SAN DIEGO-Wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. announced it scored $6.7 million in new financing, which the company said will sustain it until it reaches break-even cash flow."This new investment is necessary for us to execute our business plan and will allow us to...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS launched a new promotion providing customers that sign a two-year contract for the carrier's $100 per month unlimited PCS Vision Plan for laptops and personal digital assistants with a free Novatel Wireless Merlin C201 PC card.Sprint PCS also said...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have paired to jointly promote their products.According to the marketing agreement, Novatel will push Wireless Knowledge's Wireless Workstyle product family while Wireless Knowledge promotes Novatel's high-speed wireless data products to its enterprise customers. Separately, Novatel Wireless...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.- Novatel Wireless Inc. Centertap will distribute its wireless modems in Brazil. The products include the Merlin G201 GPRS wireless PC card, along with all of Novatel wireless' CDPD products like Merlin, Minstrel and Lancer product families.
SAN DIEGO-IBM Corp. has signed an agreement to deliver through Ingram Micro Inc., an electronics equipment wholesaler and supply chain manager, the new Merlin C201 PCS Connection Card from Novatel Wireless Inc.The personal computer card, designed to operate on the enhanced Sprint PCS nationwide...
DENVER-BVRP Software USA licensed Novatel Wireless Inc. to bundle BVRP's Mobile PhoneTools connectivity software with its Merlin G201 and G301 Wireless PC Modems.BVRP said the software is designed to automate the set-up of digital wireless cellular connections on a laptop or personal digital assistant...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced it will partner with PCTEL Inc. to offer PCTEL's Wi-Fi Roaming Clients as an option with all Novatel GPRS and CDMA 1x Merlin PC Card modems.The combined solution will allow users to access the Internet, e-mail, personal information and...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has signed a deal with Novatel Wireless to develop and market wireless modems for next-generation, high-speed data products.Under the contract, Novatel will develop multi-mode, multi-band UMTS/GPRS wireless PC card modems, while Lucent will research, develop and market...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it would begin offering its next-generation PCS Vision service through its retail stores and business channels nationwide beginning next week. Initial applications for the service will allow customers to take and receive pictures, check personal and corporate e-mail, play...
SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless announced it is establishing a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that will consist of several university and industry experts with extensive wireless communications experience.Initial board members include: Sujit Dey, professor in electrical and computer engineering department at University of California, San Diego,...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless Data Services (WDS) opened a service center in Kirkland, Wash., to further serve its North and South American customers. "Since 1994, we've been focused exclusively on wireless data, and that strategy is paying off as this dynamic industry becomes real," explained David...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless cut its revenue forecasts due to problems with its supply agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., causing investors to drop its stock and analyst firms to downgrade the company.The company's stock dropped from about $6.50 to about...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint PCS, which Reuters reported will roll out its next-generation network nationwide in August, announced it would co-brand and jointly market Novatel Wireless Inc.'s PCS 1x-compatible Connection Card beginning this summer with the launch of its 1x network. While not providing a...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said CDMA operators in North America have started receiving volume shipments of its cdma2000 1x products.The company said such companies as AirPrime, GTRAN, Kyocera, LG, Novatel Wireless, Samsung, Sanyo and Sierra Wireless are rolling out the technology-based handsets, personal computer memory...
CHICAGO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced GSM/GPRS services in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Kansas City areas geared towards the business market. The carrier said businesses will be able to access the network through their laptop computers and personal digital assistants using a Novatel Merlin G100...
SEATTLE—Monet Mobile Networks Inc., which won PCS spectrum licenses during the Federal Communications Commission's auction earlier this year, launched its data-only, cdma2000 1x next-generation wireless network in Sioux Falls, S.D.The data service uses PC card modems provided from Novatel Wireless and Gtran Wireless compatible...
NEW YORK-In profits, the category that counts the most, Nokia Corp. retained top billing, with Ericsson Inc. holding on to second place, according to information from Standard & Poor's.Lucent Technologies Inc., which ranked sixth last year, moved into third place, displacing ADC Telecommunications Inc.,...
It took just one year for the hype and optimism to come crashing down on Metricom Inc., which now finds itself choking on nearly $1 billion in debt and seeking protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code.Last July, the high-speed wireless data provider launched its...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Battling reaction to the profit warning it issued late last week, Sierra Wireless stood out with several announcements at this week's PC Expo.Sierra Wireless released its AirPath 300 wireless adapter, which enables wireless data access for the Handspring Visor handheld computer. According...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Streaming video is a technology that is often mentioned in conjunction with third-generation (3G) networks, but users may see its possibilities sooner than 3G network rollouts.Streaming media is the ability to receive video alerts, wireless games, short video clips, and news and sports...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless data communications access solutions, and Tech Data Corp., which provides IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, announced an international distribution agreement.Novatel Wireless' product portfolio of wireless computing devices will be available to the more than...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Novatel Wireless, which provides wireless data communication access software, announced commercial availability of their co-branded Merlin CDPD Special Edition for use with Pocket PC devices.The software, which is only slightly larger than a credit card, slides into a Type II...
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, and Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless data access solutions, announced an agreement to jointly market and sell wireless enterprise solutions to corporations.The joint solution will provide corporations with Novatel's...
InfowaveThomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.'s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft's Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company's worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll also served as general manager...
