Yearly Archives: 2002

Panasonic to integrate RIM modems in portable computers

SECAUCUS, N.J.—Panasonic Computer Solutions said it plans to integrate Research in Motions' radio modems for GSM/GPRS into its portable computers known as ToughBook for...

Paratek gets $17M in new financing

COLUMBIA, Md.—Paratek Microwave Inc. announced it has garnered $17 million in new financing to be used to enhance the commercialization of the company's product...

Fujitsu chooses AMD microprocessors

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Advanced Micro Devices said its microprocessors have been chosen by Fujitsu Corp for its LifeBook A Series commercial notebook for the North American...

Wireless Facilities wins siting contract from Bechtel

SAN DIEGO—Wireless Facilities Inc. won a three-year subcontract from Bechtel Corp. in conjunction with Cingular Wireless' GSM/GPRS network overlay project.Bechtel will have responsibility for...

Gabelli increases stake in Leap

SAN DIEGO—Gabelli Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Leap Wireless International Inc. from 8.75 percent to 10.14 percent according to a filing with...

Price CEO received $500K in stock options

WASHINGTON—Price Communications Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Price received 200,000 stock options last year worth more than $500,000 in addition to his...

American University to install campus-wide wireless system

WASHINGTON—American University in Washington, D.C., is implementing a campus-wide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging via cell phones, personal digital assistants and...

Wireless Matrix licenses Schlumberger to use its components

CALGARY, Alberta—Wireless Matrix Corp. has signed a licensing agreement to allow Schlumberger to use components of its remote data management, telemetry services product and...

AirGate reports increase in revenues, losses

ATLANTA—AirGate PCS Inc. reported $114.9 million in second quarter revenues ending March 31, compared with $37.1 million posted for the same quarter last year....

Sony to buy 1% of RealNetworks

SEATTLE—Sony Corp. said it will buy a 1 percent stake in RealNetworks inc., and will collaborate with the streaming media company on a variety...

Moviso offers BREW-based ring tones

LOS ANGELES—Mobile media company Moviso, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA, announced it will offer BREW-based ring tones and theme songs through a...

FedEx uses ViaFone solution

BRISBANE, Calif.—ViaFone Inc. announced its ViaFone OneBridge solution is being used by FedEx Corp. to support FedEx applications that help customers keep track of...

U.S. wireless users willing to spend more on service

CHICAGO, United States—More than half the attendees at a recent U.S. wireless conference said they intend to spend more year over year for wireless...

Lucent completes high-speed UMTS data call

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies said it has completed what it described as the industry's first high-speed commercial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System...

P-Com provides radios to Afghan Radio Project

CAMPBELL, California, United States—P-Com announced it has received an order for 30 of its AirPro Gold Net wireless Internet radio units from the Afghan...

Cybird ties up with China.com for mobile content

TOKYO—Cybird, a leading mobile content provider, announced that it tied up with China.com for content distribution services in China.Upon the contract, Moeasy, a subsidiary...

Smart’s solid performance lifts PLDT’s earnings

MANILA, The Philippines—Due to the solid performance of its mobile-phone subsidiary Smart Communications, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) net earnings last year more than...

Bangladesh reduces import duty hike on handsets

NEW DELHI, India—Bangladesh has reduced the import duty on mobile phones and dropped the levy on new connections.The duty on handsets has been reduced...

Kyocera wins Thai WLL order

TOKYO—Kyocera, the world's largest maker of integrated circuit (IC) ceramic packages and a leading mobile handset vendor in Japan, has won a large-scale wireless...

Indonesia’s GPRS growth slow to develop

JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives.Rudiantara,...

Japan’s East Railway to launch m-payment service in 2003

TOKYO—East Japan Railway, the leading railroad operator in Japan, on 1 May said it would launch a new service letting mobile users use their...

Newfoundland drivers face cell-phone ban

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada—Newfoundland is poised to become the first province in Canada to ban motorists from using handheld cell phones while driving. The...

Vialto releases Server for Carriers

ORLANDO—Vialto Corp. released it Vialto Server for Carriers, which allows carriers to offer subscription services to business professionals.Vialto Server for Carriers, which complements the...

Symbol wins patent 802.11-related patent

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.—Symbol Technologies Inc. has been awarded a patent for its technology, which enables wireline telephony features like caller I.D. and call forwarding, transfer...

AT&T Wireless adds shopping application to mMode

LOS ANGELES—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to bolster the content available on its mMode wireless data service through a new deal with PriceGrabber, which...
- Advertisment -

Most Read