SAN DIEGO-Remec Inc.'s shareholders approved the dissolution of the company, scheduling the company's asset sale for Friday.Remec's shareholders approved the sale of selected assets and liabilities of the company's Wireless Systems Business to Powerwave Technologies Inc. pursuant to an agreement dated March 12. Upon...
TOULOUSE, France-Mobile-messaging services companies Atchik and Realtime announced a merger between the two companies.Atchik is a 6-year-old French company that provides white-label mobile services, including chat forums, dating services, games, information, and photo and video applications, to telecom operators and Internet service providers. Denmark-based...
GUATEMALA CITY-Telefonica Moviles said it launched its third-generation service in Guatemala using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology from Nortel Networks Corp.Telefonica signed a contract with Nortel in May to supply the equipment.In addition to offering its customers Web browsing and video and music download services,...
SAN DIEGO-Network provider Wireless Facilities Inc. has won a $10 million network services contract to provide second- and third-generation network optimization for a major wireless carrier in Europe. The company said the contract is an extension of services they are already providing to the...
LONDON-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. announced that its Matrix high-accuracy positioning location technology is set to be integrated into European GSM/GPRS/EDGE terminal designer and protocol stack software developer NeonSeven's new range of mobile devices, including handsets.The two companies said they plan to collaborate to offer...
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.-The Wireless Xcessories Group Inc. and InPhonic Inc. announced a joint marketing and distribution agreement that calls for Wireless Xcessories to offer InPhonic's services to its 1,000 private-label Web site affiliates.Wireless Xcessories is a nationwide manufacturer and distributor of electronic and cellular...
The tumultuous legal battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. has coaxed some unexpected players out of the woodwork. RIM rivals Microsoft Corp. and Seven Networks Inc., along with chipmaker Intel Corp., recently filed documents in the case....
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Eastman Kodak Co. and Nikon Corp. separately announced new digital cameras that will include built-in Wi-Fi modems. The companies said such devices will allow users to more easily upload their pictures to their computers or the Internet, through either home Wi-Fi networks or...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless Wednesday sued two telemarketers for violating the prohibition against making sales calls to mobile phones using autodialers. Using evidence initially gained because Verizon Wireless employees received recorded messages selling time shares, Verizon Wireless determined that the two companies made hundreds of thousands...
MONTREAL-BlueTree Wireless Data Inc., which provides commercial and industrial wireless modems for machine-to-machine applications, said Verizon Wireless has certified its CDMA 1xRTT GPS Series and IP Series products for use on its network.The certified products include the BlueTree IP Series 4200 and the BlueTree...
Wireless carriers continue to struggle with service outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast region when it came ashore Monday morning. News reports indicate that wireless services are severed completely in many communities due to power outages caused by...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it received a $901 million tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday. The payment included a refund of $816 million plus interest of $86 million. The refund was part of a previously announced agreement between Lucent and the...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. released its fiscal third-quarter results Tuesday, reporting net income of $23.9 million, or 20 cents per, a considerable increase from last year's third-quarter net loss of $14.3 million, or 12 cents per share.However, the company's outlook fell short of Wall Street...
Music rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired the music recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.BMI, which collects royalties for musicians and publishers, formed Landmark Digital Services, a subsidiary that will...
Electronics manufacturer Pantech announced it will bring its various mobile-phone operations closer together. The company said its mobile-phone affiliate Pantech Co. Ltd. will merge with its recently acquired SK Teletech Co. business. "With the completion of this merger, we will have moved one step...
RARITAN, N.J.-Wireless data and content delivery will account for as much as 25 percent of overall wireless revenues in five years, generating $50 billion annually, according to a report from the Pelorus Group.The market research firm said mobile Web browsing and Internet connectivity services...
IRVINE, Calif.-Las Vegas gamblers will be able to pay for parking using their mobile phones and credit cards under a new service from Reino Enforcement Technology and Peppercoin Inc. The service is currently available on 15 parking meters covering a total of 150 parking...
WASHINGTON-A privacy group petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to require mobile phone operators and other telecom carriers to better safeguard subscribers' calling records. The Electronic Privacy Information Center said the FCC has focused to date on notice and disclosure requirements necessary to disseminate consumer...
Nortel Networks Ltd. is going to Hawaii as the sole infrastructure supplier for Coral Wireless, a new mobile operator planning to launch an unlimited-use wireless voice and data network in early 2006. Nortel will build a network based on CDMA2000 1x infrastructure on the...
LONDON-French mobile-phone company Orange plc teamed with broadband provider Wanadoo to offer Orange customers home broadband service for about $17.86 a month.The offer is available to new Orange subscribers as well as existing customers who extend their mobile contracts. Orange also launched a half-prince...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said late Tuesday it is buying into the Internet-calling arena with the acquisition of 2-year-old startup Teleo Inc. The software behemoth said it will use Teleo's Voice over Internet Protocol technology to expand voice capabilities to its instant messaging service, MSN...
HOUSTON-Mobile-software company Vuico Inc. said it closed a preferred equity investment led by Aegis Capital through its Aegis Texas Ventures Fund. The company's mobile marketing and messaging offerings include the mMarketer, mSecretary and Vuico Go Wireless products and services.Vuico said it will use the...
WALTHAM, Mass.-Open access to Wi-Fi hot spots is now be available in 128 of Singapore's McDonald's restaurants thanks to a deal between Airpath Wireless Inc. and SkyNetGlobal, a wireless broadband provider in Australia and Asia.SkyNetGlobal is using Airpath Wireless' InterRoam application to enable roaming...
TAMPA, Fla.-Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported a deal with regional wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. to sell MetroPCS' unlimited calling service in the Tampa, Fla., area. FTS said it has secured approval for certain FTS Wireless locations to begin selling MetroPCS products and services...
