Monthly Archives: February, 2004

WOBURN, Mass.-Voice Signal announced Panasonic Mobile will include its advanced speech-recognition application in its X700 GSM smartphone. The phone will feature Voice Signal's Voice-Activated...

CANNES, France-Formula Telecom Solutions Ltd., which develops convergent billing and customer relationship management solutions, won contracts in Asia and Western Europe.The company said its...

DUBLIN, Ireland-Xiam, a mobile content platform developer, and OSS consulting and integration company Equador announced they have partnered to deliver content-enabling solutions to mobile...

CANNES, France-Qualcomm Inc. said it has rolled out a digital rights management solution to enable operators and content developers to deliver copyright-protected digital media...

CANNES, France-Kineto Wireless, supplier of Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Kineto...

CANNES, France-Orange plc announced commercial trials of its 3G network in the United Kingdom and France, and confirmed it plans to launch full commercial...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Kyocera Corp. announced that its smart phone equipped with Sherwood Personal Security's Mobile Security Protection will be the exclusive wireless handset in the...

CANNES, France- The GSM Association and manufacturers-including Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson-announced a new strategy to reduce the theft...

CANNES, France-Thanks to Comverse Technology Inc., the interoperability gap between GSM and CDMA may soon become history.At this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes,...

CANNES, France-Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola...

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. jumped into the already crowded market for over-the-air updating technology with the release of its Device Management System through its 4thpass...

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and others led the charge on the mobile phone front, introducing a...

CANNES, France-Third-generation mobile communications technology supplier UbiNetics announced it has completed a $26 million investment led by international venture capital company 3i."The investment further...

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. added Shanghai DBTEL Industry Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of DBTEL Inc., to its list of suppliers. CellStar said Chinese handset manufacturer...

WASHINGTON-Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said he wants to increase the federal excise tax on telecom services to pay for broadband technology deployments.The wireless and...

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Zi Corp. said it has licensed its eZiText predictive text input technology to Putian Youtong, a subsidiary of China Putian Corp., a...

CANNES, France-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced its HotSpot subscribers can now roam in five countries in Europe where European T-Mobile affiliates have 700 HotSpot locations.The...

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Swiss mobile operator Swisscom Mobile AG named Portal Software Inc. a strategic supplier. Portal has been a billing software supplier to Swisscom since...

CANNES, France-Antenova unveiled its Quadnova antenna for cellular handsets, smart phones and personal digital assistant applications.The Quadnova covers the AMPS 800, GSM 900, DCS...

CANNES, France-Fastmobile Inc., IBM Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. were among the companies making announcements on the push-to-talk front, further evidence...

LARKSPUR, Calif.-Dilithium Networks, which provides wireless multimedia solutions, said it has developed a quality of service measurement tool for third-generation operators.The product, VT-Probe, allows...

CANNES, France-SiGe Semiconductor introduced its RangeChargerT SE5120, a power amplifier for cellular handsets compliant with wideband CDMA technology.The product is optimized for W-CDMA handsets...

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-New location-enabled wireless handsets will help wireless carriers find a place in the commercial telematics value chain, according to ABI. The research...

LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Wireless Inc., which operates retail wireless locations that market and sell next-generation wireless products and services and operates Wi-Fi hot spots, signed...

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-CSI Wireless said Brightstar Corp. placed additional orders for its fixed-wireless phones, the Motorola Inc.-branded FX800. The orders represent a significant demand...