Yearly Archives: 2004

@Road cancels MDSI acquisition

PHILADELPHIA-@Road Inc. won't buy MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. after all.The cancellation of the proposed acquisition, valued at about $86 million when it was...

Nextel Partners adds 92,000 customers in 2Q

Continuing what it claims is its 18th consecutive quarter of exceeding analysts' expectations, Nextel Partners Inc. said it added 92,000 net customers during the...

Verizon Wireless expands EV-DO service to 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 in...

Lucent partners with NMS on signal processing

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with NMS Communications to design and build advanced optical voice processors for use in next-generation wireless...

Alvarion plans to buy InterWave

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Communications Ltd. said it has entered an agreement to acquire InterWave for approximately $56 million in an all-cash deal.InterWave makes...

Former DT chief joins Motorola board

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has elected a former chief executive officer of Deutsche Telekom to its board of directors with immediate effect.Ron Sommer,...

Ericsson to supply Chinese in-building system

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...

UTStarcom’s transformation reflected in quarterly results

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said its second-quarter financial results reflected both successes and challenges, including increased pricing pressure in China. "UTStarcom continues to go through...

Smith leaves ITA, Crosby back to help

McLEAN, Va.--The Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. said its president and chief executive officer since February 2001, Laura L. Smith, has departed the association. ...

Edgar Machinery to use Qualcomm’s GlobalTRACS

SAN DIEGO-Edgar Machinery, which supplies heavy equipment services in Texas, has signed an agreement to purchase Qualcomm Inc.'s GlobalTRACS equipment management system for use...

Volantis releases mobile Web tools

GUILDFORD, United Kingdom-Volantis has launched one new product and updated another.The British mobile technology supplier announced the release of Distributed Service Broker (DSB), a...

Symbol to acquire Matrics

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-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...

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

AWS garners third WPS contract

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a contract with the National Communications System to provide wireless priority services to national security officials, emergency...

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...

Seamless WLAN/cellular technology unveiled by Motorola

Enterprise users can now seamlessly switch between outside GSM networks and enterprise 802.11-based wireless local area networks for both voice and data using Motorola...

Dobson follows Cingular with home-phone wireless service

Dobson Communications Corp.'s Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems unveiled its Merge device and service offering that allows customers to place their handsets into...

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...

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...

Sprint begins program for university wireless services

Sprint Corp. launched its University Wireless Access plan, which allows schools to offer select Sprint PCS rate plans to faculty, staff and students and...

Extended Systems announces wireless data encryption offering

BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems launched a new security offering created to address the growing problem of securing sensitive data on wireless devices.OneBridge Mobile Secure provides...

Cellular South launches BREW services

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless...

Karrier launches IntelliGolf upgrade

CAMERON PARK, Calif.-Karrier Communications has launched the latest version of its popular IntelliGolf application.IntelliGolf 7.1 for Palm Powered handhelds, Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs, smart...

Nortel says expectations unmet in financial metrics

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said its operating cost and gross margins for 2004 have not reached its expectation.In its bi-weekly financial update, the embattled vendor...

Motorola sings with Apple on iTunes application

ROSEMONT, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Apple said they will partner to allow users to transfer songs from the iTunes jukebox to Motorola's mobile handsets using...
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