NEW ORLEANS-Samsung Telecommunications America announced three new wireless systems products for the North American market.The products are designed to drive value-added services for CDMA carrier, increasing average revenue per user and lowering expenses.The new line includes teh SCBS-400S5 Pico Base Transceiver Station, InfoMobile 3GS...
NEW ORLEANS-ADC and The Management Network Group demonstrated on-demand revenue management for wireless public access networks at the CTIA Wireless 2003 show.Using ADC's Singl.eView dynamic transaction management platform integrated with the wireless infrastructure, ADC is performing real-time service creation and policy-based charging from authentication,...
NEW ORLEANS-Texas Instruments Inc. showcased a "tri-wireless personal digital assistant" concept design at CTIA Wireless 2003.The design integrates wireless local area network, Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS technologies to allow simultaneous phone calls, Web browsing, mobile-commerce, Bluetooth-enabled capabilities like printing and integrated DSP-accelerated multimedia applications, said...
Based on feedback from approximately 100 corporate IT directors in eight European countries, Frost & Sullivan has concluded that increased enterprise adoption of wireless technologies depends primarily on improved security but also on lower cost and better reliability of equipment and services."The key issues...
LAS VEGAS-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc. announced at IWCE in Las Vegas it is celebrating 25 years as a designer and manufacturer of antennas and power products for wireless communications. "I am proud to look back on our 25 years as an industry leader and...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc., which offers GPS and wireless technology products for automotive, consumer and commercial applications, said it won a $12.5 million order from Brightstar Corp. for its fixed-base wireless telephone. The deal comes after a previous Brightstar order of $20 million.
TORONTO-Canadian vendors are seeking more cooperation among carriers to promote interoperability. That's the message from a wireless conference hosted Tuesday by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto.Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion (RIM) co-chief executive officer (CEO), said, "The most important thing for us in inter-carrying...
WASHINGTON-President Bush has appointed Janice Obuchowski to head the U.S. delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference this summer in Geneva.The expected appointment of Obuchowski, a former telecom policy-maker and NextWave Telecom Inc. executive who now heads a consulting firm, comes just days after the...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released additional details on its previously announced N-Gage video game platform/mobile phone, reporting the support of a range of major video game developers and sales timelines.In conjunction with the release, Nokia held two "Get Ready to N-Gage" events in London and...
The Bush administration and industry reached agreement supporting a global allocation of 5 GHz spectrum for unlicensed wireless technologies that would operate at power levels that do not interfere with military radar, culminating months of intense negotiations and strengthening the U.S. position for the...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. scored a massive deal with technology services giant EDS, under which EDS will manage and resell Aether's wireless technologies and services. EDS will also manage Aether's internal information technology operations and customer care services."The endorsement of a global leader...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. named two high school students as the winners of its Wireless Technology Touchdown contest, which called for ideas on how wireless technology can enhance the sport of football.Chris Castello, a sophomore at Helix Charter High School, and Dorian Mattrey, a sophomore...
LAS VEGAS-Known as the two-headed monster of the personal computing industry by the nickname Wintel, the heads of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. made special mention of the importance wireless technology will play in the future of consumer electronics during their respective keynote speeches...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Wireless Communications Association announced 14 winners of its annual industry awards, given to carriers and vendors using wireless technology to deliver broadband service in innovative ways. Wemmies went to: NextNet Wireless, ArrayComm, the Dandin Group, Dynamic Broadband, Evertek, IPWireless, Motorola Canopy, MVS...
ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sweden-based Allgon AB on technology used in base station antenna products.The lawsuit, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, seeks to block Allgon from importing and making the...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
INDIANA, Pa.-YourInter.Net, a regional Internet service provider, has deployed Navini Networks Inc. nomadic wireless technology to provide broadband access to its customers.The Navini Ripwave 2.4 GHz system deployment covers the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus, Indiana Borough and parts of White Township. The system...
SAN JOSE, California, United States-While much has been promised for the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the delivery has been less than sparkling with delays to the specification, higher-than-anticipated chipset costs and interoperability problems. Regardless of these barriers, silicon developers maintain that Bluetooth is now...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN reported it is contributing toward the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) through social and infrastructure investments in six African countries. The network operator has invested 12 billion rand (US$1.3 billion) in bringing mobile communications solutions to...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telespree Communications said it has completed interoperability testing of its activation and provisioning technology in a CDMA2000 1x multivendor network environment with Motorola Inc. and Winphoria at the inCode/TMNG Wireless Technology Lab.Telespree's technology is capable of registering and authenticating a device on a...
LONDON- Security concerns are mounting as wireless LAN technology becomes more pervasive in the European hospital environment, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan expects the market for WLAN technologies in European hospitals to grow from $12.29 million in 2001...
WASHINGTON-Following similar moves by the European Commission (EC), the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday cleared the way for the formation of five patent platforms for third-generation (3G) wireless technology after settling competitive issues.The department outlined its position in a business review letter from the...
NEW YORK-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., Lincoln, Neb., has signed an agreement to acquire Allgon Mobile Communications, a designer and manufacturer of antennas for mobile communications devices, for an undisclosed sum."Centurion and Allgon Mobile Communications have complementary antenna product lines, engineering vision and operating philosophies,"...
