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WBT News Desk brings you all the latest and greatest news from the world of wireless business and technology, including breaking news, technical articles and feature stories written by the world's leading experts of mBusiness.
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Sierra Wireless AirCard
850 Mobile PC Card Now
Available with Orange UK
Business Everywhere
Service By Wireless News Desk Sierra Wireless and
Orange Business Services
have announced that the
Sierra Wireless AirCard
850 Mobile PC Card is now
available in the United
Kingdom. The card is the
first 3G+-enabled card
offered by Orange and
offers mobile
professionals a proven,
reliable wire... Nov. 28, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 5,836 | Bouygues Telecom Launches
Sierra Wireless PC Card
in France By Wireless News Desk Sierra Wireless and
Bouygues Telecom have
announced the launch of a
new Sierra Wireless PC
card on Bouygues' network
in France. The Bouygues
Telecom 'Carte Internet
haut debit mobile,' also
known as the Sierra
Wireless AirCard 850
wireless wide area
network card, ... Nov. 28, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 5,429 | Cingular Expands Coverage
in Volusia and Seminole
Counties By Wireless News Desk A new Cingular Wireless
cell site on Morgan
Alderman Road in the town
of Mims is expanding
coverage in Volusia and
Seminole counties. The
new site is located on
the Volusia/Seminole
County border and is
providing connecting
coverage on State Highway
46 between the... Nov. 28, 2006 03:00 AM Reads: 4,670 | Trolltech Wins "2006
China Mobile Industry
Outstanding Performance
Award" By Wireless News Desk Trolltech has announced
that China Institute of
Communications (CIC) has
awarded Trolltech and its
flagship product Qtopia,
the unrivaled application
platform for the
efficient creation of
Linux-based devices, the
'2006 China Mobile
Industry Outstanding
Performanc... Nov. 28, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 5,014 | Southern Weekend Ranks
Motorola Second as Most
Influential Fortune 500
Companies in China By Wireless News Desk Motorola has announced
that Southern Weekend, an
influential Chinese
business newspaper, rated
Motorola the number two
spot in its survey of
Most Influential Fortune
500 Companies operating
in China. It also ranked
Motorola highest in a
list of Best-Performing
Fortune 500 Companies. Nov. 28, 2006 12:00 AM Reads: 5,587 | QUALCOMM Announces Launch
of its mShop 1.1 Shopping
Client on U.S. Cellular's
easyedgeSM Wireless Data
Service By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM, a developer and
innovator of Code
Division Multiple Access
(CDMA) and other advanced
wireless technologies,
has announced the launch
of its mShop 1.1 shopping
client on U.S. Cellular's
easyedgeSM wireless data
service. mShop, a key
feature of QUALCOMM's
... Nov. 28, 2006 12:00 AM Reads: 6,176 | Motorola Announces That
it Shipped 2 Million
MOTOMING Units in Greater
China By Wireless News Desk Motorola has announced
that it has shipped 2
million MOTOMING units in
Greater China, making the
award-winning, elegantly
designed handset the best
selling smartphone in
China, taking an
unprecedented 50% of the
country's pen-based PDA
market. Nov. 26, 2006 11:00 PM Reads: 7,156 | T-Mobile Introduces
Samsung Z560 Multimedia
Powerhouse By Wireless News Desk T-Mobile has announced
the exclusive
availability of the
Samsung Z560. Packed with
the latest technology,
the Samsung Z560 also
offers the best value
open Internet access via
a range of web-n-walk
plans from T-Mobile. The
handset is one of the
first consumer devic... Nov. 25, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 6,166 | Motorola and Mobile
Telesystems Sign Contract By Wireless News Desk Mobile Telesystems (MTS),
the largest mobile
operator in Russia and
CIS, has awarded an
equipment upgrade and
services contract to
Motorola, to improve the
quality, capacity and
performance of its Moscow
macro region network,
MTS's largest geographic
region. Nov. 24, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 5,486 | Sony Ericsson Releases
Complete Package for UIQ
3 based Web Services By Wireless News Desk Sony Ericsson Developer
World has announced the
