents and resellers across the country. Cingular's Wireless WAN Connectivity Service was launched...
Verizon Wireless continues to build on its domination in the wireless data space, adding a handful of new markets to its rapidly growing coverage area while at the same time cutting prices. The carrier now offers its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service in 61...
LONDON-In a new report, the Global mobile Suppliers Association confirmed that commercial GSM/EDGE network launches have tripled since last year to reach 96 EDGE-enabled networks in 60 countries. The breakdown is 38 commercial networks in 26 countries in Europe, 17 in Asia, 32 in...
LONDON-In a new report, the Global mobile Suppliers Association confirmed that commercial GSM/EDGE network launches have tripled since last year to reach 96 EDGE-enabled networks in 60 countries. The breakdown is 38 commercial networks in 26 countries in Europe, 17 in Asia, 32 in...
Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier's total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors' apparent interest in the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...
Investors cheered a report that predicted chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. is scoring additional business with the likes of Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. and that the company likely would exceed its expectations for the coming quarter.RF Micro Devices' stock was up almost 8...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Founded in 1996, chip startup Tropian Inc. today released its first product, an RF transceiver for mobile phones that combines the transmissions of GSM and EDGE technologies. The company said the product will lead to smaller, more powerful and more efficient phones. "We're...
LONDON-The Global mobile Suppliers Association said in its latest third-generation survey estimates there are more than 30 million W-CDMA subscribers. According to the survey, there are 82 W-CDMA networks in 37 countries delivering commercial services, an increase of 22 networks during 2005. Additionally, seven...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Siemens Venture Capital GmbH made a strategic investment in Dune Networks, which provides merchant silicon solutions for traffic management and scalable switching fabrics."Dune's traffic management technology together with its scalable fabric has proven to be the best in the market," said Gerd Goette,...
