Yearly Archives: 2004

Action Engine gains new funding

REDMOND, Wash.-Action Engine Corp. closed its Series D round of financing Tuesday, which brought the total amount raised by the mobile software developer to...

KDDI expands 1x services to 2 GHz band

TOKYO-Motorola Inc. said it has begun deployment of its CDMA2000 1x solution on a 2 GHz network for Japanese wireless carrier KDDI, which is...

Microsoft looks to mobile music with device partnerships

Music at home, on the go and on the cheap sum up the goal of a new partnership program penned by Microsoft Corp. with...

WHO study says long-term wireless use increases cancer risk: Scientists say more research needed

WASHINGTON-A new World Health Organization-backed study says long-term mobile-phone use increases the risk of cancer, but scientists said follow-up research is needed before it...

TeliaSonera conducts first EDGE/W-CDMA data handover

ESPOO, Finland-TeliaSonera Finland has conducted the world's first EDGE-W-CDMA packet data handover using equipment and terminals in a commercial network, according to Nokia Corp.,...

Growth in micro fuel cells for wireless expected

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Unit shipments of micro fuel cells for portable devices are expected to reach $125.2 million by 2010, according to new research from...

Qualcomm eyes European market with Trigenix buy

SAN DIEGO-With a view to bringing CDMA to the mainstream of the European market, Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired Trigenix, a mobile user...

Vodafone taps Verizon Wireless CFO in company restructure

Vodafone Group plc named a new financial director from a familiar place and announced board changes and a new organizational structure that the international...

Verizon Dominicana selects MetaSolv for wireless activation services

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. reported an agreement with Dominican Republic telecommunications services provider Verizon Dominicana to supply its service activation solution to deploy mobile...

Motorola to trial m-commerce-enabled phones

Motorola Inc. will conduct an m-commerce field trial of mobile phones enabled with MasterCard PayPass and Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, the company announced...

Alcatel to expand Austrian UMTS network

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a contract with tele.ring for the expansion of its UMTS network and a service contract extension under a $74 million agreement....

ATIS seeks standards for converged multimedia

WASHINGTON-ATIS today released a comprehensive plan to craft new industry standards for converging multimedia architectures across wireline, PCS/cellular and Wi-Fi networks.ATIS said the Mobile...

Verizon Wireless to add 16 more EV-DO markets by year-end

Following the recent expansion of its commercial CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network to include 14 major markets and 24 airport locations nationwide last month, Verizon...

Vodafone U.K. to use Tatara system for Wi-Fi roaming

LONDON-Vodafone U.K. has chosen Tatara Systems' Subscriber Gateway to enhance its third-generation and GPRS laptop data services. The gateway helps Vodafone become a Wi-Fi...

Qualcomm announces products, acquisition

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has introduced two products that will increase the capacity and reduce the cost of simultaneously delivering video, audio and...

Major wireless vendors form OSS cooperation

LONG BEACH, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have formed a Cooperative Open OSS Project (CO-OP) under the framework...

FCC showcases broadband-over-powerline system

Just days before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to adopt rules allowing broadband over powerline, two federal regulatory chairmen, their staffs, and a...

Verizon launches iobi service in NYC

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. launched its iobi Home service in New York City allowing Verizon residential customers to control home phone calls, home voice...

IEEE to develop wireless broadband standard for open TV spectrum

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers said it has set up a working group for a standard to tap open channels in...

Chantry secures $17M from Siemens

WALTHAM, Mass.-Chantry Networks, which makes solutions for wireless local area network enterprise security, said its second-round venture funding has risen to $17 million, thanks...

AWS furthers enterprise presence with Symbol, USA Technologies deals

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced two new partnerships to further its presence in the enterprise market.AWS and Symbol Technologies Inc. said they will partner...

Wi-Fi Alliances gets tough on pre-standard 802.11n products

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it will not certify products with enhancement features for 802.11n, warning that such pre-standard products that fail to interoperate...

Crisp to offer wireless video of NBC shows

NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless will offer video clips, images and other content based on NBC's fall show line-up, the company announced Monday. A Crisp Wireless...

PushMessenger launches server for wireless operators

PARIS-PushMessenger launched an instant messaging and presence server (IMPS) for mobile operators and Internet service providers, the wireless software developer said Tuesday. The company's...

HP offers standardized telecom platform to infrastructure vendors

As infrastructure vendors strive to simplify their products for carriers, companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. are positioning themselves...
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