Sprint Corp.'s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the portion of the carrier's Web site aimed at business users included preliminary coverage maps and information on its "high-speed data service" early last week. The maps,...
Sprint Corp. said it will begin offering Novatel Wireless Inc.'s Merlin S620 PC card that is designed to operate on the carrier's CDMA2000 1x and soon-to-launch EV-DO network. The PC card includes Sprint's PCS Connection Manager Software to manage the user's network connection and...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it will abandon its attempt at the smart-phone business after a miserable outing with its first product, the Voq Professional Phone. Sierra said it will either divest its Voq business or simply terminate it. Investors reacted with apparent relief, sending...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it will abandon its attempt at the smart-phone business after a miserable outing with its first product, the Voq Professional Phone. Sierra said it will either divest its Voq business or simply terminate it.Investors reacted with apparent relief, sending the...
Sierra WirelessSierra Wireless Inc.' board of directors said it is separating the roles of chair and chief executive officer and replacing the lead independent director position with a non-executive chair position. Peter Ciceri, the company's lead independent director since 2002, has been selected as...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available from Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. for use on the company's newly launched EDGE network in the Guangdong province of China.The EDGE network services more than 18 million customers...
ROCHESTER, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched CDMA2000 EV-DO services in Olmsted County, Minn., providing customers with the only EV-DO service available in the state. The carrier said the service provides network speeds of between 300 kilobits per second and 500 kbps and builds...
Modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. announced two new High-Speed Downlink Packet Access products for laptop computers, firing one of the first volleys in the nascent but potentially significant market for HSDPA technology.Novatel is in a race with other modem makers such as Sierra Wireless...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc.' board of directors said it is separating the roles of chair and chief executive officer and replacing the lead independent director position with a non-executive chair position.Peter Ciceri, the company's lead independent director since 2002, has been selected as...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. reported results slightly ahead of expectations, but forecast that its losses would continue. The news extended the company's stock slide, with investors dropping the company's shares to around $7.35 per share."Our financial results for the first...
The following wireless companies had debt ratings changes by financial services firms this week.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its ratings on four wireless tower companies on CreditWatch with positive implications. The companies are SpectraSite Inc., Crown Castle International Corp., AAT Communications Corp. and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless said its AirCard 775 wireless wide area network card is now available to Telfort customers in the Netherlands. The card has quad-band operation for global roaming on EDGE and GSM/GPRS networks. The AirCard 775 is available in Telfort retail shops,...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd. At a retail store in Vienna, the HSDPA technology supported applications such as FTP downloading, real-time television broadcasts from Austria's GoTV and live Web cams,...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd.At a retail store in Vienna, the HSDPA technology supported applications such as FTP downloading, real-time television broadcasts from Austria's GoTV and live Web cams, Nortel...
T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into high-end devices as well as the risks carriers face in selling them. Wireless stands...
NEW ORLEANS-CellStar and Sybase entered a strategic partnership to incorporate Sybase's mFolio Content Services Solution into CellStar's existing wireless communications portfolio of products and services. CellStar said it will seamlessly provide the mFolio Content Services Solution to wireless carriers via a wide range of...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts by releasing an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is compatible with Sprint's CDMA 1x network. The move is notable because Sprint does not offer EV-DO services. The carrier said it plans to...
Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts with the release of an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is also compatible with Sprint's current CDMA 1xRTT network.The move is notable because Sprint does not currently offer EV-DO services. The carrier said it...
SAN DIEGO-PC card and wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. reported fourth-quarter results in line with its reduced guidance, news that sent the company's stock up almost 10 percent to $13.16 per share. The announcement comes as Novatel's main rival Sierra Wireless Inc. faces...
The beatings on Sierra Wireless Inc. continue. Just a week after the company released dismal first-quarter expectations, a law firm filed suit against the company, alleging the wireless modem maker misled investors and essentially mismanaged its business.Sierra Wireless said it had not yet seen...
Sierra Wireless Inc. said it will jointly work with Nokia Corp.'s network division to test its forthcoming High-Speed Downlink Packet Access wireless PC cards. Sierra's announcement comes shortly after the company said it would use Qualcomm Inc.'s HSDPA chips in the cards. Nokia and...
Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc.-sending the company's stock down an astounding 38 percent to $8.97 per share-after the company said it expects to post a massive drop in first-quarter revenues and a huge loss. Just 12 hours later, Sierra's main rival, Novatel Wireless...
Wall Street stomped Sierra Wireless Inc. after the company said it expects to post a drop in first-quarter revenues and a huge loss, sending the company's stock down an astounding 35 percent to $9.38 per share-the company's lowest share price in more than a...
Redline Communications unveiled a WiMAX-ready base station and subscriber station. Redline released the AN-100U, a fully compliant IEEE 802.16-2004 platform. A member of the WiMAX Forum T, Redline said it is actively participating in developing the 802.16e standard for mobile applications. "Interest in the...
