Machine-to-machine wireless network operator Aeris Communications Inc. reported recent enhancements to its data services to support asset tracking, automotive telematics and stolen vehicle recovery using CDMA and GSM networks nationwide-a move that puts the company in the same space as telematics veteran OnStar.In fact,...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Verizon Communications Inc. is selling off a paging and wireless telemetry unit that it acquired when it purchased the former MCI Inc. earlier this year.Bell Industries Inc. agreed to purchase Verizon Communications' subsidiary SkyTel Corp., which provides paging, telemetry, two-way messaging and...
LOS ANGELES--Money is flowing again and major corporations often respond to sales pitches when choosing mobile technologies--great news for the wireless industry, according to speakers during the opening keynote at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show. Corporate spending on information technology tends...
Money is flowing again and major corporations often respond to sales pitches when choosing mobile technologies—great news for the wireless industry, according to Tuesday’s speakers at the keynote CIO Roundtable. RCR @ CTIAClick here for complete coverage of the CTIA Wireless I.T. show. Click...
CHICAGO-Air Products and nPhase L.L.C. have teamed up to explore using machine-to-machine telemetry technology to remotely monitor inventory levels in tanks and containers. Air Products brings data management capabilities and experience with remote electronic monitoring services to the joint venture. The company has used...
SAN ANTONIO-Nighthawk Systems Inc.'s telemetry devices will be able to access Verizon Wireless' network, according to an agreement between the two companies. Nighthawk provides wireless power control and emergency notification products. The agreement allows it to bundle and sell products with Verizon Wireless service.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to face relocation problems with its third-generation mobile-phone spectrum plan, a situation that could affect the timing of June's auction and combine with other factors to lower revenues the United States needs to move Pentagon radio systems to new...
Iridium Satellite L.L.C. announced it added push-to-talk services to its worldwide satellite-based network, allowing customers to deploy what the carrier calls "multi-user communication nets."Separately, Iridium announced it will sell a new data transceiver based on its Short Burst Data technology, which will support asset...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will move its mobile-phone and telemetry manufacturing operations from its headquarters in San Diego across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. The company said it would cut 450 manufacturing jobs in San Diego."Wireless is among the most competitive of all...
Sanswire Networks L.L.C. is not alone in targeting the sky as a new platform from which to base wireless communications. SkyTower Inc., owned by AeroVironment, plans to launch unmanned, solar-electric airplanes to provide wireless communications. SkyTower's aircraft, to be placed 60,000 feet in the...
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom detailed steps it plans to take to introduce spectrum trading in the country by the end of the year. Spectrum trading will allow license holders to buy and sell their rights in an open market, Ofcom said.The following license classes...
Nextel Communications Inc. unveiled its Java-based PitCommand service offering as part of its NASCAR.com To Go package that allows users to view live information that crew chiefs receive at their command stations during NASCAR races, including speed, engine revolutions per minute, throttle/brake indicators and...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will begin offering a bundled device and services package allowing business customers to use Bluetooth-enabled Hewlett-Packard iPAQ Pocket PC devices and Nokia Corp.'s 6820 handset to access the carrier's EDGE network.The carrier said that customers who already own...
TEMECULA, Calif.-Opto 22, which manufactures hardware and software for industrial automation, remote monitoring, enterprise data acquisition and machine-to-machine applications, announced two new integration deals.The company has integrated Sony Ericsson's GT48 control terminal with Opto 22's OptoGSM I/O hardware. The result is improved, lower-cost and...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it selected M2M Connectivity Pty Ltd., which distributes machine-to-machine telemetry modules, as a distributor of the Kyocera 200 Module in Australia and New Zealand.The Kyocera 200 Module, introduced last year, powers several CDMA-based M2M solutions worldwide, said the company."Many...
FRESNO, Calif.-DPS Telecom and Tridium Inc. said it has entered a strategic alliance to allow their telecom customers integrate their building automation and network telemetry systems.Both companies aim to work, within the networks of Bell companies, to integrate "virtually all smart devices" within their...
CHANDLER, Ariz.-Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to continue its rollout of its weather balloon-based wireless data telemetry services."This is extraordinarily...
Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to continue its rollout of its weather balloon-based wireless data telemetry services."This is extraordinarily valuable...
Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. warned in Security and Exchange filings that it will soon lose its largest customer, UPS. Motient said it plans to counteract the loss by further lowering its network costs, beefing up its resale agreements with Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. has released its Phonecell SX4T CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular terminal. The new product launch follows the introduction of its Phonecell SX4P CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular phone, which began shipping in August. By plugging standard telephones, faxes and computers into the...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are confident that this transaction makes good sense...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are confident that this transaction makes good sense...
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...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed up Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Inc. (APBW) as the latest carrier to offer Qualcomm's BREW application download service.Indeed, the CDMA2000 1x carrier is working to expand the capabilities of its CDMA network as just last week APBW signed a...
