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NEW YORK-A multifaceted revolution is under way that will soon provide a tremendous boost to the battery life and processing capacity of wireless devices. The first phase of the handheld revolution will begin with extended battery life. “Keep an eye …

NEW YORK-Dallas-based Texas Instruments has begun making samples of its new Bluetooth chipset available and will begin shipping them by year-end, Christian Dupont, general manager of the short-distance wireless unit, said. Developed by Butterfly VLSI Ltd., an Israeli company TI …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, recent initiatives by innovative carriers such as Sonera allow users …

NEW YORK-AnywhereYouGo.com, which recently opened a wireless applications testing laboratory in Dallas, its home base, has literally taken on the world in its short corporate life. The company, whose mission is to facilitate development of wireless applications and solutions from …

Endware Broadband wireless product supplier Endware Corp. appointed Mike Roush vice president of manufacturing and operations, Nick Ingrao director of wireless programs and Chris Brown system engineering manager. Roush will oversee the expansion of the company’s Diamond Springs, Calif., manufacturing …

Wireless Internet technology Integra Micro Systems Indian software company Integra Micro Systems introduced a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for the PalmOS platform, allowing Palm devices to access Wireless Markup Language (WML) content. The Jataayu Browser is fully WAP compliant, …

BOISE, Idaho-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group placed Version 1.1 of Extended Systems Inc.’s XTNDAccess Blue SDK on its Bluetooth Qualified Product List, ensuring its compliance with Bluetooth interoperability standards. The XTNDAccess solution is a portable software development kit designed for …

SAN DIEGO-Silicon Wave Inc., which supplies radio-frequency systems-on-a-chip for wireless and broadband communications, raised $52 million in its fourth round of financing. The financing included new investments from 3Com Ventures, Access Technology, Alps Electric Co. Ltd., GTG Ventures, Intersil Corp., …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. began shipments of its Mobile Station Modem 3300 chipset samples and system software, and its IFR3300 chip, an intermediate frequency-to-baseband receiver enabling integration of a GPS-band radio without additional external radio frequency or IF chips. Qualcomm said …

In an effort to make up for a history of poor communication with application developers, Motorola Inc. held its first Application Developer Conference last week in San Diego. Dubbed the Xtreme Developer’s Conference, some 300 developers met with Motorola and …

TOKYO-Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. and ST Assembly Test Services developed an RF chip package and production test solution with Bluetooth specifications for the wireless market. “This Bluetooth device uses the [complementary metal oxide semiconductor radio frequency] process, which can …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Broadband technologies will play an important role in the growth of the wireless communications integrated circuit market, according to a study released by Allied Business Intelligence. “ICs used in MMDS devices account for less than 1 percent of …

SAN DIEGO – Meltronix Inc., a semiconductor interconnect company serving wireless Internet, broadband communications and Internet equipment markets, launched a Bluetooth wireless technology business development program to target relationships with Bluetooth industry consortium companies. “With our success in expanding our …

iMedeon Wireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon’s iM: Work, includes an administration tool allowing users to configure the system to meet their data-collection …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-L.M. Ericsson licensed ARM’s ARM7TDMI processor core for use in its communications products, enabling Ericsson to re-use the ARM intellectual property among all its divisions. Ericsson said it expects ARM’s processor technology will provide a scalable platform for …

The RCR editorial staff has realigned its beat coverage for Denver-based reporters in order to capitalize on the rapid changes taking place in the wireless industry. In addition, RCR reporter Antony Bruno has been promoted to senior writer in recognition …

InterWave Wireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for …

For those people still neglecting to turn off their cellular phones in public places like movie theaters, churches and restaurants, a technology is in the works that will take the monitoring responsibilities away from the cell- phone user and automatically …

Mobile Lifestreams A Web site designed for the mobile communication professional was launched by Mobile Lifestreams Ltd. According to the company, the new site, www.mobile4mobile.com, was designed to cover the needs of those involved in the mobile communications industry. The …

So there we were, at the charming Ascot Dinner Theatre, anxiously awaiting the start of the program. The dancers (all around age 4) stepped out on stage in pink and white tutus, ballet slippers on, lipstick (!) applied, poised for …

Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit. The kit consists of a software upgrade that adds Palm’s Web Clipping technology to the devices, …

Two-way messaging equipment Motorola Motorola introduced its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, featuring a full Qwerty keyboard with a flip-top screen and a four-line, 80-character display. It supports two-way messaging, wireless Internet e-mail and on-demand information services. It also features …

MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Socket Communications Inc. and Axis Communications of Sweden have agreed to deliver end-to-end networking solutions incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, providing mobile computer users with broadband wireless access points to ethernet networks. The agreement covers Socket’s Personal …

Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and partner with Cisco Systems Inc. to provide wireless …