Yearly Archives: 2004

Symbian warns on wireless Trojan virus

Symbian has acknowledged that a Trojan virus is circulating via an illegal game download and may affect certain handsets running Symbian OS Series 60.Symbian...

Idetic wins $15M to expand MobiTV service

BERKELEY, Calif.-Idetic Inc. will use $15 million in new investment capital to fund the expansion of its MobiTV wireless TV service, the company announced...

Huawei to supply cross-border multimedia network

HONG KONG-Chinese venture Huawei said it partnered with carrier China Motion Telecom to collaborate on a next-generation network to provide cross-border multimedia telecom services...

Teens tap into prepaid wireless

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Three times more teens are currently using prepaid wireless than last year, a study released Thursday indicated.According to the second annual Coinstar Teen...

Erickson joins Telcordia to direct wireless sales

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Scott K. Erickson as corporate vice president of sales for wireless.Erickson most recently was president of...

FutureDial software saves camera-phone pictures to PCs

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. has announced SnapMedia Software, a PC-based program that lets camera-phone users download pictures from phones to PCs for archiving and sharing....

Verizon selects Leapstone for content management enhancements

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has partnered with Leapstone Systems to deploy high-speed data services and improve customer service response times.The nation's largest carrier announced that...

Datatec buys wireless consultancy Analysys

LONDON-Datatec International, the global arm of networking and information technology services group Datatec, has agreed to purchase U.K.-based telecom consulting firm Analysys Ltd.The companies...

Microsoft makes Voice Command available in retail stores

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said its Voice Command software for Windows Mobile 2003-based Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition is now available in retail...

AirGate posts $2.2M income

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. reported a 3.4-percent increase in revenues for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, from $83.2 million in...

Schema announces five new contracts

HERZLIA, Israel-Schema inc. said it won five new contracts across three continents in the second quarter just ended.The company, which provides solutions for network...

Companies submit proposal for next-gen Wi-Fi protocol

A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a...

Leap reports improved financial metrics

Leap Wireless International Inc., which announced last week that it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the next several weeks, reported...

Sendo X ships with VoiceSignal speech software

WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said it began shipping its speech-recognition technology on the Sendo X multimedia smart phone. The Sendo X is available in France, Italy...

Siemens to supply Indian EDGE network

MUNICH, Germany-India's largest GSM mobile carrier, Bharti Tele-Ventures, has entered a deal to allow Siemens AG to upgrade its network with EDGE capability, making...

PalmOne plays up smart phones as Palm.Net replacement

PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform...

NEC offers new 3G handset in U.K.

LONDON-U.K. third-generation operator 3 added a new NEC handset to its portfolio with the e228, the Japanese company's sixth 3G device to launch in...

UTStarcom files for extension on 10-Q filing

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. has filed a request with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a five-day extension on filing its Quarterly Report on Form...

SBA expands board of directors

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. named Duncan Cocroft and Philip Hawkins to its board of directors, expanding the company's number of directors to eight.Duncan...

Telenor takes full control of ProMonte

OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Telenor said it completed the acquisition of an additional 55.9 percent of Montenegrin mobile operator ProMonte, giving Telenor full ownership. The...

Wireless companies go for the gold with Olympics content

Fans of the U.S. Olympic Team can stay abreast of the athletes in Athens via their wireless handsets through several new agreements between carriers,...

AT&T Wireless launches European summer promotion

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a European calling summer promotion that provides customers signed up to its Discounted International Roaming offering calling...

Verizon Wireless reorganizes Get It Now apps. menu

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has reorganized its Get It Now downloadable applications menu in an attempt to make it easier for customers to...

Cincinnati Bell offers Mobile Office service

CINCINNATI-Regional wireless provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. unveiled its Mobile Office with JP Mobile SureWave Enterprise Server suite of services, which provides voice tools, Internet/intranet...

In-Fusio launches film trivia via Verizon Wireless

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Mobile game developer In-Fusio announced the launch of a film trivia game for Verizon Wireless customers.Movie Trivia Rave offers more than 1,200 questions...
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