release of a complete
package for Web Services
development, enabling
over-the-air access
directly from your Sony
Ericsson mobile phone to
web server based
solutions by using the
C++ or Java programming
languages. Ext... Nov. 24, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 5,977 | Shanghai Unicom Announces
a Number of New Mobile
Services Based on Nokia's
EGPRS Solution By Wireless News Desk The Shanghai branch of
China Unicom (Shanghai
Unicom) announced a
number of new mobile
services at the Shanghai
Unicom EGPRS Data Service
Press Conference held in
Shanghai. A range of
advanced data services
based on Nokia's EGPRS
solution, including Near
Field Com... Nov. 24, 2006 03:00 AM Reads: 5,353 | Nokia Introduces
Peer-to-Peer Traffic
Control Solution By Wireless News Desk Nokia is introducing a
network solution that
lets operators control
the use of network
resources by bandwidth
hungry applications such
as file sharing and Voice
over IP telephony --
giving operators the
tools to maintain better
control over their
networks. Nov. 24, 2006 03:00 AM Reads: 5,667 | Nokia Supports Polkomtel
in Launching HSDPA in
Poland By Wireless News Desk Nokia has supported
Polish mobile operator
Polkomtel in launching
its commercial High Speed
Downlink Packet Access
(HSDPA) network in the
Warsaw area. The Nokia
HSDPA solution enables
Polkomtel to offer its
customers mobile data
services at speeds of up
to five ti... Nov. 24, 2006 03:00 AM Reads: 6,155 | Phonemail Standardizes on
Intellisync Wireless
Email from Nokia By Wireless News Desk Nokia has announced that
EPUSH Software Solution
Gmbh, one of the first
independent international
provider of value-added
mobile services, will
offer Intellisync
Wireless Email from Nokia
to its business and
consumer customers. The
service will be available
immedi... Nov. 24, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 6,299 | MTC Delivers 3G Services
in Kuwait Driven by
Nortel By Wireless News Desk MTC (Mobile
Telecommunications
Company), a mobile
operator in the Middle
East and Africa, is
delivering high-speed
mobile services such as
mobile video, multimedia
messaging and web
browsing in Kuwait with a
Nortel optical solution. Nov. 24, 2006 01:00 AM Reads: 5,633 | ITPC to Improve
Communications across
Iraq with Nortel Optical
Solution By Wireless News Desk Iraq Telecommunications &
Post Corporation (ITPC),
Iraq's sole fixed-line
operator, has awarded
Nortel a US$20 million
contract to build a
nationwide optical
backbone to deliver
high-quality
high-bandwidth data,
video and multimedia
services for personal and
bus... Nov. 24, 2006 01:00 AM Reads: 6,169 | Berggi To Bring Mobile
Messaging to the Masses
From Turkey Day By Wireless News Desk From Thanksgiving Day,
November 23, a service is
being lanched in the US
that will enable
consumers - according to
a new technology company
called Berggi - 'to
transform regular cell
phones into smart devices
that are optimized to
send and receive email,
IM, text ... Nov. 22, 2006 07:45 AM Reads: 6,636 Replies: 1 | Intercontinental Jeddah
Hotel Deploys Converged
Network from Nortel By Wireless News Desk The Intercontinental
Jeddah Hotel has deployed
a converged network from
Nortel to support
advanced IP-based
communications such as
high-speed Internet
access, unified messaging
and mobility for guests
while driving staff
efficiency and
productivity. The
360-room... Nov. 18, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 6,746 | Nortel Introduces New SMB
Data Solutions, Product
Enhancements for
Affordable and
Sophisticated
Communications By Wireless News Desk Nortel is strengthening
its small and medium
business (SMB) portfolio
with the addition of two
new data products, as
well as enhancements to
existing SMB solutions.
Nortel's new SMB products
and enhancements include:
Business Ethernet Switch
200 and Business Etherne... Nov. 18, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 5,684 | Apple Teams up with Air
France, Continental,
Delta, Emirates, KLM &
United to Deliver iPod
Integration By Wireless News Desk Apple has announced it is
teaming up with Air
France, Continental,
Delta, Emirates, KLM and
United to deliver the
first seamless
integration between iPod
and in-flight
entertainment systems.
