Wireless News articles from January 2009

Wireless News archives from January 2009

SA Forum Issues Call for Papers for 2009 International Service Availability Symposium.
January 2, 2009... The Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) announced that the 2009 International Service Availability Symposium (ISAS) conference Call for Papers is now open. Now in its sixth year, ISAS is a global symposium that brings together service...

Battelle, R&D Magazine 2009 Funding Forecast Reflects Global Economic Turmoil.
January 2, 2009... Industry and government sources that intend to spend money to fund research and development are a reflection of the world's economy--unsure, according to the latest joint Battelle-R&D Magazine 2009 R&D Funding Forecast. The report, which...

Five9 Gets Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine.
January 2, 2009... Five9 announced that the Five9 Virtual Call Center Suite has received a 2008 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corp.'s (TMC) Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, a publication covering CRM, call centers and teleservices....

SAS Group Sells airBaltic to Management.
January 2, 2009... The SAS Group has signed an agreement to sell its 47,2 percent holding in airBaltic to the management of airBaltic. The sales price amount to MLAT 14 (approx MSEK 220) will be paid in cash no later than 31. January 2009. The transaction...

SourceMedical Garners Jemison Venture Award.
January 2, 2009... SourceMedical has been named the 23rd recipient of the Jemison Venture Award, which recognizes companies for strong growth and value added to their customers and communities. SourceMedical was selected over four other finalists to receive...

GoFish Raises $22.5 Million Equity Financing.
January 2, 2009... GoFish Corp., a digital media company, announced that it has closed its previously announced equity financing raising $22.5 million. The company completed the financing through the sale of convertible preferred stock and warrants to...

Retrevo Picks: Gadget Hits and Misses of 2008.
January 2, 2009... The consumer electronics experts at Retrevo revealed their AI-based list of the best as well as the most overhyped gadgets and electronics products of 2008. The Retrevo Pulse Awards for best products go to those that have been recognized...

Cypress Touts Top Ranking by IMS Research in Touchscreen Space.
January 2, 2009... Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that the 2008 report "Touchscreen & Input Technologies for Mobile Handsets" from IMS Research in Austin, Texas cited Cypress as the industry leader for touch-sensing. IMS reports that Cypress has "an...

IDC Survey: Energy Concerns Lead the Way Toward Green IT Adoption.
January 2, 2009... Despite some regional differences in priorities and motivators, senior business executives and ICT decision-makers around the world agree that Green IT initiatives are at the top of their agenda, reports IDC. According to IDC's latest...

IDC: Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009.
January 2, 2009... The impact of the global economic crisis will spread to the mobile phone market resulting in a downturn in shipments in 2009, reports IDC. IDC said its research indicates that total mobile phone volumes will be 1.9 percent lower in 2009...

Whagaa Software and Santa Cruz Skate Shop Offer GPS Enabled Mobile Skateboarding App.
January 2, 2009... Whagaa Software Inc., a developer of instructional applications for mobile devices and the developer of the iMIP (Interactive Mobile Instructional Platform), announced the release of the GoLearn Skateboarding app for iPhone and iPod Touch. ...

Sapient's Global Trading and Risk Management Practice Explains the Fed Letter's Impact on OTC Derivatives Processing.
January 2, 2009... Sapient's global Trading and Risk Management Practice recently launched a series of discussion forums aimed at explaining the implications of the latest letter on derivatives processing requirements issued by the Operations Management Group...

Fitch Affirms Qwest's IDR at 'BB'; Outlook Remains Stable.
January 2, 2009... Fitch Ratings has affirmed Qwest Communications International, Inc.'s (Qwest) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB'. Additionally, Fitch has affirmed the IDRs of Qwest's wholly owned subsidiaries including Qwest Corp. (QC) as well as the...

