SAN JOSE, Calif.-Location specialist SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. will pay $20 million for global positioning system chipset product lines from Motorola Inc., the company announced Thursday.SiRF, which makes tracking and navigational equipment for semiconductor chips, said it plans to purchase Motorola products used in...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. added Motorola Inc.'s i836 handset to its line-up. The new iDEN handset includes access to Nextel's digital cellular network, the carrier's Direct Connect walkie-talkie service, the recently launched Group Connect enhancement to Direct Connect, and Nextel's multimedia messaging service.Nextel noted...
LONDON-Navicore Personal launched its next-generation navigation system for handsets. The product uses a proprietary routing algorithm to respond to directions taken by users. Reportedly, calculating routes of hundreds of miles takes only a few seconds.Navicore Personal is sold as a complete retail package including...
SiRF Technology Holdings this week plans to unveil a global positioning system-enabled system-on-a-chip (SoC) it said will make automotive navigation and telematics systems more affordable for consumers. The product, dubbed SiRFstarIIA, integrates the company's GPS engine with a 32-bit asynchronous response mode CPU and...
ATLANTA-UPS said it plans to roll out new equipment with wireless capabilities co-developed with Symbol Technologies to its drivers.The company said the deployment, which will include 32,000 units in the United States and 8,000 outside the United States, is part of a technology upgrade...
MONTREAL-Blue Tree Wireless Data Inc. said Sprint has certified its new CDMA 1xRTT GPS Series and IP Series products for use on its network.The certified products include the company's BlueTree IP Series 5200 and the BlueTree GPS Series 5200 rugged wireless data modems, which...
Wireless appears to be busting at the seams. Carriers have been signing on record numbers of subscribers, handset makers have enjoyed double-digit growth and the industry's general malaise seems to be lifting. Thus, such successes make the numbers from research and consulting firm ARC...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for global positioning system applications is on the rise thanks to GPS functionality being applied to more recreational objects, according to new studies released by ABI Research. According to the studies, new markets are emerging, such as machine control in...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for global positioning system applications is on the rise thanks to GPS functionality being applied to more recreational objects, according to new studies released by ABI Research.According to the studies, new markets are emerging, such as machine control in the...
TORONTO-InTouch motion Inc. launched a new wireless in-vehicle product the company said will compete with telematics heavyweight OnStar's service offerings. InTouch said its new product will support phone services, one-touch emergency, two-way voice communications and GPS capabilities, as well as a variety of high-end...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a partnership with Air-Trak Inc. to provide a dual-mode GPS tracking and communications service combining satellite and cellular communications. The service will use Nextel's iDEN network and GPS and Java-equipped handsets as well as Air-Trak's vehicle-mounted tracking units and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Location-services companies Trimble and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. announced they will jointly develop new products to deliver Enhanced Global Positioning System (E-GPS) location solutions for the wireless network and mobile device markets."The combination of CPS Matrix and Trimble's world leading R&D in GPS...
OTTAWA, Ontario-SiGe Semiconductor Inc. launched a Global Positioning System receiver system for cellular phones. The SE8901 GPS receiver works with GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS phones. The receiver integrated circuit integrates a GPS radio, GPS processing accelerator, on-chip LNA and image reject mixer in...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. launched its Enhanced Global Positioning System technology.The technology combines GPS functionality with the company's Matrix product, which uses synchronization signals from cellular base stations, to improve location accuracy. The company said E-GPS will improve GPS performance in GSM...
Don't be alarmed by those Canadians who seem to be wrestling with their cell phones. They're probably just fishing. More accurately, they're likely playing "Swordfish," a new game that allows players to locate their quarry, drop a virtual line and reel in the big...
LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access...
WASHINGTON-The telecom industry is still scratching its head about what potential impact a directive regarding the U.S. global positioning system signed by President Bush Dec. 8 could have on its networks. The directive allows the president to deny access to GPS in times of...
SAN DIEGO-Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack last week with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds.Sequoia sells technology that...
Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack Wednesday with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds. Sequoia sells technology that integrates...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Xora Inc. announced its second-generation Xora GPS TimeTrack mobile work force service, which is a hosted software application that runs on global positioning system-enabled phones.New features of the updated TimeTrack service include the Smart-Job Zones feature, which allows a Xora administrator to...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The GSM technology community must include location-based services in its strategic plans by next year or it will be in a disadvantaged position, according to Alan Varghese, principal analyst of semiconductor research at ABI Research. Varghese said GSM operators should mandate global...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The GSM technology community must include location-based services in its strategic plans by next year or it will be in a disadvantaged position, according to Alan Varghese, principal analyst of semiconductor research at ABI Research.Varghese said GSM operators should mandate global positioning...
IRVINE, Calif.-Mobile software developer Networks in Motion has locked up $5 million in Series B funding from Redpoint Ventures and Mission Ventures, the company announced Wednesday. A producer of software for mobile workforce management and location-based services, Networks in Motion said it will use...
With a new product and two deployments, Tropos Networks Inc. has staked itself firmly in the wireless LAN space. The firm announced its Tropos 4210, an in-vehicle mesh Wi-Fi router. It combines the company's fixed and mobile offerings.Tropos said its Wi-Fi cells form a...