These six airlines will
begin offering their
passengers iPod seat
conne... Nov. 18, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 5,856 | QUALCOMM to Bring
Together India's Wireless
Community with the BREW
2006 Developers
Conference By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM, a developer and
innovator of advanced
wireless technologies and
mobile data solutions,
has announced that it
will host the second
annual BREW Developers
Conference - India. The
conference will be held
in Mumbai at The ITC
Grand Maratha Sheraton on
Nov. 29. Nov. 16, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 6,088 | QUALCOMM Acquires nPhase,
Provider of
Machine-to-Machine
Solutions By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM has announced
that it has acquired
Chicago-based nPhase, a
provider of
machine-to-machine
solutions that allow
enterprises to manage and
monitor widely dispersed,
fixed machine assets. The
acquisition of nPhase
helps reinforce
QUALCOMM's leadership
posi... Nov. 16, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 6,573 | QUALCOMM Announces to
Showcase Some of its
Latest Innovations in 3G
CDMA Wireless Technology By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM has announced
that it will showcase
some of its latest
innovations in 3G CDMA
wireless technology, as
well as its efforts
towards empowering
underserved populations,
during the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation
(APEC) CEO Summit 2006,
in Hanoi, Vietnam,
... Nov. 16, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 6,151 | Nortel Powers Sonofon's
Super-Fast Communication
Services in Denmark By Wireless News Desk Sonofon, Denmark's second
largest mobile telephone
operator, is powering
super-fast communications
services such as
interactive games, music
downloads, video
streaming and web
browsing with Nortel
solution. The Nortel
Metro Ethernet Networking
wireless backhaul
... Nov. 15, 2006 05:00 AM Reads: 5,978 | Nortel Optical Solution
Powers ntl Telewest
Triple-Play Services By Wireless News Desk ntl Telewest, the UK's
largest cable operator
and a provider of
broadband, digital
television and telephony,
is using a Nortel optical
solution to deliver its
triple-play of voice,
video and data services
to residential and
enterprise customers in
the UK.The Norte... Nov. 15, 2006 05:00 AM Reads: 5,969 | American University In
Cairo Builds "City of
Learning" High-Tech
Campus With Nortel
Solutions By Wireless News Desk The American University
in Cairo (AUC), a leading
educational institution
in Egypt and the Middle
East, has chosen Nortel
solutions to provide all
communications services
such as VoIP, multimedia
and WiFi mobility to its
new 'City of Learning'
campus. AUC will reloc... Nov. 15, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 5,880 | Flextronics And HP
Enhance Mobile Phone
Image Quality By Wireless News Desk Flextronics Components
Group, a division of
Flextronics, and HP have
announced a five-year
technology collaboration
agreement to help mobile
camera phone users
capture photos with the
same high quality they
achieve from their
digital still cameras. Nov. 15, 2006 03:00 AM Reads: 5,562 | Microsoft's New Zune
Digital Media Player on
Store Shelves By Wireless News Desk Microsoft has launched
new Zune digital media
player and music service.
