NEW YORK-With the personal computer sector maturing, CIBC World Markets views "communications applications as the next driver of the semiconductor industry," notwithstanding the current but temporary slowdown, said N. Quinn Bolton, semiconductor equipment analyst for the investment bank."There is a tremendous drive in communications...
While some analysts and technology experts sing the dirge of EDGE before it is even born and wonder if Bluetooth will ever chew, a new initiative that hopes to leverage these technologies for location-based services is the new tease.But Philips Corp.-which believes that the...
ORLANDO, Fla.-In the sun-draped city of Orlando, with its springtime spurts of rain and dreamy lakes, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium drew a mixed crowd of wireless vendors, operators, developers and analysts to re-energize interest in its brand of technology and to contemplate strategies...
Editor's Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless communications industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look back at crucial points in the history of mobile telecommunications. This month, RCR Wireless News revisits the evolution of the phone...
Tom Wheeler, that fierce wireless lobbyist, has a serious problem. It's Bud Weiser. It seems wherever Tom goes, whatever wireless issue he's spinning, there's Bud Weiser. Tom can't seem to shake Bud Weiser. It's not that he hasn't tried, and it's not like Tom...
Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry.The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. Initially, it just looked like exhibitors and attendees would have some trouble figuring out the...
NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif.Back then, farmers saw the roads getting built and being illuminated near their land, but...
NEW YORK-Paris-based Telemedia.fr has positioned itself to help telecommunications and Internet content providers capitalize on the convenience sought by French consumers, who prefer dialing to surfing for information on their landline and wireless phones."We offer a response to the problem all these companies are...
As the economy slackens and competition revs up, the handset market may set the stage for a battle between big names and their smaller counterparts.Some analysts are doffing their hats to the bigger players-Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Ericsson Inc.-dwarfing the chances of second-...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. released its third quarter earnings report, meeting analysts' expectations and drawing $123.8 million.The company's earnings for the quarter, ended March 31, were a 261-percent increase from the same period last year, and 7 percent better than...
SAN FRANCISCO-Brience Inc., a provider of mobile infrastructure software, said Sun Microsystems Inc. integrated Brience's Framework 2.0 into its existing IT infrastructure, which will enable Sun to offer its customers self-service capabilities using Web-enabled devices based on the Palm operating system.Sun's customers in North...
NEW YORK-Rural carriers, with operating histories often many decades old, appear poised at the forefront of the strategy for long-term growth based on bundled or converged services.Seeking to be the one-stop-shop location for their customers, these companies have in place or have plans to...
In the drive to miniaturize, IBM Corp. is leveraging the strengths of wireless for its desktop technology.Pursuant to that, the company has introduced wireless enhancements to create a cordless, clean-desk environment for the end user.The wireless kit consists of a keyboard, mouse and receiver...
EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE.Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea.Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not amused by the optimism expressed about...
LAS VEGAS-Cingular Wireless said it will launch its first operational standards-based General Packet Radio Service in the United States, dubbed Cingular Wireless Internet Express, in its GSM markets in California, Nevada and Washington during the second quarter. The GPRS service is the company's first...
NEW YORK -Paragon Networks International, Brookfield, Conn., wants to take wireless carriers on a walk across "BROADway" to bridge the gap between today's circuit-switched networks and tomorrow's packet-based networks.Introduced at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 in Las Vegas last week, the...
LAS VEGAS-OmniSky's service will run on two new devices and will enhance support for corporate e-mail.The company demonstrated its service running on the Kyocera QCP 6035 smart phone for the CDMA network, which it said shows its desire to extend its wireless service to...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. has deployed and received customer acceptance for what it said is one of the first U.S. wireless GPRS systems.AirNet's AdaptaCell base stations and its AirSite Backhaul Free base stations are included in the GPRS system AirNet is supplying to MBO...
The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans are being dictated by...
With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain cloud hovering over migration to the technology.Already eyeing the United States' market with trials...
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs, provider of customer care, billing and order management solutions to the communications industry, announced its e-care and prepaid solutions will be implemented for Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile operator with more than 1 million subscribers. The e-care solution includes self-care and remote...
InfowaveThomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.'s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft's Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company's worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll also served as general manager...
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his 2001 Summit 4Mobility. And...
