SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Sleepycat Software and MontaVista Software announced Sleepycat's Berkeley DB software and MontaVista's Linux operating system will be incorporated in Motorola's A780 mobile phone, which was announced last month.Berkeley DB efficiently and reliably manages data while MontaVista Linux enables a range of applications including...
Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecom offerings would see additional...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said it is cooperating with Intel to deliver integrated wireless connectivity solutions to mobile professionals worldwide.The agreement calls for the companies to collaborate to develop and promote integration in wireless local area networking and wireless wide area networking.The first step...
MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile Czech Republic has commissioned Siemens AG to equip its network with EDGE technology. By the end of 2004, the high-speed infrastructure will be available to the operator's customers in several major cities and coverage will be extended gradually.Siemens said the win is...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that the city and county of Honolulu has placed an order for 1,600 EDGE wireless modem cards for its police, fire and emergency services officers representing the largest EDGE deployment to-date in the nation. The EDGE cards will...
LONDON-The GSM Association said it is opening its 2005 awards for nominations this week.The awards are open to all industry players that offer content, products or services that run on GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA networks. Entries can be made at the organization's Web...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment.This follows Nortel's completion of Dobson's EDGE deployments in 16 states across the nation.Both companies also agreed to conduct field testing of UMTS equipment...
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...
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network upgrades and related professional services.The value of the deal was not disclosed, however, Nortel said it is the vendor's largest...
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd.The new network positions NuevaTel to increase capacity, broaden coverage and offer improved GSM services under the VIVA...
With China's wireless profile on the rise, big vendors are not only raising their stakes in the market, but also bringing local companies into their investments.Joint ventures and other forms of partnerships are nourishing the businesses of players such as L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that carpeting manufacturer Shaw Industries Inc. renewed its contract designating AWS as its primary wireless service provider. The contract calls for Shaw to add "significant numbers of voice users" and evaluate the carrier's EDGE wireless data service for...
HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell and activate data devices designed for AWS' GSM-based data network. The deal includes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices, which...
MUNICH, Germany-India's largest GSM mobile carrier, Bharti Tele-Ventures, has entered a deal to allow Siemens AG to upgrade its network with EDGE capability, making it the vendor's third order in Asia. No dollar amount was announced.Siemens said it will deliver and install all the...
European content provider Acotel is going to Athens to target American consumers. The 12-year-old Italian company is taking the Olympic Games wireless, delivering updates and images to U.S. handsets via a combination of multimedia messaging service, short message service and pay-per-download offerings. Services will...
Sales of infrastructure equipment covering all the major technologies surged 37 percent to $9 billion in the second quarter, according to a report from Dell'Oro group.Although the study covered GSM/GPRS/EDGE, TDMA and W-CDMA technology, GSM/GPRS/EDGE network sales accounted for 60 percent of the net...
MUNICH, Germany-India's largest GSM mobile carrier, Bharti Tele-Ventures, has entered a deal to allow Siemens AG to upgrade its network with EDGE capability, making it the vendor's third order in Asia.No dollar amount was announced.Siemens said it will deliver and install all the required...
Fans of the U.S. Olympic Team can stay abreast of the athletes in Athens via their wireless handsets through several new agreements between carriers, content providers and news services. From the Opening Ceremonies Friday night through the Closing Ceremonies Aug. 29, mobile users will...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. today began offering Nokia's 6620 smart phone for use on its EDGE network. The EDGE network enables consumers using the 6620 Symbian OS and Series 60 Platform-based phone to download games or news and information at up to three times...
With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued signing deals last week with AWS affiliates that will clear the way for Cingular to continue to...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. announced EDGE contracts, underlining the increasing traction of the technology in the Middle East and around the world.Motorola said it signed its first commercial EDGE contract in the Middle East with Mobile Telecommunications Co. in Kuwait.The network will allow...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has teamed with Major League Baseball to bring audio broadcasts, real-time scoring and streaming video to wireless handsets.The service, which is currently available on the Nokia 6600 and soon should be available on the Nokia 6620, features live audio broadcasts of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a GSM expansion contract with Chongqing Mobile Communications Co. to supply infrastructure equipment with EDGE capability under a $27 million deal.Implementation has already begun and should be completed by year-end. The upgrade will increase total network capacity to 6 million...
