SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. will provide Vodafone with third-generation wireless data products. Novatel will integrate its Merlin 3G UMTS Wireless PC Card Modems with Vodafone's Mobile Connect software, allowing Vodafone subscribers to securely send and receive e-mails, browse the Internet and download attachments at...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has requested another extension before filing its reorganization plan, but told the court Tuesday that it would like to emerge from bankruptcy by late January.The latest extension request would have NextWave filing its reorganization plan by Nov. 12 and then soliciting...
CHANDLER, Ariz.-Space Data Corp. has expanded its SkySite balloon-borne wireless data network to cover a total of 600,000 square miles.The network, used primarily by oil and gas companies for monitoring and controlling well sites, now provides coverage in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and to...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc., Intel Corp., and IBM Corp. said they have come together to develop a new security specification for such advanced online mobile commerce services as electronic tickets and e-wallets.Known as "Trusted Mobile Platform," it will fend off viruses and other software attacks...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! have teamed up to offer a solution suite featuring e-mail, mapping, news and weather-information applications to Verizon subscribers through the Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 service."Verizon Wireless' new offering of Yahoo!'s leading services deliver innovative features and cutting-edge technology...
SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless Services Corp. said it has deployed its multimedia wireless data network and MicroLocal Mobile Content Engine offerings with regional carriers CellOne Great Lakes of Iowa and MidTex Cellular.The Micro-Local Content Engine is a new service from Wireless Services that allows regional carriers...
Broadband wireless carrier Clearwire and Intel Corp. said they will join forces to develop and deploy WiMAX wireless broadband networks. Wireless broadband equipment from Clearwire subsidiary NextNet Wireless will be used for the networks. Future Intel silicon products that will support the upcoming 802.16...
Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within a two-week span, the San Diego-based vendor penned two deals that underscore its intention to be a mainstream player in...
SAN DIEGO-With a view to bringing CDMA to the mainstream of the European market, Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired Trigenix, a mobile user interface company, for $36 million.The U.K. company's technology will be combined with Qualcomm's BREW technology to make wireless devices in...
Following the recent expansion of its commercial CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network to include 14 major markets and 24 airport locations nationwide last month, Verizon Wireless is set to add 16 more markets by the end of this year. Speaking at the USTA Telecom '04...
OTTAWA-VeriSign Inc. has licensed Bridgewater Systems' authentication, authorization and accounting and mediation capabilities, according to a strategic agreement between the companies. VeriSign will use the technology in its Wireless Data Roaming Service, which enables data roaming for next-generation offerings. The transaction-based service handles key...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continues to roll out advanced devices and services despite an impending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which could be completed by the end of the year. AWS' trend of new offerings could force Cingular to make some tough decisions about...
Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said last week that the company's highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless towers could be completed by the end of this year, and that the company was moving aggressively on its deployment...
OTTAWA-VeriSign Inc. has licensed Bridgewater Systems' authentication, authorization and accounting and mediation capabilities, according to a strategic agreement between the companies. VeriSign will use the technology in its Wireless Data Roaming Service, which enables data roaming for next-generation offerings. The transaction-based service handles key...
Sprint Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Forsee said the company's highly anticipated sale of its more than 6,200 wireless towers could be completed by the end of this year and that the company is moving aggressively on its deployment of high-speed wireless...
It was a remarkable coming-out party for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The mobile-game developer raised $88.8 million in its initial public offering, then watched as its stock soared 41 percent Wednesday, the first day of trading.Jamdat had filed for an offering of 5.31 million shares...
EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA is singing its own song. At the CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, the technology's...
The wide ranging world of wireless roaming has fallen on deaf ears when it comes to CDMA2000 1x data services. Most U.S. operators have yet to sign agreements that would allow customers to continue to access their data services when using a competitor's network....
ORLANDO, Fla.-The Open Mobile Alliance unveiled 10 new enabler releases in an effort to ensure service interoperability across mobile devices. Nearly 400 OMA member companies around the world have collaborated on the enabler releases, which allow interoperable wireless data services to be launched among...
MUNICH, Germany-Research In Motion announced it will offer an aftermarket BlackBerry Connect software download for PalmSource Inc.'s Palm operating system.The partnership will allow Palm OS wireless device owners to sign up for BlackBerry wireless services, including the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service."We...
BOSTON-The market for data cards in Western Europe is potentially large, according to a new report from The Yankee Group.Operators, faced with restricted third-generation coverage, capacity and handsets have focused on business users and cellular PCMCIA cards for initial commercial third-generation services, said the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems and a majority of its current Interactive customer base to affiliates of venture-capital company Cerberus Capital Management L.P. for an...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular said it sold its 65-percent holding in Millicom Argentina, a high-speed wireless data joint venture, to its local partner after receiving regulatory approval. The carrier did not disclose the amount of the sale.All four wireless carriers in Argentina are upgrading...
Verizon Wireless increased the stakes in the wireless data market last week, announcing the expansion of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service to 11 new markets as well as limited coverage at 10 airports in eight additional markets. The expansion brings the carrier's total...
