SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. and Chile's Telefonica Movil, an affiliate of Telefonica Moviles, announced the availability of the Merlin G100 Wireless PC Card Modem.Telefonica Movil has certified the card modem for its network in Chile and placed a purchase order for the product. The...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
A new customer survey shows that the wireless data industry may have turned the corner, a change that seems to be due to the advent of camera phones.The number of people using their phones to access Internet information increased for the first time since...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Nortel said that with the...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), a long-time champion in the fight against the unsolicited commercial e-mail that increasingly devours Internet capacity and threatens wireless data in its infancy, this week is expected to introduce anti-spam legislation that competes with a similar bill backed by chairmen...
The fate of wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. is unclear, and industry watchers have little faith that the company's destiny is a bright one."I don't really know what they bring to the table," said Michael King, senior analyst with Gartner Inc. "I do wonder...
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.Nortel said that with the win,...
In an apparent counter-punch to a recent Nokia Corp.-backed initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention to itself as a premier player in the space. The announcements include a W-CDMA...
The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will turn anytime soon.However, industry players continue to offer hopeful outlooks on the future. Some...
Tropos Networks Inc., formerly operating in stealth mode as FHP Wireless Inc., has unveiled its new Tropos technology, products and services to enable metro-scale deployments of Wi-Fi technology, offering end users wireless broadband access to data from wide public areas. Tropos' goal is to...
Barely a week after Nokia Corp. announced an initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention to itself as a premier player in the space.The announcements include a W-CDMA chipset that...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch a mobile-commerce service the carrier said will allow its subscribers to purchase accessories, perfumes and health care goods using their mobile phones.Mobile-phone users will be able to visit DoCoMo's new online store at...
Tropos Networks Inc., formerly operating in stealth mode as FHP Wireless Inc., has unveiled its new Tropos technology, products and services to enable metro-scale deployments of Wi-Fi technology, offering end users wireless broadband access to data from wide public areas. Tropos' goal is to...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it created a new operations support system for its wireless carrier customers, a move the company said gives operators a single point of contact to implement infrastructure products from companies including Hewlett-Packard Co., Micromuse, PSI, Steria,...
Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw assembled an all-star executive team to start and drive McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. in the 1980s and early 1990s. And though McCaw sold the business in 1994 for almost $12 billion to what it now AT&T Wireless Services Inc., many...
Although wireless industry leaders and commentators have long prophesized the importance of the business user segment in stimulating the wireless data market, some see that outlook changing as more consumer- and teenager-oriented wireless data services hit the market."Today's youth market will be tomorrow's business...
Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The move comes as little surprise because much of the wireless industry is working to migrate to...
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation's largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves that follow up on the company's promises to expand its wireless offerings.Under its deal with Verizon, Motient will act as...
The Internet may be the most revolutionary communications medium ever, but that revolution comes with the burden of a boatload of questionable "stuff"-rampant pornography, anonymous access to prescription drugs, illegal music downloads, online gambling, fraud, hoaxes, plagiarism-all led by the granddaddy of all Internet-related...
Those in the industry agree digital rights management is a key issue for wireless, and as a result there are several companies and a range of peripheral players looking to cash in on solutions to the problem.However, the complicated nature of the subject, as...
LISBON, Portugal-Portuguese wireless operator TMN announced it will begin selling a phone using Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system though a partnership with oil and gas company Galp Energia. The companies said they will offer a range of wireless data services, including information about Galp...
ATLANTA-Sanswire Technologies Inc. will move forward with its plan to launch a nationwide wireless broadband network, following the reworking of its agreement with Telesphere Communications Inc., a division of Techsphere Systems International L.L.C.Sanswire's network calls for high-altitude airships called Stratellites to offer high-speed wireless...
BOSTON-Ember Corp and Chipcon AS said they are partnering to produce radio-frequency integrated circuits and system-on-a-chip from 300MHz to 2.4GHz band."A combination of the Chipcon SOC and the Ember protocol stack should be formidable competition for both proprietary and standards-based solutions," said Ian McPherson,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-According to Verizon Wireless, consumers have downloaded 8.5 million applications since its Get It Now wireless data services were launched six months ago, with nearly 6 million applications downloaded in the first quarter of 2003 alone.Get It Now's 115 downloads include games, ring...