Vivendi Implements AFEP/MEDEF Recommendations.
January 2, 2009... Vivendi's Supervisory Board, at its meeting on December 18, examined the AFEP/MEDEF recommendations on the remuneration of executive directors of publicly-quoted companies. The Supervisory Board, on the recommendation of the Corporate...

Financial Institutions Collaborate in Documenting Requirements for RFID Data Center Asset Tracking Standard.
January 2, 2009... The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) announced it has published RFID Basic Functional and Numbering Requirements for IT Data Center Assets. Over the last six months, FSTC members and RFID organizations have collaborated to...

Zero-Day Web Malware Blocks Surpass Yearly Average.
January 2, 2009... n its monthly Global Threat Report issued, ScanSafe, a provider of SaaS Web Security, reported that the rate of zero-day malware blocks increased in November to 26 percent. The number increased significantly from the 16 percent of zero-day...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launches Pilot Grant Program to Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries.
January 2, 2009... A pilot initiative announced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help public libraries in seven states secure faster Internet connections so more people can access a full range of online applications and opportunities, the organization...

Brazil's CPFL Piratininga Opts for 3M ACCR to Upgrade Capacity.
January 2, 2009... CPFL Piratininga, a power distribution unit of CPFL Energia, a Brazilian electric utility, will install the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) to upgrade the capacity of a key transmission line serving a densely populated area in...

Fair Isaac Releases Debt Manager 7.
January 2, 2009... Fair Isaac Corp., a provider of analytics and decision management technology, announced the availability of Fair Isaac Debt Manager solution 7, the first available product of the Fair Isaac Decision Management Suite. Debt Manager 7 has...

VirTra Awards Product Distribution Rights to Brazil's Agora Telecom.
January 2, 2009... Bob Ferris, VirTra Systems' CEO and president, has announced that Agora Telecom has been chosen as VirTra's exclusive distributor in Brazil. The exclusive distributor agreement with Agora includes a minimum volume per year of sales in the...

MoneyGram Says It Doubles Number of ExpressPayment Locations in 2 Years.
January 2, 2009... MoneyGram International, a global payment services company, announced it has expanded to 40,000 ExpressPayment agent locations in the U.S. with the rollout of its payment services at CVS and 7-Eleven stores across the country. MoneyGram...

Alltel Wireless Aims GPS Application at Outdoor Enthusiasts.
January 2, 2009... Alltel Wireless said that outdoor enthusiasts can now take advantage of advanced GPS features directly on their GPS-capable phones with the Trimble Outdoors application. Alltel said the Trimble Outdoors application turns a wide range of...

Rubberduck Media Lab Supplies Mobile Video for German Broadcaster.
January 2, 2009... Rubberduck Media Lab, a provider of mobile TV solutions, has announced a new collaboration with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Rubberduck is part of the stock listed Aspiro group, which is the Scandinavian market leader within...

Research and Markets Adds Report: FTTx Technologies.
January 2, 2009... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "FTTx Technologies" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This report examines the different technologies, both current...

Dataram Touts Doubles Memory to 64GB in 2 Sun Servers.
January 2, 2009... Dataram Corp., a provider of server and workstation memory, announced double-density upgrades for Sun Microsystems' SPARC Enterprise M3000 and Sun Fire X2250 servers that expand to 64GB of memory capacity. Until now, the servers were only...

Nexidia Releases AudioFinder 2.0.
January 2, 2009... Nexidia, a provider of audio search and speech analytics solutions, announced the release of Nexidia AudioFinder 2.0, an application that brings the power of Nexidia's speech technologies into a single, stand-alone package that can run in...

CyberTech Revenue Increases 30% in 2008.
January 2, 2009... CyberTech International, a provider of advanced voice and data recording technologies, announced performance results for 2008 that it said represent 12 consecutive months of growth levels. In 2008, the company noted that customer demand and...

Atlantic Marine Deploys WorkForce's EmpCenter Solution.
January 2, 2009... WorkForce Software, Inc., a provider of workforce management solutions, announced Atlantic Marine, a shipyard on the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. East Coast, has implemented its EmpCenter solution, including Time and Attendance, Accruals and Absence...

