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Motorola's stock up as company ponders spinoff or sale of cell-phone unit
Canadian Press - CHICAGO - Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day - and sent its battered stock soaring more than 10 per cent Friday - after the company signalled it may get out of its trademark cell-phone business.
Bidding reaches $18.55 bln in U.S. wireless auction
Reuters - Bidding reached $18.55 billion on
Motorola's stock leaps 10 pct as company ponders spinoff or sale of cellphone unit
Canadian Press - CHICAGO - Motorola Inc.'s investors were placated for at least a day - and sent its battered stock soaring 10.3 per cent Friday - after the company signalled it may get out of its trademark cellphone business.
Super Bowl XLII Blanketed In EVDO, Wi-Fi Coverage
TechWeb - Around 10,000 wireless devices, used by coaches, officials, fans, security personnel, and so on, to be operating on 2,000 radio frequencies on game day.
Motorola considers sale or spinoff of cellphone unit; Icahn vows proxy fight
Canadian Press - CHICAGO - Less than two years past the most successful stretch in its 80-year history, Motorola Inc. is considering a sale or spinoff its now free-falling cell phone business.
Sierra Wireless reports higher profit, warns growth could be constrained
Canadian Press - VANCOUVER - Sierra Wireless Inc. (TSX:SW), a maker of wireless communications hardware, reported a fourth-quarter profit of US$11.5 million, up from US$2.4 million a year ago, as revenues doubled.
GPS maker sees phone as its future
AP - Garmin Ltd., the nation's leading maker of satellite-powered navigational devices, is getting into the wireless phone business with a handset that incorporates GPS.
Motorola may spin off or sell phone unit
AP - Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump that has followed its meteoric success with the Razr.
Motorola eyes breakup of company to gain telecom 'leadership'
AFP - Motorola said Thursday it is studying a possible breakup of the company in an effort "to recapture global market leadership" in the mobile phone market, and to enhance shareholder value.
Sierra Wireless reports Q4 profit of US$11.5 million, beats guidance
Canadian Press - VANCOUVER - Sierra Wireless Inc. (TSX:SW), a maker of wireless communications hardware, reported a fourth-quarter profit of US$11.5 million, up from US$2.4 million a year ago, as revenues doubled.
In African village, the sound of modernity arrives via cellphone
Canadian Press - GONO, Mali - I sat on a palm-frond mat with two friends, waiting for the charcoal stove to bring the tea to a boil as the sun set over a nearby cliff. The call to evening prayer rang out over the village - an echoing man's voice punctuated only by singsong greetings of women making social rounds before dinner - and then a cellphone rang.
Acquisitions help push Vodafone's 3Q revenue up by 16 per cent
Canadian Press - LONDON - Vodafone Group PLC, the world's biggest mobile phone company by sales, reported a 16 per cent jump in quarterly revenues Thursday, boosted by acquisitions in the fast-growing Indian and Turkish markets and a strong euro.
Mitec Telecom wins contract from cellular network operator in Africa
Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Shares in Mitec Telecom Inc. (TSX:MTM) rose 13 per cent Thursday after the firm won a contract to provide a satellite terminal product to an unnamed major cellular network operator in Africa.
Google's Wireless Spectrum Quest Is Up In Air As FCC Bids Fall Short
Investor's Business Daily - It's close but no cigar for Google in the Federal Communications Commission's much-anticipated auction of public airwaves, a process that could enable a new wave of wireless devices and services.
FCC's 700 MHz Auction, Google's Open Network Plan Stalls
TechWeb - The dilemma with the C block for Google is that it wants an open wireless infrastructure, but it doesn't necessarily want to operate a wireless network.
Innovative Ways To Manage Content Seen At DEMO
TechWeb - In what could be called Content Management 2.0, companies are showing off new ways to manage and distribute content to fixed and mobile devices.
NXP Modem Includes All GSM Standards From Edge To LTE
TechWeb - The modem uses Software-Defined Radio cellular baseband technology so handsets can be designed to support any GSM standard, frequency, or air interface.
Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance
TechWeb - If you think the Google Phone is all talk, you're wrong: Here are eight technologies--GPS, multimedia, mobile Web browsing, gaming graphics, and more--which Open Handset Alliance members will bring to the upcoming mobile handset.
Continental Airlines To Offer Live TV, E-Mail On U.S. Flights
TechWeb - The airline will offer 36 channels of DirecTV as well as Wi-Fi service that allows passengers to access e-mail and instant messaging.
Clearwire, Sprint said to resume WiMax joint venture talks
Canadian Press - SEATTLE - Wireless Internet provider Clearwire Corp. and cellular operator Sprint Nextel Corp. have reportedly restarted talks to combine their high-speed wireless WiMax networks.
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