German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
Alcatel's new handset deal with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corp. is part of a notable and growing trend toward joint ventures and acquisitions, and analysts expect the pace to accelerate."There's going to be some consolidation," said John Jackson, a wireless and mobile technology analyst...
DENVER-Radio frequency identification technology is reaching maturity. Such an assertion seems almost absurd for a technology that has recently received hype rivaling that of other newfangled short-range wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.But RFID is nothing new. It was introduced during World War II...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Digital map company Tele Atlas N.V. announced plans to acquire rival Geographic Data Technology for $100 million. Tele Atlas provides geographic mapping information to a variety of location-services companies, including wireless technology vendors.The deal is part of a major financing agreement between...
SAN DIEGO-The Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium announced mobile handset makers Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens have become strategic members. Founded by printer companies Hewlett-Packard Co., Canon and Epson, the MIPC is an industry group working to allow camera-phone users to...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Internet and wireless technology vendor InfoSpace Inc. reported $48.1 million in revenues, up 59 percent from the same quarter a year ago. The company also scored net income of $5.4 million, a turnaround from the $1.9 million net loss it reported in the...
Few wireless executives have had as much of an impact on the industry over the past several years as Nextel Communications Inc.'s Tim Donahue, who-despite running the smallest of the six nationwide carriers-has managed to garner significant influence over larger competitors looking to imitate...
NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet Protocol platform for routing calls. The service initially will be rolled out in the Ironbound section of Newark, N.J., within...
Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name or understand the business, over the course of its 30-year history InterDigital has managed to inject its innovations into the...
Satellite is spreading its wings. The sector appears to be aligning itself with other wireless technologies in hopes of becoming a significant part of a hybrid wireless network.John Kealey, chief executive officer of iDirect, a networking equipment company that makes routers that allow customers...
NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said it will deploy commercial Wi-Fi phone service in the United States using its own network and infrastructure and Net2Phone's voice-over-Internet Protocol platform for routing calls. The service will initially be rolled out in the Ironbound section of Newark, N.J., within...
Enterprise software company Sybase Inc. continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of the assets of privately held wireless technology company Dejima. Sybase said it would integrate Dejima's language processing technologies into its wireless enterprise subsidiary, iAnywhere Solutions Inc.Separately, Sybase posted a solid first...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved rules improving radio frequency identification systems for commercial shipping operations, a move that comes as enterprise applications and consumer concerns about the wireless technology attract increased attention on business and regulatory fronts.The FCC ruling increases the maximum power level...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s decision earlier this week to expand its wireless broadband network trial in the Raleigh, N.C., market may have proven well founded as network testing conducted by RBC Capital Markets indicated Flarion Technologies' Flash-OFDM based technology is providing data speeds nearly three...
Wireless merger-and-acquisition news appears to be reaching a frantic pitch as IQ Biometrix Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. announced plans to merge, MobilePro Corp. said it would buy assets of Internet service provider Crescent Communications Inc., and wireless content company SmartServ Online Inc. said...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today approved rules improving radio frequency identification systems for commercial shipping operations, a move that comes as enterprise applications and consumer concerns about the wireless technology attract increased attention on business and regulatory fronts.The FCC ruling increases the maximum power...
BOSTON-Under a new service from wireless technology companies RadioVoodoo and Upoc Networks, radio stations can quickly launch wireless polling and feedback services. Indeed, Boston's WBCN recently used the service to garner listener' reactions to Howard Stern's radio program."It is important for us to keep...
LONDON-Optimism prevails in the mobile communications industry, according to the ARC Group's new "3GSM 2004 Industry Survey."In fact, according to the survey, 85 percent of industry professionals believe their companies' profitability will grow in 2004, with 16 percent believing their profitability will increase by...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., which designs and manufactures antennas for wireless communications, has signed Sparco Technologies Inc. as an authorized distributor.Sparco, which distributes Wi-Fi technologies, will offer Centurion's complete line of in-building wireless LAN antennas to the U.S. market. The deal brings the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has unveiled its transportation solutions program for enterprise and consumers for deployments at airports, roadways, public transportation and seaports worldwide. It is a mixture of wireless and wired offering integrating voice, data and video.Already, the Toronto Pearson...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Mobile users are not properly securing mobile devices, even as use of wireless technologies in the workplace continues to rise, according to research firm Gartner Inc."Wireless mobility is the greatest change to occur in corporate data collection and distribution in the past decade,"...
PHILADELPHIA-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and NPower, a national network of local nonprofits focused on technology, announced a partnership aimed at educating nonprofits on how to use wireless technology to enhance community services.Through the partnership, the companies will host workshops to educate nonprofits on wireless...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced they have formed a strategic relationship that initially will focus on bringing new Bluetooth wireless technology accessories, broadband networking and home monitoring products to market, as well as expanding Motorola's battery business.RadioShack is currently a Motorola products...
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America's board of directors adopted a proposal to restructure the company's board, committees and councils. The restructure calls for a two-year transition from a board of 42 voting members to a board of 18 voting members; the creation of...
