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 suffering through a slump during the last several years that was characterized by an oversupply...
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 its intention to restructure.As part of its reorganization, NEC said it will focus on...
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 time, RIM has transformed itself into a market leader in technically advanced interactive pagers...
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, as well as finance business development activities in Europe.Denver-based Formus is deploying last-mile broadband...
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 Bluetooth 1.0 specification consists of two documents-the Foundation Core, which provides design specifications, and 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 integration.Best Practices L.L.C., Chapel Hill, N.C., is conducting the evaluation, entitled "Post-Merger and Acquisition...
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.Specifications of S-CSP with flash memory and SRAM chips include compatibility of pin assign, unification...
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 server infrastructure will allow any wireless carrier or portal provider to offer Internet-based services-like unified...
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 approximately $780 million.The acquisition is aimed at expanding Intel's standard-high-volume server business, said the...
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 the Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University in New Jersey."We started the Wireless...
Sirius CommunicationsSirius 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 satellite bands, and TV satellite receiver antennas may be used to receive the signals. The...
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 and services under its brand name of MAARS 100 and MAARS 200, and they...
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 three years, primarily to bolster its presence in telecommunications."Our first interest is telecommunications-base stations,...
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 is one of a series of actions taken by Intel to broaden it presence in...
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 with Intel to optimize StrongARM processor technology for digital wireless communications markets. Bill Johnson,...
SONY ELECTRONICSSony 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 GOTAP, is an advanced feature of the Motorola Inc. FLEXsuite protocol. Sony also released the...
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 the Inter@ctive 950 pager from RIM with e-mail/organizer software, a PC docking cradle, desktop software,...
PREFERRED NETWORKSPreferred 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 Inc., a paging repair, maintenance, installation and sales company he founded, which was acquired by...
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 brought together some of the industry's heaviest hitters under the umbrella of the Bluetooth...
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 manpower and computer system utilization.With its full, 64-bit implementation, Solaris 7 "opens up a...
L.M. EricssonBrazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network.Value: US$140 millionChina. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network.Value: US$138 millionChina. With Hebei Post & Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM and TACS networks.Value: US$110 millionMexico. With Telcel to build a 1900 MHz TDMA network...
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 development of the Bluetooth specification. Symbol is a member of the Bluetooth Special Interest...
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 Telekom Austria. The Austrian government is looking to sell a 25-percent stake in the company,...
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 of global positioning system technology in wireless devices, including cellular phones."Sirf's objective has always...
