SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In a letter addressed to Palm OS developers, Palm Inc.'s Ed Colligan reiterated the company's support for the Palm platform. "I'm writing to you today because I'm concerned by the number of posts I've read that suggest that Palm's support of Palm OS...
LOS ANGELES-Shares of Jamdat Mobile Inc. jumped in after-hours trading Tuesday following the game publisher's announcement that its third quarter revenue more than doubled from the year-ago period. Jamdat said successful European launches of Tetris and Downtown Texas Hold 'Em helped push its quarterly...
BEIJING-WiMAX is alive at the WiMAX Forum's Face-to-Face event in Beijing this week as broadband equipment companies Aperto Networks Inc., Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. demonstrated their offerings. The event centered on transmissions between pre-certified TDD-based WiMAX base...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 1.059 million subscribers during the third quarter, which was well above the 901,000 customers the carrier added last year and surpassed most analyst predictions. The carrier also pushed past the 20 million subscriber mark, ending the quarter...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. launched its Blackberry Mobile Data System, which the company said supports Web service application development.The product includes a visual development tool that uses an XML-based architecture, which the company said allows system integrators, software vendors and corporate developers to...
TAMPA, Fla.-Verizon Wireless said it obtained an immediate injunction against Florida-based private investigative agency Global Information Group, which the carrier said had attempted to obtain confidential information about Verizon Wireless subscribers.In its lawsuit against the agency, filed Nov. 2 in Hillsborough County, Fla., Verizon...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made a strategic investment in Tekion Inc.Tekion develops micro fuel cells for mobile products. The company's Formira Power Pack is designed to fit inside mobile products and, according to the company, allow consumers to stay connected...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and The Michigan Department of Transportation announced plans to establish a roadside network aimed at reducing accidents and congestion by wirelessly connecting vehicles to each other and to roadside transmitters.The plans center on Motorola's Motodrive wireless network architecture, which supports the...
WASHINGTON-Since the digital TV transition issue put universal-service reform on the back burner, lawmakers recently agreed to renew a one-year restriction on any efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to limit subsidies to primary lines. The ban was passed as members of the House...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc., the nation's third largest tower company with around 11,000 towers, reported a third-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 23 cents per share. The numbers are a steep decline from the company's year-ago net income of $5.3 million, or 10...
WASHINGTON-A county in New York could become the first place in the country to require Internet cafes with Wi-Fi to install security technology as a way to combat identity theft and consumer fraud.The legislation was proposed by Andy Spano, county executive of Westchester County,...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with the state of Kansas to supply wireless local area network solutions for use in the state's government and educational facilities. The state plans to deploy Alcatel's WLAN access points in locations in Topeka and elsewhere.Alcatel said...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. claims its recently launched CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network is now available in 141 markets covering more than 90 million potential customers, including more than 250 airports. The carrier added that the high-speed wireless data network is scheduled to cover...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti-Caribbean wireless operator Digicel said it selected L.M. Ericsson to provide a GSM-based mobile network in Haiti. Digicel noted the network would include GPRS-based mobile Internet services, per-second billing for prepaid services and international roaming.Ericsson has provided infrastructure for Digicel's operations...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Battery & Wireless Solutions Inc. cancelled its proposed acquisition of TAC Mobility and appointed a new chief executive officer following a review of the company's business and strategic plans.Michael Bartlett will assume the post of CEO. Les Granholm remains president and will...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Monday that Voice over Internet Protocol carriers do not have to cut off service to customers in areas where enhanced 911 is not available, but VoIP carriers cannot market to or sign up new customers in those areas.Nov....
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. posted a 65-percent jump in revenues during the third quarter from $211.4 million in 2004 to $349.4 million this year. The results were slightly below estimates of around $360 million in revenues during the...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. launched an Internet portal designed to allow developers to share information about open-source projects.The site, OpenSource.nokia.com, includes links that give project descriptions and provides access to any Nokia-developed downloadable code with an open source license. The company hopes to spur innovation...
SAN FRANCISCO-Over-the-phone voting may be decades away, but a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization allowed would-be voters to use their phones to obtain voter-registration materials for today's elections. Mobile Voter allows users to request registration forms via conventional mail by sending a text message to...
SAN DIEGO-Inetcam Inc., which develops multimedia applications for wireless devices, said it secured $12.5 million in funding from Equal Elements, a venture-capital fund focused on technology companies.The company said it will use the funding to enhance its produce development and to expand global sales...
BRISBANE, Calif.-Devicescape Software announced its new Devicescape Secure Wireless Client 1.0 product, which the company said is an embedded software package designed to help manufacturers bring next-generation Wi-Fi devices to market more quickly.The software is aimed at converged mobile handsets, digital cameras, digital televisions,...
CINCINNATI-Regional operator Cincinnati Bell Wireless posted 4,100 net postpaid customer additions during the third quarter, which was a significant improvement on the 10,500 postpaid subscribers it lost during the third quarter of 2004. The carrier attributed the turnaround to new rate plans and improved...
ATLANTA & MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it reached a multi-year agreement to lay the foundation for Bell South Corp.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture.Lucent said its Next Generation solution will enable BellSouth to offer a range of advanced consumer IP services, including...
DENVER-Symbol Technologies and Menusoft Digital Dining are teaming to help the Comedy Works sell drinks.The Denver nightclub, which had struggled to deliver drinks prior to the start of twice- and three-times-nightly shows, equipped its servers with Symbol PPT8800 handheld devices. The mobile computers allow...
