GPS

SAN JOSE—SiRF Technology and NEC Electronics announced a licensing agreement that will integrate SiRF’s SiRFstarII GPS technology into NEC’s integrated circuits for the automotive marketplace. The companies said that the …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market. The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the past several years. However, the …

BOCA RATON, Florida, United States—Venezuelan mobile operator Movilnet plans to provide global positioning system (GPS) services through an agreement with U.S.-based DatumCom. The agreement includes using GPS technology to provide …

BOCA RATON, Fla.—DatumCom Corp. announced it will join with Movilnet to provide AVL/GPS location services in Venezuela. The companies plan to combine a systems platform and operational services and support …

BEND, Ore.—Edge Wireless L.L.C. announced it is offering its customers Airbiquity Inc.’s global positioning system accessory, which is compatible with Nokia handsets, in an effort to comply with Phase II …

WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won’t be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness …

This sad story could have involved any wireless carrier and anybody, but the phone Lazaro Leiva allegedly talked on while driving a Ford Explorer last March happened to be connected …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. agreed to purchase IBM Corp.’s global positioning system development operation, the company said. The acquisition provides RFMD with advanced GPS technology and access to IBM’s …

BOULDER, Colo.—Intrado Inc. said it plans to expand its business into commercial data management and announced a recently formed partnership this week. The company plans to enter commercial data management …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch location services using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite system and motion picture services with 64 kilobits per second …

BUCHAREST, Romania—According Gulf News, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Thuraya’s services will be available in 30 countries, including Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Greece, Bangladesh, Sri …

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.—Airbiquity Inc. said it is distributing its GPS Accessory to i-Planet Wireless, Entrust Connections and Sky Cop. Aradiant, formerly The National Dispatch Center Inc., will support the call …

SALT LAKE CITY—Valence Semiconductor announced its VS7001 integrated circuit for GPS applications is now available. “The VS7001 represents a milestone in GPS design engineering and innovation moving toward the world’s …

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-International Business Machines Corp. said it has added two new chip technologies known as Radio Frequency CMOS and an enhanced silicon germanium to its pool of offerings to …

WASHINGTON-XtremeSpectrum Inc., a hopeful entrant into the ultra-wideband market, has made a proposal that it believes will answer critics’ claims that ultra-wideband technologies will cause harmful interference to the global …

With less than two years in the game, software platform provider Stick Networks has already made a name for itself with its flagship Personal Digital Network, a wireless platform that …

FAIRFAX, Va.-The City of Fairfax, Virginia went wireless last week with NextBus Information Systems Inc., a company that prides itself on delivering accurate, real time travel information to public transit …

DENVER-Qwest Wireless last week filed to change its Enhanced 911 Phase II solution from a network-based solution to an assisted Global Positioning Satellite-or hybrid-solution. Qwest in November was one of …

SnapTrack Inc. will provide its SnapTrack SnapSmart Hybrid Wireless Assisted GPS location server software to Seoul-based wireless infrastructure developer, Neolink Technologies Inc. Neolink will incorporate SnapTrack’s software into its Position …

As technologies continue to advance and third-generation becomes more imminent, the mobile phone may be moving back into the place it began-the car. An increasingly mobile work force has led …

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 …

For the thousands of children who are abducted each year, and for those adults with Alzheimer’s Disease or other impairments that can cause confusion and often lead them to become …

HONG KONG-Trunked radio has been the Cinderella of Hong Kong’s wireless communications in recent years, compared with the fast-growing mobile-phone technologies, but things may soon change. China’s industrialization is opening …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Magellan, the company responsible for creating several clip-on GPS readers for the Palm, recently introduced its new GPS Companion for Handspring’s Visor. The companion fits into the Springboard …

With a three-pronged onslaught at the wireless market, AeroComm Inc. is trying to move its image up a notch. The company, which is a wireless systems division of International FiberCom …