TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in two Tokyo-based wireless software companies.The carrier said it will spend $125 million to increase its stake in Access Co. Ltd., which develops and markets mobile Internet software under the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Portuguese CDMA operator Radiomovel selected Telespree Communications' automated instant activation solution. Radiomovel offers service under the Zapp brand name. Telespree said Radiomovel will use the solution for first-time activation of new wireless voice and data devices without customer-care intervention. Customers will be...
TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering third-generation video performance that is up to four times better than the company's previously produced processor, the OMAP2420. The company said the OMAP2430 isn't in...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications today said Italy's leading UMTS mobile operator, 3 Italy, has launched its ring-back service built on NMS' MyCaller and deployed as part of L.M. Ericsson's personalized greeting service. NMS' MyCaller ring-back service allows any of 3 Italy's 4.1 million subscribers to...
NEW YORK-Wireless Venture Partners Inc., a national wireless retailer based in Las Vegas, said it has closed $10 million in series A financing. The round was led by The Greenspun Corp. and Catalyst Investors L.P.The company said it plans to use the financing to...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Indian CDMA operators Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices Ltd. are set to offer data-enabled CDMA2000 phones to their most price-sensitive customers by leveraging the requirements developed by the CDG's Global Handset Requirement for CDMA team."The developments...
LOS ANGELES-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement with yet another mobile virtual network operator, inking a deal to distribute products for Amp'd Mobile.The Indiana-based distributor of phones and accessories will perform inventory management, product fulfillment and distribution, returns management and credit services for Amp'd, which...
IRVINE, Calif.-Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc., announced it began shipping next generation Multiple Input, Multiple Output wireless G broadband routers and PC cards, offering throughput that's up to 10 times faster and offers three times more range than standard wireless G.The company...
MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. is supplying its BreezeMAX 3500 system to France Telecom affiliate Ikatel, which offers broadband data service in Mali.The deployment includes hundreds of customer premise equipment based on Intel's WiMAX chip that will create a WiMAX network for residential and business users...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless handsets will continue to replace traditional telephones and 30 percent of U.S. homes will use only cellular or Internet telephony by 2010, according to the Gartner Group.Growth in traditional wired voice connections will slow in North America, Western Europe and other developed...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Orange SA said they plan to offer consolidated mobile services to multinational companies in the United States and Europe.Under the arrangement, Cingular and Orange customers with operations in the United States, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland can manage...
SEATTLE-Mobile gamers continue to rely on carrier decks for their wireless entertainment even as off-deck businesses continue to gain traction, according to the latest figures from M:Metrics.The firm's most recent monthly survey found that 90 percent of wireless game consumers discover and purchase titles...
BOSTON, Mass.-MobileSphere said it is offering CarrierILD, an international long-distance solution for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and wireless carriers. The service uses MobileSphere's patent-pending softswitch technology and global Tier 1 network. MobileSphere noted the platform includes discounted international termination to more than 220...
AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductor Inc. announced it has manufactured 24-megabit silicon nanocrystal memory technology, bringing next-generation non-volatile embedded memories closer to production.The company explained that non-volatile memory technology is denser, faster and more cost-effective than conventional floating gate-based flash memory technology. In addition, Freescale noted...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Telus Corp. said it merged its wireless and wireline business groups into a single operating structure."The merger of Telus Mobility and Telus Communications is consistent with the advancement of Telus' national growth strategy, focused on data and wireless, that we established...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications, a mobile applications and infrastructure solution developer, announced an agreement with African distributor 4G Technologies to distribute NMS' AccessGate radio access network optimizer throughout Africa. NMS said its AccessGate solution is already deployed in wireless backhaul networks of African mobile operators...
PARIS-Orange France and Research In Motion Ltd. today announced the launch in France of the BlackBerry on the mobile-phone operator's EDGE network.The companies said the BlackBerry 8700f is expected to be available for Orange's enterprise customers in France on Dec. 15, with retail availability...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc. said it has won the contract to provide GSM clearinghouse services for Vodafone Group plc."We have spent several years working closely with one of Vodafone's largest partners to identify the unique aspects of GSM roaming and operators' needs. We have...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Polish operator NASK commercially launched fixed wireless access service in Warsaw using equipment from Cambridge Broadband.Cambridge provided VectaStar equipment in the licensed 3.6 to 3.8 GHz band for the network.
SAN DIEGO-InfoSonics Corp. said Monday it had increased its revolving credit line with Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank to the maximum of $25 million. InfoSonics is a handset distributor in the U.S. and Latin America.
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it has won a contract valued at $141 million from Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. for a GSM/EDGE/GPRS network expansion project in northern India.Nokia said the expansion will include core and radio network equipment as well as a range...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile said it is offering a photo-sharing service known as Boost Snaps for a monthly fee of $3 plus printing charges. "What good is taking pictures on a mobile phone if there are only limited ways to share them? With Boost Snaps,...
New York-Crain Communications Inc., which publishes RCR Wireless News, plans to launch "FinancialWeek," a high-frequency newspaper to satisfy the growing information needs of corporate finance executives. FinancialWeek will begin with a pilot issue on June 5, and will publish every other Monday beginning in...
WASHINGTON-Korean content provider WiderThan Co. expects to net more than $50 million with its planned initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month. WiderThan, which sells ringtones, ring-back tones, games and other content, will issue 6...