Today at Westlake Park in
downtown Seattle at the
first of these Zune
concerts, Microsoft
Chairman Bill Gates took
the stage to share his
excitement for this next
step Microsoft is taking
in m... Nov. 14, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 7,635 Replies: 1 | QUALCOMM Brings Broadband
Mobility to an Expanded
Range of Devices By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM, today
introduced its Snapdragon
platform. Snapdragon is
designed to add expanded
functionality to future
generations of consumer
electronics - from
gaming/portable
entertainment devices to
pocket computers and
beyond - by delivering
ubiquitous mobile
b... Nov. 13, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 6,519 | QUALCOMM Introduces
Industry's First
Single-Chip UMTS and
HSDPA Solutions By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM has announced an
expansion to its QUALCOMM
Single Chip (QSC) family
to include support for
UMTS. The new QSC6240
product for WEDGE (WCDMA
and GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and
QSC6270 product for HEDGE
(HSDPA/WCDMA and
GSM/GPRS/EDGE) are the
world's first solutions
to i... Nov. 13, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 6,307 | QUALCOMM and Motorola to
Collaborate on UMTS
Handsets By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM and Motorola,
today announced an
expansion in their
relationship. In addition
to collaborating on
CDMA2000, the two
companies will now be
working together to bring
UMTS handsets to global
markets. Motorola Mobile
Devices has approved
QUALCOMM's Mobile Sta... Nov. 13, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 6,051 | QUALCOMM Announces
Agreement with Telecom
Italia By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM, a developer and
innovator of advanced
wireless technologies and
data solutions, and
Telecom Italia, through
its mobile unit TIM, the
largest wireless operator
in Italy, today announced
an agreement to launch
wireless data services
based on QUALCOMM's BREW ... Nov. 13, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 6,555 | Japan Fair Trade
Commission Notifies
QUALCOMM Japan of
Possible Investigation By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM has reported
that the Japan Fair Trade
Commission (JFTC) has
notified its Japanese
subsidiary, QUALCOMM
Japan, that the JFTC may
investigate QUALCOMM's
licensing and chip
business practices in
Japan. The JFTC did not
reveal the timing for any
investigatio... Nov. 10, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 6,404 | QUALCOMM And Arasor Enter
into a 3G CDMA Subscriber
Unit License Agreement By Wireless News Desk QUALCOMM and Arasor
Corporation, a wholly
owned subsidiary of
Arasor International
Ltd., have announced they
have entered into a
subscriber unit license
agreement. Under the
terms of the
royalty-bearing
agreement, QUALCOMM has
granted Arasor a
worldwide license ... Nov. 10, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 6,425 | Skyhook Wireless
Announces New Version of
Loki, the Free Virtual
GPS Location Toolbar By Wireless News Desk Skyhook Wireless has
announced the
availability of the
newest version of Loki,
the location-based
Internet toolbar.
Building upon its strong
adoption since May, this
version introduces
significant new features,
local advertising
capabilities, and
performance imp... Nov. 8, 2006 05:00 AM Reads: 7,480 Replies: 1 | Nortel Establishes Global
Operations Center of
Excellence in Turkey By Wireless News Desk Nortel has announced
further details of its
new Global Operations
Center of Excellence in
Turkey. Located on the
R&D campus of Nortel's
Turkish subsidiary Nortel
Netas in Umraniye,
Istanbul, the new
Operations Center of
Excellence will create
approximately 300 job... Nov. 6, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 6,772 | Volantis Announces New
Application Solution to
Drive Higher Adoption of
Mobile Data Services By Wireless News Desk Volantis, the supplier of
Intelligent Content
Adaptation solutions for
the Mobile Information
Age, has announced the
availability of BuzzCast.
This newest addition to
the Volantis Suite of
Mobile Content
Applications represents a
revolution in information
access f... Nov. 6, 2006 05:00 AM Reads: 7,927 | Google Reworks Mobile
Gmail By Wireless News Desk Google is taking another
crack at sending Gmail
e-mail messages to cell
phones and unchaining
users from their desktops
and their BlackBerries.
In this particular case
Yahoo and Microsoft are
ahead of it. Nov. 3, 2006 10:00 AM Reads: 8,361 | Nortel Strengthens China
Commitment with New
Hi-Tech Beijing Campus By Wireless News Desk Nortel has opened a
sophisticated new
facility in Beijing to
strengthen its R&D
capabilities in China and
support the development
of products for customers
in Asia and global
markets. The facility
will develop
next-generation
communications technology
designed t... Nov. 3, 2006 04:00 AM Reads: 6,481 | Nortel Adds Partner
Assurance Contract to its
SMB Services Portfolio By Wireless News Desk Nortel has extended its
already broad channel
partner 'Assurance'
services portfolio for
Europe, Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) with the
addition of the small and
medium business (SMB)
Partner Assurance
Contract (PAC). PAC has
been developed and
packaged specifical... Nov. 1, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 22,399 |
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