MIAMI-Wireless technology developer Umbrella Capital L.L.C. has filed a technology patent to modify the energy required to operate wireless devices."We have identified the seeds of a new adaptive technology that can pave the way for future wireless devices," said Vladislav Oleynik, chief technologist at...
Two companies are fusing their ideas together to help further ideas for profit in the wireless Internet space. IdeaEdge Ventures and Startupfactory have entered into an international alliance to launch mobile Internet businesses around the world.IdeaEdge Ventures helps develop global businesses with mission-critical products...
ATLANTA-Extendea Inc., which develops wireless-based software for transportation and logistics companies, has secured $250,000 in angel investments.Extendea said it is currently preparing to roll out its new fleet management tools and is in discussions with the venture-capital community for its next round of funding...
As troubles continue to escalate for embattled paging companies, speculation on marriages between the largest companies are getting rave reviews, even if they don't pan out.Media reports surfaced last week that Metrocall Inc. was in merger talks with Motient Corp., a move that many...
Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier's network."This is a single software platform that manages across all devices...
Earlier this month, bankruptcy officials worked to auction off what was left of TSR Wireless L.L.C., which was the nation's largest privately held paging carrier before it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December. The auctioneers had hoped to raise enough money to pay...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Co. introduced the Sanyo SCP-5000, a clamshell-design handset featuring a full-color screen.The two-inch, 256-color display includes backlighting for easier readability and allows up to 20 digital color photos to be downloaded then synchronized with phone book entries...
Two U.S. companies are taking their respective technologies to the Australian market, following third-generation spectrum purchases in the country last month.Qualcomm Inc. paid $79 million for 10 megahertz of paired spectrum in all capital cities through a company called 3G Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd....
Which way does new FCC Chairman Michael Powell jump as he ponders wireless deregulation and technology disruption?Should the FCC, for example, eliminate the spectrum cap as requested by top cellular carriers? Or should it relax the cap- an antitrust safeguard enacted in the mid-1990s-as...
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa., the communications semiconductor unit of Lucent Technologies Inc., made it to market with an initial public offering priced at $6 that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange March 28.Agere had amended its IPO registration March 21 by...
HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. has partnered with SignalSoft Corp., SnapTrack Inc. and Wireless Facilities Inc. to develop a location solution on one platform called the Compaq Discovery Location System, the company announced.The Compaq Discovery Location System will help carriers comply with the Federal Communications Commission's...
Wireless industry insiders increasingly seem to be making the case that governments should consider "rebates" to carriers that bid too much money at spectrum auctions for third-generation wireless services. While they make some strong points, one has to wonder how many times this issue...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. announced plans for an integrated personal digital assistant and wireless phone, to be introduced in the third quarter of this year.According to Audiovox, the wireless information communicator will be third-generation cdma2000 1x-ready, and will work with carriers supporting the 3G...
ChinaTaking one step ahead in the arduous process of establishing CDMA technology in China, China Unicom Group invited bids from vendors for a $2.42 billion project to build a CDMA mobile network and provided details on the system for the first time. The announcement...
The Ides of March hit the telecom space last week as vendor after vendor announced layoffs and subdued forecasts, indicating that the leash on the economic drift continues to lengthen.Swedish equipment maker L.M. Ericsson turned on last week's layoff heat with the news that...
MobileSys Inc., a wireless messaging platform provider, reported an alliance with Siebel Systems Inc. to provide enterprise organizations with real-time wireless messaging for employees and customers."Our customers are asking for wireless data messaging solutions which serve both one-way and two-way communications and operate across...
HONG KONG-Telstra Corp. Ltd. has formed Telstra International, a new business group that will manage Telstra's Asia-Pacific interests.Telstra International's headquarters will be in Hong Kong and Dick Simpson, currently Telstra OnAir's group managing director, will serve as president of the new business unit. Telstra's...
WASHINGTON-Law firm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll P.L.L.C. filed a lawsuit against Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of securities of Globalstar during the period...
TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., which provides Internet infrastructure software, has acquired technology and service offerings developer Webhelp Inc.'s Web Application Event Framework (WAEF) technology.WAEF technology, which is compatible with most wireless networks, including GPRS and third-generation networks, will provide real-time interaction on mobile applications. WAEF...
NEW YORK -British Telecommunications plc will undertake "a massive, massive restructuring, and I don't want to underestimate what we plan to do this year," Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive officer, told securities analysts at a recent meeting here.Under the umbrella of a new group...
With its feet in the New York Stock Exchange and an eye toward the future, Siemens AG has advanced a package of products and strategies to make it a major player in the U.S. wireless space.Making its big debut on the threshold of the...
LONDON-Britain's mobile carriers are beginning to do away with handset subsidies, with both Vodafone U.K. and One 2 One announcing plans to sharply increase the cost of their cheapest phones.Both of the carriers' cheapest prepaid handsets are increasing to about $100 from about $56....
The board of directors of Sprint Corp. formally amended a stock-option plan allowing accelerated vesting of stock options upon shareholder approval of a merger, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.Lawyers representing investors suing the telecommunications company over the original plans said...
Bluetooth's image took a hit last week as a demonstration of the short-range wireless technology went awry at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. According to the Associated Press, the demonstration attempted to create the world's biggest Bluetooth network, but failed after one of...
