With AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s announcement that it will overlay its existing TDMA-based network with a GSM network supporting GPRS, the pressure is on other TDMA carriers, specifically the largest U.S.-based TDMA carrier Cingular Wireless, as to its future technology choice. Will the company...
Wireless broadband started out as a unique and rapidly growing concept, poised on the edge of a data revolution that promised to produce millions of dollars and bring the Internet to those left out in the cold by wireline technologies.For months, momentum has been...
Continuing the flow of wireless technological improvements from north of the border, Burnaby, British Columbia-based PMC-Sierra Inc. introduced its Power Amplifier Linearizer and Distortion Inhibitor-10 chip, designed to allow traffic over digital third-generation wireless standards, including wideband CDMA, cdma2000 and EDGE to be transmitted...
The wireless Internet's influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when hooked to a wire from a variety of mobile devices has opened up new possibilities for Internet-based services.Unfortunately, those who...
RENO, Nev.-Globus Wireless Ltd. announced it acquired wireless products distribution company Edge Continental Inc. for $2.5 million.Edge, founded in 1997, is an international distributor of wireless phones and original equipment manufacturer accessories. The company had about $7 million in sales this fiscal year.The effective...
SAN DIEGO-Indiqu Inc., a provider of wireless entertainment content, announced AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched its Edge Sports channel on the carrier's Digital PocketNet service.Unlike other sports content, Indiqu's Edge Sports channel provides news and event schedules for sports like skateboarding, snowboarding and...
Qualcomm Inc.'s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its "Buy" rating of the company's stock, which has seen its value fall from a 52-week high of $200 per share earlier this year...
Sprint PCS made several announcements last week aimed at increasing its role in the wireless transmission of photos and videos over its network.The carrier partnered with FlashPoint Technology Inc. to enable Sprint PCS enterprise customers to send images to the Internet via Sprint's network...
NEW YORK-It is all too easy to get "starry eyed" about the prospects for new generations of wireless services. As a counterpoint, a reality check is required about deployment and data speeds, handset availability and consumer interest, panelists said at the recent "Bear Stearns...
TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan's NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier's mobile-phone business.NTT DoCoMo has said repeatedly it is interested in the United States and other foreign markets and would take a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to how General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) will be commercially deployed.This time, no TV advertisements proclaim the wonders of accessing the...
HandsetsNeopointThe company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band NeoPoint 2000 and tri-mode NeoPoint 2600 phones hold more than 2,000 contacts, schedule, task and personal...
CHICAGO, United States-One of the first commercial deployments of Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event in late September. Mexico's largest wireless carrier, Telcel, plans to roll...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could have a more difficult time offering bundled services to its customers after the business unit is separated from the parent group, according to one analyst.Now that AT&T has announced it will create four separate companies, each operating under the...
BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia Corp. introduced several new third-generation network solutions and mobile Internet application platforms designed for wireless operators and service providers at the UMTS 2000 Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Nokia said it also will introduce live 3G applications like music video downloads and interactive shopping.The...
Position clarifiedDear Editor: In the article, "EDGE: The People's Choice," (Sept. 25, page 55 by Sheila Mickool, president of the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium) I am quoted as saying "quality networks with low bit error rates will be delivered at low cost in order to enable...
Following months of speculation, regulatory red tape and the seemingly elusive approval by the Federal Communications Commission that came Sept. 29, SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Mobility officially came together last week, announcing its joint venture now will be known as Cingular Wireless."Cingular is...
CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico's largest wireless carrier, Telcel, plans to roll out commercial EDGE service in the country's three largest cities in...
CHICAGO-In a wireless data environment increasingly cluttered with multiple email addresses and multiple wireless devices, Postini Corp. is hoping to score with a simple solution-enabling end users to read emails on wireless devices.Postini plans to do this using the customer's existing email address and...
AKRON, OHIO-A panel of telecommunications experts at a conference this month in San Antonio will discuss design trends and business prospects for that hot market, as well as the potential it holds for plastics part suppliers.Plastics News' Executive Forum 2001 is set for Oct....
At the GSM Association we believe third-generation Global System for Mobile Communications (3GSM) will truly mean an exciting worldwide revolution in human communications. It will be a revolution that enables people around the globe to have high-speed, personal access to electronic information when and...
Can a 30-year-old Harvard Business School graduate rebuild Cabletron Systems Inc. as a snazzy player in the enterprise network switching industry?Garry K. McGuire Jr., executive vice president-worldwide marketing and chief marketing officer at Cabletron, is going to try. He wants to outflank big-name competitors...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. signed an agreement with ePhones to resell BlackBerry handheld devices using Aether Wireless' e-mail services through the ePhones Powered Network.Aether said its BlackBerry offering is an integrated package of hardware, software, airtime and customer services designed to provide wireless...
NEW YORK-AT&T Labs, Florham Park, N.J., is peering into the future of wireless communications and working on ways to enhance the next generation of services, researchers said at a recent media and analyst briefing.Closest to fruition is the Location-Aware Information Services research project. The...
