Yearly Archives: 2004

As VoIP evolves, MOP lurks in the shadows

For all the play Voice over Internet Protocol snags in the wireless arena, a new and broader technology is lurking to gulp it up....

Tower firms sail on smoother waters

Four of the five publicly traded wireless communications tower firms reinforced notions that this year would be a better one for the sector in...

Siemens, Alcatel post 2Q profits

Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp reinforced a season of good feeling among wireless vendors as they swung to profitable quarters. "These trends show that...

DoCoMo net profit drops 13 percent

NTT DoCoMo Inc. said its net profit dropped 13 percent for the fiscal first quarter due to strong competition in the Japanese wireless market....

CFA says AWS/Cingular merger will dilute intermodal competition

WASHINGTON-The Consumer Federation of America is quietly circulating a white paper arguing against the $41 billion merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular...

Motorola, Apple partner to bring iTunes wireless

Apple Computer Inc. last week announced it will further its foray into the wireless world by allowing its downloadable iTunes to play on Motorola...

Televigation location app helps users find cheap gas

Nextel subscribers may soon use their cell phones as divining rods to find cheap gas.Televigation, a California-based provider of location-based services for mobile users,...

Wireless financing round-up

The wireless industry enjoyed a flood of investment news last week. Among the announcements:c Wireless broadband provider TeraGo Networks Inc. garnered $6.4 million in...

Motorola releases device bonanza

Amid second-quarter financial result releases and a much-anticipated analyst meeting, Motorola Inc. launched a slew of mobile devices last week, the majority of which...

Business Briefs

Symbol Technologies Inc. will acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, for $230 million. "The...

Dobson builds bridge between wireline and wireless with MERGE

Dobson Communications Corp.'s Dobson Cellular Systems jumped into the converged market last week with the launch of its MERGE product, which the company said...

Proxim ordered to pay damages to Symbol in patent lawsuit

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. will be required to pay $25.9 million in damages to Symbol Technologies Inc. for infringing on patents, according to the U.S....

Back to school

According to a survey sponsored by Levi and conducted by Insight Express, 42 percent of kids ages 13 to 17 said choosing the right...

South African company to roll out iBurst network

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.-ArrayComm Inc. said it has scored its second iBurst broadband wireless system deployment, this one in South Africa. Wireless Business Solutions, a...

Ericsson wins Chinese in-building, IP contracts

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded by Beijing Communication...

Sprint to offer joint Wi-Fi/1x access

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Just over a year after launching its Wi-Fi initiative, Sprint Corp. reported that it will enable customers to access both its CDMA2000...

Verizon Wireless expands to Sin City with EV-DO service

LAS VEGAS-Increasing its presence in the wireless high-speed data game, Verizon Wireless launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas, providing users...

MetroPCS postpones IPO

DALLAS-Citing a pending review of previously filed financial statements, MetroPCS Inc. said it is postponing its initial public offering, which was expected to raise...

FCC’s 24 GHz auction nets $216,000

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 24 GHz licenses started and ended last week after four rounds, netting more than $216,000 for seven licenses...

Working together

Small wireless carriers want to offer their customers the same advanced services the big companies offer theirs. But since the economics of innovation are...

ZTE to draft two ITU next-gen QoS standards

BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. said it was chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to draft two international standards aimed at shaping the world

KDDI to work with Toshiba, Hitachi on fuel-cell batteries

TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp. announced an agreement with Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. to cooperate on research into compact fuel-cell batteries for mobile...

Legislator discusses interoperability, homeland security, cybersecurity

WASHINGTON-Interoperability is not easy, but it is something that needs to happen and it is something Congress is concerned about, said Rep. Mac Thornberry...

Motorola moves could signal upcoming reorganization

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In what may be a foretaste of a possible reorganization of the company, Motorola Inc. announced a new chief strategy officer and plans...

Motorola details OFDM field test results

ROSEMENT, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its field tests and research have proved that its Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology can provide future all-Internet Protocol mobile...
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