SeaMobile Bolsters Its Geolink Access Network.
January 2, 2009... SeaMobile Europe is installing the latest 5IF iDirect Hub, building upon its current network infrastructure in the EMEA zone, increasing capabilities for customer VSAT networks. With the collaboration of iDirect and Eutelsat, SeaMobile has...

Sun Leads R&D Project on Technology Accessibility.
January 2, 2009... Sun Microsystems said that it is helping spearhead global efforts in solving accessibility challenges for all devices from cell phones to desktops and Web applications by leading a consortium of over 20 other companies and organizations. ...

Alteva Teams with Polycom to Offer HD Voice Technology to SMBs.
January 2, 2009... Alteva, a North American provider of enterprise hosted VoIP, announced that it is a certified Polycom Reseller, offering premium voice service with Polycom's HD Voice SoundPoint IP 550 and 650 models to its customers. With a network...

ZyXEL Hospitality Gateway Server Enhanced with NetNearU's Trackos Management Suite.
January 2, 2009... ZyXEL Communications Inc., a provider of secure broadband networking, Internet connectivity and routing products, announced NetNearU (NNU) wireless hotspot management system Trackos support for ZyXEL's VSG-1200 v2 hospitality gateway server....

TomTom Brings Out Online Route Planner.
January 2, 2009... TomTom, a navigation solutions provider, has announced the introduction of the TomTom Route Planner, a free Web-based routing application. TomTom's online Route Planner, which is currently in a BETA test program, allows users to pre-plan a...

Jeya Kumar Takes the Helm at Patni.
January 2, 2009... Patni Computer Systems, a global IT services provider, announced the appointment of Jeya Kumar as Chief Executive Officer. The company said that Kumar will come on board February, and will be responsible for driving the company's...

Sogeti Launches WebSphere Commerce Center of Excellence.
January 2, 2009... Sogeti, a provider of information technology services to businesses and public-sector organizations worldwide, has officially announced the launch of its Sogeti WebSphere Commerce Center of Excellence (CoE) service, which provides support for...

Sunquest Information Systems to Acquire Outreach Advantage Solution from Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories.
January 2, 2009... Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a provider of laboratory and diagnostic information systems, and Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), a clinical reference laboratory, has announced a definitive agreement for Sunquest to acquire...

ngmoco's Game Rolando Rolls onto Apple's App Store.
January 2, 2009... ngmoco, creator and publisher of games exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, announced it is bringing Rolando to the Apple App Store. Developed in collaboration with HandCircus, Rolando is an action game that combines play mechanics and...

PPD to Expand Contract Research Operations into Ireland.
January 2, 2009... PPD, Inc. and IDA Ireland (Investment and Development Agency) announced that PPD plans to expand its contract research operations into Athlone, Ireland, by initially establishing a cGMP analytical testing laboratory to meet growing client...

Macrovision, Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners Ink Pact for Sale of TV Guide Network.
January 2, 2009... Macrovision Solutions Corp., a digital entertainment technology leader, announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its TV Guide Network property to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners for approximately $255 million in consideration,...

VSoft and IMM Team for Check Imaging Solutions Nationwide.
January 2, 2009... VSoft Corp., a global information and technology provider of process improvement solutions for financial institutions, has joined forces with value added reseller, Integrated Media Management (IMM), to implement check imaging solutions in...

Wipro Appoints New Global Head for Consultancy Division.
January 2, 2009... Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, announced the appointment of Kirk Strawser as Global Head, Wipro Consulting Services. Kirk Strawser has more than 22 years experience in senior leadership roles in the...

Telia Selects Cybercom for Easy Box Integration.
January 2, 2009... Cybercom announced that it has developed a solution for integration of Telia Denmark's Easy Box. Cybercom said the solution allows Telia backoffice to set up specific product offerings and bundling per country, such as pricing and business...

