Companies change names for a variety of reasons. For JP Systems, which has seen its name change a few times in its five-year history, its name change to JP Mobile Inc. highlights the company's attempts to focus its resources on the wireless industry. A...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Five Caribbean governments have agreed with Cable & Wireless plc, the region's telecom provider, on a phased dismantling of the company's monopoly that would bring full competition in about 18 months. In addition, Cable & Wireless withdrew its threat to pull out of...
WASHINGTON-The United Telecom Council, a global trade association for utilities, pipelines, other critical infrastructure companies and their technology partners, announced it will expand its spectrum services to incorporate enhanced frequency coordination, communications system design, training and engineering services for its customers.The expansion is facilitated...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm has developed an integrated circuit and software solution that it said will allow CDMA handsets to compete with the price of GSM handsets."The MSM6000 radioOne-based integrated circuit and system software will assist manufacturers in offering equal or lower pricing of third-generation cdma2000...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless and Telus Mobility will partner to develop a next-generation CDMA Type II PC card for use in laptops and handheld devices.According to the companies, the new card will provide voice and data communications up to 144 kilobits per second, a...
ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it intends to raise a total of $425 million in gross proceeds through a private sale of senior subordinated discount notes, subject to market and other conditions. The sale includes $350 million from a Lucent Technologies Inc. facility announced...
AUSTIN, Texas-Teravicta Technologies Inc, which provides next-generation radio-frequency solutions for wireless devices, has raised $5.4 million in private funding.Convergent Investors led the investing, with Agave Capital and Castletop Capital also contributing. Following the funding announcement, Teravicta reported Convergent partners, Brian Smith and Steve Shaper...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS now is offering access to the nation's fourth largest auto insurance company, Progressive, via its Sprint PCS Wireless Web. Sprint PCS said the addition of progressive.com allows its customers to contact Progressive for quote information and compare the auto insurance...
The new CEO at Andrew Corp. is promising that the manufacturer of wireless communications equipment will double the company's revenues in four years.Guy M. Campbell, who succeeded Floyd English in October, announced at the annual meeting last month that he expects Andrew to reach...
SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp. raised roughly $100 million in its series E preferred stock round of financing, bringing its total amount of private funding raised to nearly $140 million.PacketVideo said the funds would be used to further company growth, provide working capital, fund research and...
NEW YORK-Wireless application provider w-Technologies Inc. announced shipping giant FedEx Corp. selected its products to allow FedEx customers to wirelessly track shipments, determine the status of a shipment and e-mail that information to multiple e-mail accounts.FedEx's new offering was designed and built on w-Technologies'...
OTTAWA, Canada-Security software company Kyberpass Corp. announced today its new suite for the Palm operating system will allow Palm OS applications to operate securely over standard TCP/IP networks using Public Key Infrastructure technology."Kyberpass has provided millions of users with PKI-based security on their desktops...
GIVATAYIM, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced it will acquire assets and operations of its marketing partner, Global Wireless Holdings Inc.GWH was licensed to commercialize Nexus' technology and applications in developing countries in Asia and Latin America and recently launched an operation in Argentina. Under...
NEW DELHI, India- Tata Teleservices has become the first private basic service operator in India to provide limited mobility services using CDMA technology. The company operates in the Andhra Pradesh telecom circle and is one of six private operators licensed in six circles two...
BEIJING-Li Xiangping, vice-president of Ericsson (China), told reporters his company plans to increase its investment in China to $5.1 billion during the next five years, refuting speculation that Ericsson would withdraw from China following the January announcement that it would outsource mobile-phone production.Exports by...
TOKYO-The number of browser-phone users in Japan exceeded 30 million as of the end of February 2001, according to the Telecommunications Carriers' Association, an industry body. According to the TCA, the number of users of browser-phone services provided by three Japanese carriers reached 31.41...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Throughout the 1990s, NMT analog wireless systems became somewhat obsolete, particularly with the advent of GSM technology. Digital GSM systems, which offer users services such as short message service, caller ID, group calls and data transmissions, are widespread throughout Europe and have outperformed...
ORANGE, Calif.-Worldwide Wireless Networks Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a $20 million equity line of credit. The high-speed Internet access company also reported it reduced liabilities by $1.8 million from inventory reduction."Even though we have secured this equity line, we continue...
WICHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. and GenRad have signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their plans to jointly develop and market manufacturing test systems for wireless handsets.The companies will share engineering and marketing strategies as well as information on production test platforms. IFR will supply...
ATLANTA-Online Yellow Pages provider BellSouth RealPages.com will offer consumer access to its Southeastern U.S. directory listing on Web-enabled phones through Yahoo! Yellow Pages.BellSouth said the deal will allow wireless consumers to search the Yellow Pages by category and drill down to listings displayed nine...
BURNABY, British Columbia-Telus Corp., a Canadian telecommunications company, has extended its employee stock options to every employee in the company.A three-year plan called "Team TELUS Options" has been launched that provides more than 20,000 employees with 100 stock options in Telus non-voting shares at...
The New Jersey state government is considering a bill that would prohibit the erection of, enhancement or addition of equipment to a tower within 1,000 feet of a public or private school, any area zoned residential, or a public park, adding another potential obstacle...
NEW YORK-A private placement of $450 million of eight-year senior subordinated notes, which American Cellular Corp., plans to issue, received a speculative-grade rating of B from Standard & Poor's Corp., the debt rating organization said March 9. Jointly owned by AT&T Wireless Services Group...
While the handset market shows signs of slowing down and handset makers lower expectations for the year, a report from Yankelovich Partners Inc. commissioned by Lets-Talk.com shows tech-savvy Americans may want more wireless devices than they have now.According to the 1,023 people surveyed, 82...
