BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-NEC, the Japanese manufacturer, inaugurated a software development center in Argentina, and it plans to invest $100 million over three to five years. Hajime Sasaki, director of NEC, took part in the event and spoke of the experience of the popular i-mode...
CHICAGO-Cambia Networks, a provider of open data gateway platforms for wireless service providers, has secured $11 million in funding from Benchmark Capital, Skymoon Ventures and Eagle Technology Ventures.The company will deliver an open architecture data communications platform that connects wireless networks to IP data...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks, which provides enterprise software and services that adapt and customize Web content and applications for viewing on wired or wireless PCs and handhelds, announced a partnership with WindWire Inc., which provides wireless advertising and marketing solutions. Together, the companies plan...
DENVER, United States-Bolivian personal communications services operator Nuevatel will likely be the first operator in the Americas to launch General Packet Radio Service.The Andean nation of Bolivia, which usually takes a backseat to markets such as Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in terms of wireless...
Like the stubborn ache of a mild whiplash, new wireless application service providers (WASPs) and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are chipping away at the territories of established carriers, according to a study released by Friedman, Billings and Ramsey & Co. Inc., a consulting...
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc., a provider of products and solutions, announced its revenues and earnings per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2001 will be lower than expected.The company now expects revenue to be approximately 5 percent more than the prior...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
BELMONT, Calif.-Covigo Inc., a software company that helps enterprises adapt to wireless, has wirelessly enabled flutter.com, a U.K.-based person-to-person betting site.Covigo's wireless application platform enables flutter.com customers to check odds via wireless devices, including PDAs and mobile phones. Users are also notified through short...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. and IBM Corp. announced they will port Release 6.0 of Convergys' Atlys solution onto IBM's Unix server platform, including the new eServer pSeries line.Atlys Release 6.0 is the newest version of Convergys' end-to-end customer-care and billing solution for wireless voice and data...
OTTAWA-Canada's national telecommunications authority, Industry Canada, is seeking public advice on the use cellular phone silencers in public places. Currently, only law-enforcement agencies have been given licenses for signal jammers. David Warnes, senior advisor for spectrum policy for Industry Canada, told the National Post...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's name may have changed, and CTIA may hope to increase its membership by focusing on wireless data, but it is by and large still concentrating on the issue that has been front and center for the last several...
San Diego, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. has granted Intercube its CDMA license to design and market its 3G CDMA applications. Intercube will pay Qualcomm royalties at the same rates for second- and third-generation equipment.
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a letter of intent to deliver a third-generation wideband Code Division Multiple Access Radio Access network and IP mobility core network for Telia Mobile throughout Finland."We are delighted to continue our role as sole supplier with the rollout of Telia...
LOS ANGELES-Onset Technology announced Wireless Knowledge Inc. will recommend its METAmessage for wireless offerings to its customers.METAmessage for wireless offerings allow users to read and print their e-mail attachment and receive faxes using remote wireless devices. "The endorsement of METAmessage for Wireless by a...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered an agreement to design cdma2000 1xEV infrastructure modem card equipment for Motorola Inc. to enable high-speed wireless Internet access."CDMA has proven capabilities and superior performance that will allow Motorola to develop high-speed wireless network solutions and help strengthen its position...
CTIA Wireless 2001March 20-22 CTIA. Sands Expo and Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas. (202) 785-2842.InterISPMarch 21-23 Interisp. Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami. www.netispexpo.com.Developing An Effective Strategy For NextGeneration Broadband Access NetworksMarch 21-23 The Institute for International Research. Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC. www.iir-ny.com.Asia/Pacific Business...
NEW YORK-Crest Communications Holdings L.L.C., a venture capital and private equity firm focused on telecommunications, has yet to make a pure play wireless investment because of the risks inherent in carrier consolidation."We have looked at almost every single version of wireless plays. The reason...
PORTAGE, Mich.-Shareholder meetings to approve the purchase of Triple S Plastics Inc. by Finnish parts maker Eimo Oyj have been delayed in the wake of financial problems by Nokia Oyj, the largest customer of Triple S.Telecommunications producer Nokia said in February that it planned...
SAN DIEGO-Contract manufacturers are beginning to reshape the global plastics industry, according to a senior official with Flextronics International Ltd.Paul Santina, vice president of business development and global plastics for the Singapore firm, is speaking from experience. Flextronics has grown at bullet-train speed, from...
WASHINGTON-"Digital dog food is still dog food, and I think the markets are awakening to that. We had a pretty wild party last year and this year we have a hangover," said Harry Hopper, a partner with Columbia Capital L.L.C., Alexandria, Va., describing the...
RESTON, Va.-In their first deal ever, Nextel Communications Inc. has picked Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply gateway switches for its digital wireless network in the United States and other markets."This is just the beginning of what we expect to be a long and strong...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless selected Boxerjam, a developer of games for wireless devices, to provide its Mobile Web customers with two new games to play on the wireless Internet, including Knockout and Dr. Popko. In Knockout, players try to knock out the computer by matching...
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs, a developer of echo cancellation and VQE technology, will provide Globtel, a Slovakian mobile communications operator, with a new voice-quality enhancement solution in its GSM digital wireless network.According to Tellabs, the EC Duo 8000 solution will eliminate echo from phone calls between...
