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Swedish wireless equipment manufacturer LM Ericsson on Friday reported a large loss for the second quarter, and officials said not to expect a profit before late 2003. The Stockholm company lost 2.72 billion kronor (U.S. $296 million) for the quarter, compared with a loss of 14.2 billion kronor in the same period last year. The […]

Finnish cell phone giant Nokia Corp. on Thursday announced that profits rose 46 percent in the second quarter, although sales declined 6 percent. The Espoo, Finland, company had a net profit of 862 euros (U.S. $862 million) for the quarter, compared with ($589 million) in the same quarter last year. Net sales fell to 6.9 […]

Motorola Corp. on Tuesday posted its worst ever net loss, the wireless technology companys sixth consecutive quarterly loss. Including massive restructuring charges, the Schaumburg, Ill., company reported a second quarter 2002 net loss of $2.3 billion ($1.02 per share), compared with a net loss last year of $759 million (35 cents per share). The loss […]

PalmOS-based handheld device manufacturer Handspring Inc. on Wednesday posted a financial fourth quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 11 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $67.2 million, or 60 cents a share, a year ago. Excluding expenses, the loss was $11.7 million, or 8 cents a share. Revenues for the fourth […]

Lucent Technologies Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to help wireless carriers bridge wireless LAN and wide area network data services for the enterprise. The Murray Hill, N.J., company is teaming up with several others, including Hewlett Packard Co. and Sierra Wireless Inc. to develop and sell Lucents Secure Mobile Data Solutions for Enterprises, officials said. […]

The Federal Communications Commission today extended the deadline for the “portability” rule that will require wireless carriers to let consumers keep their phone numbers when they switch providers. The new date is Nov. 24, 2003, a year later than the previous FCC deadline. FCC officials agreed that the carriers needed more time to meet the […]

Wireless equipment maker 3Com Corp. will try to take the “local” out of WLANs next week with new products that support wireless LANs connecting far-flung buildings. The Santa Clara, Calif., company is set to introduce a Wi-Fi- certified, interbuilding gateway that enables connections to industry-approved WLAN access points. 3Coms Wireless LAN Building-to-Building Bridge is aimed […]

WLAN vendors are navigating the confusing 802.11 landscape with new multiplatform products that let users tap the best current technologies, while others are helping sort through 802.11s security and protocol confusion. Broadcom Corp. this week will jump into the 802.11a market with a three-chip, dual-band chip set that supports 802.11a, which offers data rates of […]

Kyocera Corp. smart-phone users looking to ease the often onerous task of data entry will have a more comfortable option when Kyocera later this year delivers its portable keyboard for the Kyocera 7135, according to company officials in San Diego. Developed in partnership with Think Outside Inc., the peripheral folds up to fit in a […]

The wireless ethernet compatibility Alliance last week began certification testing for 802.11a WLAN products, bringing a little clarity to the alphabet soup of wireless LAN standards. Products that pass the tests will be granted Wi-Fi-certified 802.11a status, said Brian Grimm, a spokesman for WECA, in San Jose, Calif. Products that support 802.11a promise data throughput […]

IBM on Monday unveiled an updated version of its Everyplace Wireless Gateway that will let handheld devices roam between wireless LANs and cellular carriers wide area wireless networks. Officers in the Toronto Police Department will be the first to use the new gateway, which will let them file reports remotely. When they are parked close […]

Nokia Corp. and IBM on Tuesday announced plans to team up on digital content delivery for mobile applications and services. The companies are combining the Nokia Delivery Server with the IBM Digital Media Factory framework and selling them as a package to carriers, who will use them to offer mobile games, complicated ring tones, screen […]