MIAMI-As part of its ongoing strategy to move beyond its legacy heritage in providing operation support systems solutions, Telcordia Technologies Inc. announced two partnerships and spelled out its business plans going forward. Telcordia and Accenture last week announced a strategic alliance where systems integrator...
Growth of the wireless location-pinpointing industry is evident with a flurry of company announcements. Boston-based Skyhook Wireless said it raised $6.5 million in its first round of Series B financing. The metro Wi-Fi location systems provider said Bain Capital Ventures led the round, along...
WASHINGTON-At the stroke of midnight Saturday, all the wireless carriers that selected a handset solution for E-911 Phase II rules failed to meet the FCC's requirements, and as RCR Wireless News went to press it was unclear if any of the carriers would receive...
WASHINGTON-More than two-thirds of the nation's population has access to enhanced 911 service, largely because it is being deployed in urban areas faster than in rural communities, according to figures posted earlier this month by the National Emergency Number Association. Howver, more than half...
WASHINGTON-More than two-thirds of the nation's population has access to enhanced 911 service, largely because it is being deployed in urban areas faster than in rural communities, according to figures posted earlier this month by the National Emergency Number Association. Howver, more than half...
BOSTON-Metro Wi-Fi location systems provider Skyhook Wireless said it raised $6.5 million in its first round of Series B financing. The company stated that Bain Capital Ventures led the round, along with Intel Capital. Existing investors Innovent, an entrepreneurial division of Nokia Corp., and...
Wireless distributor and fulfillment services provider Brightpoint Inc. is going directly to consumers with branded retail stores. The company said it plans to sell mobile phones and services from Sprint Nextel Corp., Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. and Vonage Holdings Inc. through outlets under the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ditech Communications Corp. announced its Voice Quality Evaluation Program, which the company said is a network-advisory program that allows carriers to evaluate and repair network problems that affect sound quality. The program relies on Ditech's BVP-Flex platform to continually monitor select areas...
While the industry steps up marketing campaigns in an effort to push lucrative nonvoice applications, content providers are quietly working to create "mobile communities" centered on wireless content and services. Motricity Inc., a North Carolina-based content and technology provider, began spending some if its...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint introduced two location-based services that will provide driving directions and roadside assistance via a wireless voice call to customers who opt in to the services. The company said the services are available on request to most customers who subscribe to Roadside...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint introduced two location-based services that will provide driving directions and roadside assistance via a wireless voice call to customers who opt in to the services.The company said the services are available on request to most customers who subscribe to Roadside Rescue...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said the spectrum Nextel Communications Inc. is giving up as part of the FCC's 800 MHz band retuning plan is worth $452 million more than its original estimate. The action means that after the rebanding process is complete,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Wednesday said the spectrum Nextel Communications Inc. is giving up as part of the FCC's 800 MHz band retuning plan is worth $452 million more that its original estimate. The action means that after the rebanding process is complete,...
Nextel subscribers may soon use their cell phones as divining rods to find cheap gas.Televigation, a California-based provider of location-based services for mobile users, has developed a "fuel finder" feature for its TeleNav service that directs drivers to the least expensive gas station in...
RFID chips that can be used to scan inventory are either the latest, greatest way to track large pallets entering the retail warehouse or another step toward a world where Big Brother watches your every movement-and tracks every purchase you make.Privacy advocates fear the...
While Wal-Mart Stores Inc. joins the high-tech industry in celebrating its recently launched supply-chain management Radio Frequency Identification pilot program, consumer privacy groups are shaking their collective heads, concerned about the implications RFID tagging has on consumer privacy rights.Wal-Mart launched its trial with eight...
ATLANTA-The U.S. wireless content industry continues to crackle with growing pains as Japanese gaming company Square Enix announced it will buy UIEvolution for a stunning $58 million in cash. The deal is the latest in a series of major mergers and acquisitions in the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Wireless data company AirLink Communications Inc. announced three of its products, AirLink Redwing CDMA, AirLink Raven CDMA and AirLink Pinpoint CDMA, have received certification from Verizon Wireless and will become part of the company's telemetry offerings."The combination of Verizon Wireless' national network and...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced its global positioning system antenna will be used in the 2004 Lincoln Aviator luxury Sports Utility Vehicle's navigation system.With GPS capabilities, the car will be able to pinpoint its location and guide the driver to a given destination with...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following the acquisition in March of wireless local are network (WLAN) operators Megastream and Munich-based WLAN, fixed-line carrier Swisscom, which now has more than 800 WLAN access points, has linked with Nomadix to hasten the deployment of more 802.11b hot spots. In...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-With $3 million, Ardesta LLC has started a new small tech company, Sensicast Systems Inc. that will develop and market low-power, battery-operable, wireless sensor network solutions for the commercial industrial, agricultural and security industries.Sensicast, which will be headquartered in Needham, Mass., will...
CARY, N.C.-Wireless software platform provider Pinpoint Networks Inc. announced it closed new venture funding with Intel Capital, which brings the company's total funding to $20 million since its founding in 1999."Our greatest accomplishment over the past 12 months has been a laser-like focus on...
LONDON-Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. announced agreements with five companies to deliver location-based services to its future U.K. third-generation subscribers. The agreements are with the U.K. national mapping agency Ordnance Survey and vendors Tele Altas, Whereonearth, Ionic Software and TCS.The agreements will provide Hutchison with...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said that through an extension of its agreement with Pinpoint Networks Inc. it can offer enhanced services to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN customers using Pinpoint's Fuel Platform. Those enhanced services include bookmarking features allowing Mobile Web customers to...