While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and rather unlikely area for wireless services and devices-the classroom.The vision these companies have consists of students keeping up with new...
BOSTON-A recent study by AMR Research pointed out that as businesses rush to develop and implement wireless technology, the need for solid infrastructures to support the new technologies may be neglected, prohibiting the long-term success of the initiative. In his report, "A House of...
WASHINGTON-A public-safety initiative to bring all those involved in enhanced 911 implementation together got off to a rocky start last week when many of the largest carriers said they had either not been invited or were unaware of a press conference meant to kick...
WASHINGTON-The law firm of Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, which earlier this year took control of an $800 million mobile phone-brain cancer lawsuit, has joined forces with attorneys in a New Orleans class-action case against the wireless industry seeking to force equipment manufacturers to...
Hoping to soothe the Bluetooth community's fears over last month's announcement from Microsoft Corp. that it would not support the wireless technology in its upcoming Windows XP platform, Widcomm Inc. said it would provide a software upgrade to computer manufacturers allowing them to add...
In the drive to miniaturize, IBM Corp. is leveraging the strengths of wireless for its desktop technology.Pursuant to that, the company has introduced wireless enhancements to create a cordless, clean-desk environment for the end user.The wireless kit consists of a keyboard, mouse and receiver...
Two companies are fusing their ideas together to help further ideas for profit in the wireless Internet space. IdeaEdge Ventures and Startupfactory have entered into an international alliance to launch mobile Internet businesses around the world.IdeaEdge Ventures helps develop global businesses with mission-critical products...
Which way does new FCC Chairman Michael Powell jump as he ponders wireless deregulation and technology disruption?Should the FCC, for example, eliminate the spectrum cap as requested by top cellular carriers? Or should it relax the cap- an antitrust safeguard enacted in the mid-1990s-as...
Bluetooth's image took a hit last week as a demonstration of the short-range wireless technology went awry at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. According to the Associated Press, the demonstration attempted to create the world's biggest Bluetooth network, but failed after one of...
LAS VEGAS-Advancing its wireless data initiative, Leap Wireless International Inc. acquired a pair of wireless data applications providers to support the location-based myAladdin wireless technology the company acquired last year.The deals include plans to purchase Backwire, a publisher of customized e-mail newsletters and developer...
LAS VEGAS-GiantBear, a provider of wireless technology and services, will acquire Savos, a global wireless company that delivers streaming audio to the mobile public.GiantBear's proprietary technology, AudioCub, enables wireless carrier's subscribers to request and receive information from the wireless Internet through audio delivery. Savos'...
WASHINGTON-The trade association for state legislators said recently it will try to find "common ground" on the use of wireless devices while driving."Our goal was to bring the various stakeholders together. Safety advocates in the same room with telecommunications carriers, automobile manufacturers and state...
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
AUSTIN, Texas-Teravicta Technologies Inc, which provides next-generation radio-frequency solutions for wireless devices, has raised $5.4 million in private funding.Convergent Investors led the investing, with Agave Capital and Castletop Capital also contributing. Following the funding announcement, Teravicta reported Convergent partners, Brian Smith and Steve Shaper...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
A great political stroke of genius of Team Bush has been the creation of the moderate tone implied by the "compassionate conservative" banner. Why, you'd think George W. would suffer from repetitive-motion injury for all the many times he's mouthed it. But while all...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-TDMA's advocacy body, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, said TDMA subscribers had increased by 74 percent to 61 million at the end of 2000."TDMA continues to be the most widely used wireless technology in the Americas with the greatest number of subscribers, operators...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada's Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada.The TPC investment is to be used for developing next-generation wireless technology for Canadian mobile workers, including high-speed access to mail, data, corporate...
With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain cloud hovering over migration to the technology.Already eyeing the United States' market with trials...
Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer such a diverse range of products and technologies, and eventually will position the company...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president's $1.96 trillion budget that signals the White House's desire to improve spectrum management and its intention to end...
TORONTO-Mist Inc., which provides wireless technologies applications and other information management technologies, is conducting a test of its MIST Freedom II Wireless point-of-sale terminal with McDonald's Corp., in the Vivencia Restaurant franchise at the Stouffville, Ontario, location.The terminal is an interactive, portable wireless device...
NEW YORK-With its announcement March 5 of commercial product availability, RadioFrame Networks Inc. officially threw its hat into the ring of players competing to improve indoor coverage, an important step toward landline replacement.In late 1999, Rob Mechaley founded the privately held company, which is...
