SAN DIEGO-A delayed initial public offering and the resulting moves toward integration with the company's parent in Japan compelled top executives at mobile-phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. to resign, the company said.Howard Speaks resigned as Kyocera's chief executive officer and president. He was hired...
A delayed initial public offering and the resulting moves toward integration with the company's parent in Japan compelled top executives at mobile-phone maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. to resign, the company said.Howard Speaks resigned as Kyocera's chief executive officer and president. He was hired in...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said it will begin offering enhanced directory assistance services from Infonxx in a move that could save the carrier millions of dollars.Infonxx said that in addition to providing local and national directory assistance, the company would offer a number of...
Sprint PCS said it will begin offering enhanced directory assistance services from Infonxx in a move that could save the carrier millions of dollars.Infonxx said that in addition to providing local and national directory assistance, the company would offer a number of enhanced services,...
LONDON-Alcatel said it has entered a cooperation with Vianet Group plc to ensure Vianet's vOpen telemetry platform is interoperable with Alcatel's mPayment application solution. The companies said they will provide operators in European countries with end-to-end solutions for m-commerce and telemetry through joint marketing...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., Sprint PCS and wireless data access solutions provider Commerciant launched a wireless business process application and payment processing system designed for business critical transactions in the mobile work force technology market.The MobileScape service includes a Commerciant-engineered ruggedized handheld mobile device...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless named Airdesk Inc., an international distributor of telemetry and machine-to-machine wireless data solutions, as a national master agent for its Express Network high-speed data service.Airdesk said Verizon Wireless' data-only pricing plans provide value for M2M wireless data solutions and will allow...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile satellite service provider Globalstar announced it is now offering a data monitoring and acquisition service for asset tracking and sensory telemetry monitoring.The service, developed with AeroAsto Inc., uses palm-sized modems to track assets and read meters."These new data modems are ready...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.'s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous quarter and that its full-year growth will be lower than expected.Numerex said its wireless data revenues for the full year...
ATLANTA-Wireless telemetry player Numerex Corp. reported revenues of $12,000 for its second quarter, along with a net loss of $889,000.The company's stock was down 8 percent after the news to about $5.75 per share.Company officials also said plans to acquire BT Group plc's RedCare...
ATLANTA—Amid continuing bad news and profit losses, wireless telemetry company Numerex Corp. offered a ray of sunshine with its net earnings of 2 cents per share and positive earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization."Wireless telemetry revenue growth outpaced our stated 2002 guidelines of...
CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. has signed a licensing agreement to allow Schlumberger to use components of its remote data management, telemetry services product and wide area wireless technology."In particular, Wireless Matrix's technology will allow improvement on the current SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition)...
ATLANTA—Telemetry provider Numerex Corp. announced it is in negotiations with BT Group plc to purchase the company's RedCare telemetry network, a move that could expand Numerex's reach into the U.K. marketplace.Numerex said it made its announcement before a final deal had been reached "so...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Korean wireless device maker HuneTec Co. Ltd., which licensed Motorola Inc.'s ReFLEX two-way paging technology, is the latest in a string of companies seeking to fill the gap Motorola left in the U.S. paging market after its departure.HuneTec said it plans to...
ATLANTA, United States—Numerex announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message service (SMS) throughout its Caribbean coverage areas in Curacao, St. Marten, Bonaire, Saba and Statia.Numerex will use its Data1Source centralized...
ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced it will provide United Telecommunication Services (UTS), official telecommunications company of the Netherlands Antilles, with its patent-pending wireless short message service throughout its coverage areas in Curacao, St. Marten, Bonaire, Saba and Statia.Numerex will use its Data1Source centralized service bureau to...
ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced its new expanded long-term wireless strategy, which involves introducing products for machine-to-machine communications working over a variety of technologies.Numerex said its customers will soon be able to send machine-to-machine communications using the company's Cellemetry analog technology, SMS telemetry or—for large data...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading carrier in Japan, will on 25 January launch a new terminal developed exclusively for data communications. As part of its effort to make a breakthrough in the would-be saturated Japanese mobile market, NTT DoCoMo is emphasizing remote communications and telemetry...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said on Dec. 28 that it was re-allocating 27 megahertz of spectrum for new flexible services.The spectrum is being made available as part of the 1993 congressionally mandated transfer of 200 megahertz of government spectrum to non-governmental uses.None of the...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Cellular is making waves in the healthcare industry with a new device capable of monitoring heart patients' conditions. The FDA has approved the Biotronik Home Monitoring System, a pacemaker capable of remote, real-time monitoring. The device uses cell phone signals to send health...
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom—Chronos Technology began offering Globalstar's packet data satellite service in Europe, with the main applications being remote measurement and telemetry in remote regions where data must be collected regularly.
SAN JOSE, California, United States—U.S.-based Aeris.net and Mexico's Telcel have launched a wireless telemetry network in Mexico. The network will offer nationwide service and will operate with Aeris.net products currently deployed in the United States and Canada.
It's quiet out there in the paging and messaging industry.Perhaps too quiet.WebLink Wireless Inc., Arch Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Inc. are the three largest independent paging and messaging companies in the country, and it seems their fates are intricately entwined. They are all facing...
