Intel Corp. this week announced plans to build a $375 million assembly and test plant in western China’s Sichuan province and a research and development center for digital home and …
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it cut 200 jobs in its semiconductor division as part of its effort to cut costs and move back to profitability. “It was a tough day,” …
SAN FRANCISCO-MetroPCS Inc. said its customers now can access the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s 511 service, which provides transportation information in the San Francisco Bay area. MTC introduced the free service …
Continuing the string of announcements surrounding the potentially lucrative Chinese market during the past few weeks, Siemens AG and Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co. said they will join forces to …
T-Mobile USA Inc. will continue its innovative marketing campaign with five simultaneous music concerts across the country, all in an effort to help sell its camera phones, messaging features and …
BARI Holdings Irrevocable Trust said it will attempt to purchase i3 Mobile Inc. as part of its effort to develop and manufacture a new wireless device. The offer challenges ACE*COMM’s …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Amalfi Semiconductor announced it has secured $12 million in Series A financing, which it will use to develop and market a new generation of RF IC solutions. “Amalfi’s …
IRVINE, Calif.-NEC Corp. said it has granted Hop-On a worldwide license to make, have made, use, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of wireless devices under its GSM and GPRS patent …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Wireless data company AirLink Communications Inc. announced three of its products, AirLink Redwing CDMA, AirLink Raven CDMA and AirLink Pinpoint CDMA, have received certification from Verizon Wireless and will …
WASHINGTON-After settling with the federal government and admitting to more than $11 billion in accounting misdeeds, WorldCom Inc., parent to SkyTel Paging and recipient of a contract to build a …
IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless said it has launched what it describes as the world’s first drive-test and in-building-test solution called Seven.Five for CDMA2000 1x. “Our test system includes a sophisticated single-board …
HELSINKI, Finland-In its second contract win this week, Finnish messaging company Tecnomen said it deployed its multimedia messaging service center and voice mail system to Indonesian operator Satelindo. The voice …
FORT COLLINS, Colo.-Center Partners said it has been selected by Nextel Partners to provide fallout management services for wireless number portability. Center Partners has developed a turnkey solution, called the …
WASHINGTON-Bankruptcy Judge Adlai S. Hardin Jr. has given bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. the green light to proceed with the sale of 34 licenses to Cingular Wireless L.L.C., a sale that …
PARIS-Alcatel said it will devote a significant portion of its $100 million investment in China to third-generation research and development. It said further that investment in 3G infrastructure and application …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced iPhonebook will be available with its Get It Now service for the LG VX6000 handset, allowing customers to use their wireless phones to e-mail pictures. With …
MOSCOW-An announcement by Russian operator VimpelCom today could potentially change the landscape of the Russian mobile market. VimpelCom said it agreed that its major shareholder, Alfa Group, would buy an …
CHICAGO-Motorola and 3 together introduced the Motorola A920 third-generation handset featuring a full-color widescreen display designed to showcase 3’s person-to-person video calling capabilities and video content. The companies said the …
WASHINGTON-A federal arbitrator has denied Verizon Wireless’ effort to block organized labor from running ads critical of the No. 1 mobile-phone carrier and holding public demonstrations in front of its …
WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911 as their urban counterparts, said six …
WASHINGTON-State regulators Tuesday urged the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association to coordinate CTIA’s soon-to-be-released voluntary consumer code of conduct with wireless best practices resolutions passed last month at the National …
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. has received a final installment of $5.8 million from its insurance carrier for the claim related to the October 2002 flooding of its corporate headquarters, …
SEATTLE-Satellite operator Eutelsat will supply Connexion by Boeing with satellite transponder capacity, allowing airline passengers high-speed wireless connectivity to e-mail, company intranets, the Internet and entertainment content in flight. Under …
CINCINNATI-Mobile virtual network operator provider Visage Mobile will use Convergys Corp.’s Infinys billing services, including Geneva, the rating and billing component of the system. “Convergys is crucial to the Visage …
SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. performed trials on what have been known to some degree as rival technologies for the respective companies, Nokia on CDMA2000 1x EV-DV and Qualcomm …