The Marcus Corp. Reports 2Q Results.(Financial report)
January 2, 2009... The Marcus Corp. has reported results for the second quarter ended November 27. In a release, the company noted second quarter fiscal 2009 highlights: - Total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 were $87,943,000, a 5.4...

j2 Global Succeeds in 2 Patent Reexaminations.
January 2, 2009... j2 Global Communications, Inc., a provider of outsourced, value-added messaging and communication services, announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has confirmed the validity of two patents covering aspects of the company's core...

EA Brings Out SimCity for the iPhone.
January 2, 2009... EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced the availability of SimCity for the iPhone and iPod touch. SimCity provides an environment for players to construct, manage and even destroy their own dream city, all in the palm...

Radiient to Demo Roomcaster Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound at CES.
January 2, 2009... Wiring up a surround-sound system is no Saturday in the park; it's more like a Saturday in the attic. Just ask the millions of consumers who bought surround-sound systems in 2007, and still haven't hooked up the rear speakers. Radiient...

Conexant Supplies New Imaging Solution for Advanced Multifunction Printers.
January 2, 2009... Conexant Systems, Inc., a supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, video, and Internet connectivity applications, has introduced a new system-on-chip (SoC) controller for advanced color and monochrome laser and inkjet...

Tyrian to Develop Second Crop DiagnostIQ Product for Bayer CropScience AG.
January 2, 2009... Tyrian Diagnostics announced the company has agreed to commence the development of a second point-of-need diagnostic product with Bayer CropScience AG. The product will utilise Tyrian Diagnostics' DiagnostIQ test device and the test...

ProspX Secures $6.5 Million in Funding.
January 2, 2009... ProspX, Inc., a developer of collaboration and automation applications for the commercial insurance industry, announced that it has secured $6.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Adams Capital Management and will be...

Mellanox Promotes Ron Aghazarian to VP of Worldwide Sales Operations.
January 2, 2009... Mellanox Technologies, a supplier of semiconductor-based server and storage interconnect products, announced the promotion of Ron Aghazarian to Vice President of Worldwide Sales Operations. Aghazarian is responsible for Mellanox's customer...

Six Degrees Games Launches ActionAllStars.com - New Sports-Themed Virtual World.
January 2, 2009... Six Degrees Games, Inc. said that it has launched Action AllStars, a provider of safe, browser-based entertainment designed for ages six-to-14. Founded by parents and game enthusiasts with expertise in children's entertainment and game...

Coupons.com Offers Coupons for Facebook.
January 2, 2009... Coupons.com said that it is offering an application for Facebook that enables users to print and share coupons with their friends directly from their personal home page. Each week, Coupons.com noted, it will offer hundreds of dollars of...

Semtech Offers New Family of Resistor-capacitor Protection Devices.
January 2, 2009... Semtech Corp., a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced the EClamp237xK family of resistor-capacitor (R-C) protection devices with the low capacitance, high attenuation and low clamping voltage needed for high-resolution...

Cypress Touts West Bridge Controller.
January 2, 2009... Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said that its West Bridge peripheral controllers delivered the fastest sideloading (transfer of multimedia files from a PC to a mobile handset) in a comparison conducted by TechInsights in Electronic Engineering...

Alioscopy to Showcase 3DHD Display Technology in TCL Multimedia Booth at the CES Show.
January 2, 2009... Alioscopy USA, a 3D technology provider, announced that TTE Corp., a subsidiary of TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings, a consumer electronics manufacturer, will feature demonstrations of Alioscopy's 3DHD autostereoscopic (no glasses required)...

Black Box Innovations Featured on CES '30 Days of Innovation' List.
January 2, 2009... Black Box Innovations, maker of Personal Pocket Safe and Secret Diary, reported that it was recently featured in the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) '30 Days of Innovation: The Countdown to CES' on the official CES Web site....

