SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Following a sour trend, Motorola Inc. said it would fall short of first quarter sales and earnings forecasts of $8.8 billion and 12 cents per share, respectively.The announcement sent U.S. and European stocks into a dive Friday.Motorola cited the U.S. economic downturn and...
CANNES-Lucent Technologies Inc. has completed a $70 million agreement with Meteor Mobile Communications, an Irish mobile operator. Meteor's Lucent-supplied GSM wireless network will be commercially launched immediately in Ireland.The new network is designed to accommodate the projected increase of subscribers in Ireland and is...
LONDON-Sema plc said it introduced its enhanced messaging software, called Mobile E-mail, which offers telecom operators e-mail hosting servers and infrastructure provided by Mirapoint Inc.Sema said Mobile E-mail will enable operators to offer interactive Internet e-mail services, allowing users to choose how to send...
NEW YORK-While few people now use the wireless Web for anything more than checking e-mail and stock quotes, most are receptive to the idea of wireless shopping, results which led analysts with Accenture to conclude there is the potential for a large market for...
CANNES, France-In a move to create a virtual "concierge service," Nortel Networks announced a partnership with MapInfo to jointly market an integrated platform for the delivery of voice-activated services.The services will cover location-based information such as traffic, weather and directions."By working with MapInfo, Nortel...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Streaming media technology provider Luxxon Corp. released its Mediator Streaming System, providing wireless operators with a comprehensive streaming media solution incorporating Luxxon's Mediator Transcoder and Mediator Server.The company said the system enables operators to adapt and deliver streaming audio and video from...
DATELINE-Lucent Technologies got a shot in the arm last week with $6.5 billion in credit facilities.The company said it obtained $4.5 billion of 364-day credit facilities arranged by J.P. Morgan and Salomon Smith Barney.A portion of the loan, said Lucent, expired Feb.22 while Agere...
Qualcomm Inc. rose to the defense of third-generation technology, amid reports the technology will drag its feet for about three years.The company said the demand for its CDMA integrated circuits would meet the forecast of 16 million units, a 1 million unit increase from...
WASHINGTON-President Bush last week nominated Charles James to head the Justice Department's antitrust division, a key position as consolidation in the telecommunications and high-tech sectors continues.James is currently a partner with the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Before that, James served...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-iPass Inc., provider of global remote Internet access services released its iPassConnect PDA solution, iPassConnect PDA for Palm OS platform and iPassConnect PDA for the Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC.The company said its products enable mobile professionals to have quick and secure access...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS Network Partner UbiquiTel Inc. launched personal communications services in northern Utah, covering more than 97,000 residents in Logan City, Hyrum, Wellsville, Smithfield, Brigham City and Tremonton, Utah.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-NetNation Communications Inc. was selected to provide dedicated hosting and back-end support for wireless game producer Kalador Entertainment Inc.'s mobile phone services."This agreement enables Kalador to concentrate on delivering quality, innovative and interesting games and entertainment solutions for our customers," said Richard...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-MobilePlanet announced it will offer Metrocall's line of wireless products and services through its sales channels, including the Handspring Visor bundled with Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s @ctiveLink module and Metrocall's My2Way.MobilePlanet is a multichannel direct reseller of mobile computing and wireless products and services....
WASHINGTON-Telecommunications carriers, especially small rural wireless carriers, are fighting against a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to charge for telephone numbers."There exists no congressional mandate to charge for numbering resources. A market-based number allocation system is not competitively neutral, as is suggested by...
SAN FRANCISCO-A decidedly different feeling surrounded the Broadband Wireless World Forum in San Francisco last week compared with last year, when the industry's exuberance could hardly be contained by its 1,600 or so attendees.This year, the show, sponsored by Shorecliff Communications Inc., more than...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. has announced the availability of Yahoo! Local Info, a directory of location-based information for Web-enabled phones. According to the company, consumers can find information on entertainment, emergencies, restaurants, stores, travel and yellow page listings by entering their current location into...
NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc., an integrated wireless Internet service provider and personalized mobile Web portal for personal digital assistants, announced it will offer Certicom's security products through its movian VPN, the company's virtual private networking client for wireless devices."Partnering with Certicom enables us to provide...
A huge number of wireless companies hope to make money by helping businesses replace their cumbersome cords and wires with the freedom of wavelength-the hot phrase lately seems to be "enabling the wireless work force."The market for creating these wireless systems is "fairly big,...
CANNES-Wireless Facilities Inc. and Bechtel Corp. announced they formed an alliance that will provide turnkey network implementation services for GSM and 3G networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The companies also plan to pursue joint opportunities in select wireless mobility and broadband...
While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set out by the wired Internet.Eric Harber, vice president of marketing and business development for...
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc.'s stocks dropped almost 50 percent last week after the company released its fourth-quarter results, which included a huge drops in sales, dire warnings for the year to come and 125 layoffs.WebLink said it lost $3.7 million in earnings for the fourth...
Centralizing access to e-mail boxes can be a complicated matter that is often further hampered by solutions requiring an additional e-mail account. Instead of making access easier, the user ends up with another e-mail address.ViAir Inc., a mobile applications management and delivery platform provider,...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire VIA Wireless, a privately held Sprint PCS network partner.Under the terms of the transaction, UbiquiTel will issue 16.4 million shares of common stock and assume approximately $25 million of net debt. VIA...
