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NEW YORK-Denver-based Formus Communications Inc. hopes to raise $150 million in an initial public offering of stock to help finance its deployment of fixed wireless data, voice and Internet access …

The popularity of wireless may be contributing to an industrywide shortage of some components used in mobile devices, although device manufacturers may not be feeling the effects just yet. After …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. announced a corporate restructuring to speed up growth and said it will refocus its business on value-added solutions for the Internet. This follows NEC’s Feb. 19 announcement of …

TORONTO-Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, a small Canadian company far from Silicon Valley, has developed some of the hottest wireless technology in the world. In just a short …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it invested in Formus Communications in an effort to build out Formus’ networks, which will provide improved broadband Internet access to small- and medium-sized businesses, …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The five founding companies of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group-Ericsson Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Toshiba Corp.-announced the release of the Bluetooth 1.0 specification. The …

NEW YORK-GTE Corp., Intel Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sprint Corp. are among companies participating in a study, launched in mid-July, to probe successful practices involved in post-merger and acquisition …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-A start-up company called @Motion Inc. announced plans to create an Internet voice portal server to link wireless networks with Internet portals. The company said its voice portal …

TOKYO-Hitachi Ltd., Intel Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Sharp Corp. agreed to standardize specifications for stacked chip scale packages, a multiple memory module for mobile communications and handheld computing applications. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Dialogic Corp. announced they entered into an agreement under which Intel will acquire Dialogic for $44 per share in an all-cash transfer offer valued at …

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-To move device interconnectivity from enticing theory to practical reality, the new Wireless Research Center of the University of California at Berkeley has formed a bi-coastal collaboration with …

Sirius Communications Sirius Communications NV introduced the DataSat Code Division Multiple Access development system. It offers an alternative to today’s very small aperture terminal systems. It works with all existing …

AdiCom Wireless Inc. signed an agreement with Marconi Communications giving the company distribution rights to market and sell AdiCom’s wireless local loop products worldwide. Marconi will offer AdiCom’s WLL products …

NEW YORK-RadiSys closed March 1 on a $28 million purchase of IBM Corp.’s Arctic business, the first of up to 10 acquisitions the Hillsboro, Ore., company plans during the next …

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Level One Communications Inc., Sacramento, Calif., has agreed to be acquired by Intel Corp. in a $2.2 billion stock swap that is expected to close by mid-year. “The transaction …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-GWcom Inc. said it received investment funding from Intel Corp., which GWcom plans to use to expand its business activities and provide it with the opportunity to collaborate …

SONY ELECTRONICS Sony Electronics introduced a new alphanumeric pager with a synthesized tuner, generic-over-the-air programming capabilities and the company’s Jog Dial operation, called the MP-7001. The generic-over-the-air programming technology, or …

Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a wireless e-mail solution, called BlackBerry, designed to allow Microsoft Exchange users mobile access to their desktop e-mail. BlackBerry is an end-to-end solution that combines …

PREFERRED NETWORKS Preferred Networks Inc. announced its founder, president and director, Michael Saner, will retire Dec. 31. Saner previously held upper-management positions at several paging companies, such as Paging Services …

The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has …

NEW YORK-Solaris 7, the newly released version of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s operating system, promises to provide wireless carriers improved capabilities for fraud control, data mining, bundled and enhanced services and …

L.M. Ericsson Brazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network. Value: US$140 million China. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network. Value: US$138 million China. With Hebei …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which designs, manufactures and installs wireless local area network systems, bar-code systems and short-range wireless-connectivity products, today announced its support for and full participation in the …

The Australian Communications Authority has invited applications for an auction of previously unsold 800 MHz and 1.8 GHz PCS spectrum. Bids closed on 31 August for the partial privatization of …

NEW YORK-Sirf Technology Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif., company established in 1995, announced agreements last week with Ericsson Inc., Hitachi America Ltd. and Nokia Corp. designed to propel the use …