Juniper Networks Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's SSL VPN Magic Quadrant.
January 2, 2009... Juniper Networks announced it has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant of Gartner's recently published Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs. The report evaluates vendors based on the company's ability to execute and completeness of vision in...

GWS Technologies Offers Four Seasons Windpower Turbines.
January 2, 2009... GWS Technologies, Inc., an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions, announced that it will be distributing Four Seasons Windpower's patented residential and commercial...

iovation and Internet Identity Collaborate to Fight Fraud.
January 2, 2009... iovation has announced a referral partnership with Internet Identity, a supplier of an anti-phishing services. Under the partnership, iovation and Internet Identity will offer eCommerce companies online fraud management and anti-phishing...

Research and Markets Adds Report: Dutch Fixed Telephony Q3 2008.
January 2, 2009... Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Dutch Fixed Telephony Q3 2008" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: The total Dutch consumer fixed telephony market...

Greenpeak Rolls Out Reference Design for New-Gen of RF Remote Controls.
January 2, 2009... GreenPeak has announced the launch of a new wireless radio technology for home remote control devices based on RF (radio frequency). GreenPeak is a fabless semiconductor company offering ultra low power wireless and battery-free data...

Amarin Opens U.S. R&D Office in Connecticut.
January 2, 2009... Amarin Corp. has announced the opening of its research and development headquarters in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. The new office will be responsible for Amarin's research and development activities in cardiovascular disease...

Survey: Data Center Transformation a Top Priority in 2009 for CIOs.
January 2, 2009... New global research reveals that 84 percent of technology organizations are planning to implement a data center transformation (DCT) project in the next 12 months, primarily to lower costs and reduce business risk. The HP-commissioned...

Intelliden Gets 'Positive' Rating in Gartner's Network Configuration and Change Management MarketScope Report.
January 2, 2009... Intelliden Inc., a provider of Intelligent Networking solutions that enable organizations to control, manage and scale their networks, announced that Intelliden received a "Positive" rating in Gartner's recently published "MarketScope for...

Garmin GTX Transponders with Extended Squitter Capability Receive TSO.
January 2, 2009... Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin, a provider of satellite navigation solutions, announced that it has received the FAA's TSO-C166a authorization for the GTX 330 and GTX 33 transponders with 1090 MHz Extended Squitter (ES)...

Sistema Posts Unaudited Financial Results for the Third Quarter.
January 2, 2009... Sistema, a diversified public corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages fast growing companies operating in the telecommunications, consumer services and technology sectors, announced its unaudited consolidated US GAAP financial results...

Sourcefire Expands EMEA Channel.
January 2, 2009... Open Source company and SNORT creator Sourcefire, Inc. announced that it is has significantly expanded its channel partner network in EMEA, enabling the company to further grow its business in the international market. New partners...

Radvision Secures Mobile Video Telephony Patent.
January 2, 2009... Radvision, a provider of video network infrastructure and developer tools for unified visual communications over IP, 3G, and emerging next-generation IMS networks, announced it has been granted a U.S. patent, numbered 7464167, for reducing 3G...

Auria Solar Starts micromorph Pilot Production.
January 3, 2009... Oerlikon Solar announced that Auria Solar (Taiwan) is now the first customer in Asia to begin production of thin-film silicon solar modules using Oerlikon's micromorph technology. Through cooperation between Oerlikon Solar and Auria's...

IA Global Makes Changes to Its Board.
January 3, 2009... IA Global Inc. announced that Brian Nelson resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective December 11. Nelson was an Independent Director, Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit and Merger...

Allied Motion CEO to Become Executive Chairman of Its Board; Richard Warzala to Assume Duties as Allied Motion's CEO.(Company overview)
January 3, 2009... Allied Motion Technologies Inc. announced that Richard D. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Allied Motion Technologies Inc., will transition to a new role at the Company, becoming the Executive Chairman of the Allied Motion Board of Directors....

