TORONTO-Telematics provider AirIQ Inc. cut its work force by 13 percent and shuffled its front office in an effort to "accelerate profitability."The company said it will eliminate about 20 jobs, which will reduce its expenses by about $20 million. AirIQ will take a charge...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which specializes in over-the-air updating technology for mobile phones, said Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer Amoi Electronics plans to use its mProve device management client suite for OTA updates.Amoi purchased the products to align with the Open Mobile Alliance's specifications for device...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. and its parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., have again delayed the release of their financial results for the third quarter of 2005. The two companies now have until Feb. 28 to file their results for last year's third quarter,...
WASHINGTON-Former federal telecom regulator Rachelle Chong wasted no time as the newest member of the California Public Utilities Commission in making her presence known, joining other state regulators in recommending wireless truth-in-billing be national in scope and that states be preempted from enforcing such...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-In the latest collaboration between laptop makers and wireless carriers, Dell Inc. announced plans to add built-in access to Vodafone Group plc's third-generation wireless network to its notebook computers. The computer manufacturer said it plans to offer notebook computers with optional integrated...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors sent shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. skyward after the technology firm announced a $285 million deal with South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics Co. Ltd. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, InterDigital unveiled a five-year, non-exclusive patent...
ATLANTA-Regional wireless carrier SouthernLINC Wireless launched a new marketing campaign touting the company's links to the South and the Southern way of life, according to a company statement. The company did not say how much it will spend on its "Simply Southern" campaign, which...
OSLO, Norway-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. selected products from mobile digital rights management specialist Beep Science AS to ensure its mobile devices are OMA v2 DRM interoperable, according to a partnership agreement announced by the companies. Beep Science said its DRM products support the Open...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec named former Nortel executive Frank Plastina president, chief executive officer and board member.Plastina replaces Fred Lax, who announced his resignation in October, saying for personal reasons he did not intend to move with the company when it relocated corporate headquarters from California...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported 16.2 million mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter, along with an 8.1 percent operating margin in its handset business.Companywide, LG reported total sales dropped 5.2 percent year-on-year, but up 2.7 percent quarter-on-quarter due to growth in...
ATLANTA-In a record-smashing quarter, Verizon Wireless clocked 2 million net customer additions to pull past Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s blockbuster results of 1.8 million net adds. Verizon Wireless continued its streak of 14 consecutive quarters with double-digit growth, with its customer growth results up 20.5...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Wisair announced it secured $20 million in its latest round of funding. The company said it will use the cash to transition to "volume production and broad market expansion." The ultra-wideband and wireless USB chipset maker said the funding came about as...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Thanks in part to a $278 million bankruptcy lawsuit ruling, Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a first quarter net loss of $104 million, or 2 cents per share. The telecom equipment maker said the ruling, worth 6 cents per share, was ordered by...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless each separately filed lawsuits against online data brokers they believe are obtaining and selling customer call records. T-Mobile USA filed a lawsuit, which seeks to halt such activities, in King County, Wash., Superior Court against Locatecell.com and...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a royalty-bearing deal with wireless infrastructure software maker Vanu Inc.Under the agreement, Qualcomm said it licensed to Vanu certain patents to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA2000 infrastructure software technology."Licensing Vanu demonstrates Qualcomm's continued commitment to enable a wide variety of...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wireless trailblazer Craig McCaw and other high-tech heavyweights are backing a new company looking to let business users reach colleagues through mobile phones, e-mail or instant messaging. The firm, Tello Corp., emerged this week after operating for more than a year in...
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the worldwide release of its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini, which can be downloaded free from the company's Web site, uses a proxy server to format traditional Internet content for small screens-thereby bypassing the need for WAP...
The Chinese government has given its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology a thumbs up, calling it an officially backed standard, the Xinhua news agency reported. China's Ministry of Information Industry said the technology is "already mature and ready for manufacturers to move ahead with production."Industry analysts...
ROCKVILLE, Md.-Performance analysis systems provider Spirent Communications plc announced it will buy SwissQual AG for $70.5 million in cash. SwissQual develops wireless testing and measurement technology for service providers. The products are for service providers to troubleshoot networks and improve wireless service performance.Spirent said...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has hopped on the pension-freezing band wagon, following similar moves by Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp. and Sears. The freeze will mean that nearly half of Sprint Nextel's 80,000 employees will no longer accumulate pension benefits and will have to...
WASHINGTON-Research In Motion Ltd. received more bad news this week as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear its case against patent holder NTP Inc. The high court rejected a request from the Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry-maker to review whether U.S. patent laws apply to...
NEW YORK-Value-added services developer Comverse Technology Inc. and Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE Corp. announced plans to deliver value-added services to the fixed and mobile markets in China.The companies said they expect to offer multimedia messaging solutions, including mobile e-mail, instant messaging and presence server,...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile text-based services are expected to ring up big revenues during the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament taking place this summer in Germany.A new report from Visiongain predicts the month-long event will generate $6.35 billion in mobile revenue with text-based services and downloads,...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. said it racked up about $40 million in new government contract wins and extensions in the fourth quarter of 2005. The network design, deployment and management company said the duration of the contracts ranges from one month to five years."We're...
