SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc., which develops technologies for secure, high-performance wireless local area networks, has promoted Craig Barratt, its vice president of technology, to the post of chief executive officer. …
IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.’s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying interoperability between Bluetooth-enabled devices. Toshiba said …
NEW DELHI, India–India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go–toward …
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo …
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HELSINKI, Finland-Swedish unions are threatening to “block” mobile equipment vendor Ericsson’s restructuring plans if the company refuses to “provide genuine guarantees” that future cuts in the group’s workforce are carried …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-With its stock still floating above $1 following last week’s announcement of its pending tower sale, SBA Communications Corp. has reported its fourth-quarter and year-end 2003 results. For …
RICHARDSON, Texas-InnerWireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced they have enhanced wireless coverage in the Los Cerritos Center shopping center in southern California with InnerWireless’ InnerMobile in-building system. “By providing …
CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar-GPS satellite technology, which enables location and navigation products for civilians and military alike, plays an important part in the war in Iraq-most notable is its role …
PARIS-France Telecom raised a record nearly $16 billion Monday by launching a rescue rights issue to help resolve its nearly $70 billion debt pile. The deal is the largest fully …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Former T-Mobile USA Inc. chief executive officer John Stanton, who announced on Monday that Robert Dotson would replace him as CEO of T-Mobile USA, is considering a life in …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it has closed the sale its Netherlands operation for approximately $2 million and the buyers have assumed all trade and financial liabilities. “The Netherlands is a …
HOUSTON-Business integration company ZettaWorks announced a partnership with mobile services and software company Unbound Technologies to introduce its new wireless Universal Applications Messaging practice, which the companies said extends the …
LONDON-Multimedia messaging services continues to drive much of the news in the wireless industry, with LogicaCMG and others announcing moves in the area. LogicaCMG announced an MMS framework agreement with …
WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is slated to hold a hearing this week in the class-action lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry regarding whether phones comply with the 911 strongest-signal …
OSLO, Norway-Norwegian operator Teletopia made the surprise announcement that it would be using its GSM 1800 MHz license to develop Norway’s third independent GSM service. The network, dubbed T3, will …
SAN DIEGO-EWI Prepaid and VeriFone have entered a marketing alliance under which EWI will integrate its patented PinXpress technology into VeriFone’s point-of-sale terminals throughout Latin America. The solution will allow …
PARIS-Orange announced Friday it will sell its 26.6-percent stake in Italian operator Wind to Enel for $1.37 billion plus a $210 million shareholders’ loan to be repaid to Orange. The …
NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months. The board of directors for …
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …
SINGAPORE-Five Asian operators have announced a Wi-Fi initiative called the Wireless Broadband Alliance. The companies, Korea Telecom, China Netcom, Maxis from Malaysia, Singapore’s StarHub and Australian-based Telstra signed a memorandum …
BUCHAREST, Romania-Kuwaiti GSM operator Wataniya Telecom announced this week it has joined the bid for Bahrain’s second mobile telecommunications license, while preparing for a traffic increase. According to Andrei Torriani, …
NEW YORK-Declining real estate values in Silicon Valley, restructuring associated with layoffs and decreases in units shipped caused Palm Inc., the leading vendor of handheld computers, to report a drop …
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA will integrate wireless technology into on-board terminals designed by Grundig AG’s Car Intermedia System business unit for use in trucks in Germany’s Toll Collect system. Toll Collect …