Rabbit Brings Out Wireless Single Board Computers.
January 3, 2009... Rabbit, a Digi International brand, is introducing the BL4S100 and BL4S200, single board computers (SBCs) that feature either Wi-Fi or ZigBee connectivity, a microprocessor, memory and abundant I/O that allow easy deployment of wireless nodes...

VoloMedia Offers 'Dilbert' Cartoon Podcasts.
January 3, 2009... VoloMedia Inc., a provider of advertising and reporting solutions for portable video and audio from the PC to devices such as iPods and iPhones, announced Ringtales as the latest content partner to adopt the VoloMedia iTunes plug-in, extending...

ExactTarget Offers 2009 Marketing Almanac.
January 3, 2009... ExactTarget, a provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, is releasing The 2009 Marketing Almanac, a free reference guide predicting five trends for email and one-to-one marketing in 2009. The 2009 Marketing Almanac...

Spain's Caja Madrid Launch Financial Messaging Strategy Via Sun and Grupo Acotel Solutions, Support.
January 3, 2009... Sun Microsystems and Grupo Acotel announced that Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid is using the Sun Open Suite for SWIFT solution platform for its financial messaging strategy for the next three years, spanning Payments, Securities, Funds and...

Contact Center World Taps 2 Humana Military Healthcare Services' Associates as Winners of World Awards.
January 3, 2009... Humana Military Healthcare Services' (HMHS) associates, Rob Frayser and Roy Gaunce, received honors at the 2008 Contact Center World Awards held recently in Las Vegas. Frayser, named "Best Support Professional for IT in the Americas" this...

Wi-Fi TV Starts Off 2009 with New CEO and New Management Team and Sales Team.
January 3, 2009... Wi-Fi TV, which features over 500 live TV stations at Wi-FiTV.com, has announced a new CEO and new management team and sales teams additions for 2009. The company said the additions are meant to enhance Wi-Fi TV's implementation of its...

InPlay Technologies Debuts Capacitive Pen Technology.
January 3, 2009... InPlay Technologies has unveiled its patent-pending WriteSense digital pen technology, coupling active RF pen input with capacitive touch systems. The company said that WriteSense eliminates the need for a separate electromagnetic...

Adaptivity Reports on First Year Success.
January 3, 2009... Adaptivity, a data center IT architecture consulting firm, has announced the success and dynamic growth it experienced in its first year of business. Founded in February by former senior IT executives from Wachovia and Bank of America,...

Rearden Commerce Rolls Out Site Dashboard and Mobile Dining Service.
January 3, 2009... Rearden Commerce, Inc., creator of an on-demand platform that helps companies buy and manage services online, has launched two new capabilities: a site dashboard that monitors services spending, and a mobile dining service that delivers a...

Envivio Offers New Mobile TV Configuration of 4Caster C4 Encoder.
January 3, 2009... Envivio Inc., a technology provider of IP video convergence encoding solutions from mobile to HD, announced that the new Mobile TV configuration of its 4Caster C4 three screens encoder has entered service with several mobile network operators...

DRI Gets Orders from Bus Manufacturer in India.
January 3, 2009... DRI Corp., a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international surface transportation and transit security markets, announced that the company's Mobitec Group in Sweden, through its 51 percent owned joint venture in...

France's Eurocopter Ramps Up with StreamServe Persuasion.
January 3, 2009... StreamServe, a supplier of Enterprise Document Presentment (EDP) solutions for business communications, announced that the Eurocopter Group in France is using StreamServe Persuasion to improve the quality of its customer documentation. ...

Numonyx Introduces New Line-Up of NAND Flash Memories for Wireless, Embedded and Storage Applications.
January 3, 2009... Numonyx B.V. said that it has launched a series of new NAND flash memory devices for use in wireless, embedded and data storage applications. The company said these include up to 32 Gb (gigabits) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND, 32 GB...