TOKYO—The Japanese government has decided to allocate the 5 GHz band for wireless carriers by the end of this year.The Telecommunications Council, an advisory...
NEW YORK—The first open-source reference implementation for software defined radio, which allows wireless devices re-configurable by software, is now available on the Web site...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Echoing the guarded optimism expressed by several other wireless data companies, Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish first-quarter sales but hope for the...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. is advocating a 5-percent cap on wideband-CDMA royalty rates to encourage greater third-generation growth and innovation.The company said the cap will...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replaced Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as independent auditors, the company announced late May 7. "The decision...
LAS VEGAS—ReefEdge Inc. announced the release of version 2.5 of its ReefEdge Connect System, an enhanced version of its wireless local area network security...
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vocera Communications Inc. announced it has raised $12 million in its third round of funding.Venrock Associates led the funding, with RRE Ventures, Vanguard...
BURLINGTON, Mass.—Dobson Communications Inc. extended its contract with Lightbridge Inc. for its Customer Acquisition System.The Lightbridge service incorporates customized subscriber evaluation tools designed to...
ATLANTA—Amid continuing bad news and profit losses, wireless telemetry company Numerex Corp. offered a ray of sunshine with its net earnings of 2 cents...
LONDON—Logica announced a major deal with wireless giant Telefonica Moviles to provide the carrier this virtually all its messaging products, as well as plans...
MINNEAPOLIS—Gearworks, which provides mobile and Web-based applications to improve business deliveries, announced it received $11 million in Series B financing, which was led by...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.—Electronics For Imaging Inc. announced it acquired wireless messaging software company Unimobile Inc. for $2.5 million.EFI makes software and hardware imaging products...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless corporate access provider Veratium Software Ltd. changed its name to Motivus Software Ltd. and promptly announced a new carrier partnership with...
WASHINGTON—Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) today introduced Internet privacy legislation that would rely heavily on industry self-regulation and bar consumer lawsuits. The Stearns bill, which...
BEIJING—Cambridge Broadband signed a multimillion dollar agreement with the Beijing D&G Telecommunications Equipment Company to deliver its fixed wireless broadband system for the Chinese...
PARIS—Alcatel said Malaysia's DiGi Telecommunications signed an agreement for its mobile Intelligent Network (IN) technology. The value of the contract was not disclosedThe Open...
NEW DELHI, India—The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) has decided to revise bidding conditions for the expansion of its CDMA services.The earlier terms required...
TOKYO—Softbank and McDonald's Company (Japan) announced they will jointly launch wireless local area network (WLAN) services at McDonald's outlets. Starting in the latter half...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Following the formation of the Application Developer Society (ADC) last year, MobileOne (M1) selected EdgeMatrix and Philip Tang & Sons as its strategic...
MEBOURNE, Australia—The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted federal court proceedings against mobile operator Virgin Mobile Australia for allegedly "engaging in false,...
NEW DELHI, India—Indian GSM players this week renewed their attempts to stall the rollout of CDMA services—under the name of "limited mobility" wireless local...
