Topic: Corporate News
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Verizon Wireless Awards $5 Billion Contract to Lucent Technologies
Verizon Wireless Awards $5 Billion Contract to Lucent Technologies for Next-Generation Network Expansion. Agreement to Support Network Spans Lucent's Entire Solutions Portfolio; Lucent Remains Verizon Wireless' Largest Infrastructure Supplier
BEDMINSTER, N.J. & MURRAY HILL, N.J -/July 13, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Verizon Wireless, the America's leading wireless service provider, and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced an agreement worth at least $5 billion for Lucent to supply a wide variety of network equipment, software and services for Verizon Wireless' national next-generation voice and data network. With this agreement Lucent will continue as Verizon Wireless' primary next- eneration network infrastructure supplier.
MOBILE STREAMS Opens 4 Subsidiary Companies in Latin America
NEWBURY, UK, -/July 13, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Mobile Streams, the global mobile content company, announced today that it has established operations in the Latin American region with the opening of four subsidiary companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico.
Deal Paves Way For Cingular Wireless To Serve All Top 100 US Cities
CINGULAR, AT&T WIRELESS AND TRITON PCS SIGN LETTER OF INTENT TO EXCHANGE OPERATIONS IN N. CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO AND VIRGINIA
Atlanta, Redmond, WA and Berwyn, PA -/July 12, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE), and Triton PCS (NYSE: TPC) announced they have signed a non-binding letter of intent that - contingent on closing of Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless - would give Cingular expanded wireless service in Virginia and Triton PCS added coverage in North Carolina as well as entry into Puerto Rico.
Microsoft Committed to Local Technology Access in China, Japan, Malaysia
On separate tours of the Asia-Pacific region, Microsoft's chairman and CEO join government officials in committing resources and know-how to narrowing the technology-skills gap in Asian communities.
BEIJING, -/July 2, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- With a symbolic toss of soil to plant a pair of young trees at the entrance to a middle school here, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates helped senior officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education launch the first of 100 computer classrooms -- most of them in rural China -- to be equipped through an ambitious government initiative supported by Microsoft's Partners in Learning program.
ZTE TO PROVIDE AFRICAN FLAGSHIP 3G NETWORK FOR TUNISIA
-/June 29, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Tunisia is to install the most advanced mobile telecommunications network in Africa. Two of its key cities ? Tunis and Sousse ? are to receive WCDMA equipment from ZTE in a contract that will see 3G technology in commercial applications in the second half of 2005. The contract, with Tunisia?s PTT CERT, demonstrates that ZTE has become one of a few vendors anywhere in the world totally equipped to help operators build their 3G networks. It also marks ZTE?s first 3G network win outside of China.
BT and Deloitte to provide RFID infrastructure implementation solutions
-/June 25, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Deloitte and BT announced a new collaboration to ease the path to successful adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for global customers in the food, beverage and wider consumer products sector. BT and Deloitte believe this collaboration will reduce project risks, reduce the costs of adoption and help clients drive substantial business benefits in handling efficiencies and enhanced traceability throughout the supply chain.
ROAMING MESSENGER Presents at Electronic Data Systems Technology Innovation Fair
Visibility at Technology Innovation Fair Leads Directly to Presentation at EDS' Customer Site
SANTA BARBARA, Calif -/June 25, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- ROAMING MESSENGER (OTCBB:RMSG) reported that earlier this month, the company was invited to participate in the Electronic Data System (EDS) Technology Innovation Fair, at EDS offices outside of Washington, D.C.
One of only four companies invited to the EDS Technology Innovation Fair in early June, the company demonstrated its core messaging technology to program managers in the homeland defense, military and enterprise consulting divisions of EDS.
VERIWAVE HIRES INDUSTRY TEST VETERAN AS VP OF SALES
Rob Johnson, former Spirent executive will focus on bringing the WaveTest system to WLAN chipset and system designers to improve performance testing
PORTLAND, ORE. -/June 22, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- VeriWave, Inc., a leading provider of performance test equipment for wireless local area networks (WLANs), announced it has hired Rob Johnson as vice president of sales. Mr. Johnson will work with WLAN chipset and equipment manufacturers who need repeatable and reliable test methods to increase and validate system performance.
Wireless Leader Cingular Wireless To Deliver 3G Wireless
Wireless Leader Seeks to Accelerate Delivery of Advanced Wireless Services While Creating Economic Opportunity for Americans
New York -/June 22, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Cingular Wireless has issued a comprehensive request for proposal (RFP) to telecommunications equipment vendors to develop and deliver the infrastructure for operating UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)network technology.
Avaya is Overall Leader in Asia Pacific IP-PBX Telephony Market
SINGAPORE , -/June 18, 2004 Wi-Fi Technology News/- Avaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses, announced that it has gained Internet Protocol (IP) telephony market leadership position in Asia Pacific with more than a third market share in the first quarter of 2004, according to market research agency, Frost & Sullivan.