Novatel Downgraded to UnderperformWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:53AMWe downgrade our recommendation for Novatel Wireless Inc. to underperform following its fourth quarter 2009 financial results, which came significantly below the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
WebTech Wireless' NextBus(TM) Real-Time Passenger Information Service to Enhance Rural Transit in Amador County ...Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:11AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW), a leading provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, announces that Amador Transit of Sutter Creek, California, has become the latest customer of its NextBus T Real-Time Passenger Information Service (RTPIS). The sale covers a full NextBus implementation and three ...
WebTech Wireless' NextBus(TM) Real-Time Passenger Information Service to Enhance Rural Transit in Amador County ...Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:00AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX: WEW - News ), a leading provider of vehicle fleet location-based services (LBS) and telematics technology, announces that Amador Transit of Sutter Creek, California, has become the latest customer of its NextBus Real-Time Passenger Information Service (RTPIS). The sale covers a full NextBus implementation and ...
CauseWorld’s Checkin For Charity Gets More Citi MoneyTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:16PMCauseWorld , a mobile app that lets users check in to retail shops for credits that can be donated to charity, is clearly on a roll. The app first launched in December as “the first mobile application that let’s you do good deeds simply for walking into a store.” CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. No purchase is required at any ...
Categorized | NewsTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:08AMInformation Technology (IT) is upgrading the CSUN wireless network to improve internet connection on campus.
Excellence in Education fills gap in technology funding with $59,000 grantMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:16PMTRUCKEE - The Excellence in Education Foundation recently voted to award the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District a grant for $59,000 to be used to complete Tier 1 of the district's newly implemented technology plan. Earlier this year, the school district approved a technology plan, which seeks to standardize the technology equipment in all classrooms across the district. The first phase, or ...
Canyon residents fight cell towerSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:08AMThe handful of residents in Baker Canyon, a bucolic cluster of homes in an alcove off Sierra Highway in Canyon Country, have enjoyed dramatic views of cliffs and hills carved out around them for decades.
A new energy source from the common peaThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:09AMIf harnessing the unlimited solar power of the sun were easy, we wouldn't still have the greenhouse gas problem that results from the use of fossil fuel. And while solar energy systems work moderately well in hot desert climates, they are still inefficient and contribute only a small percentage of the general energy demand. A new solution may be coming from an unexpected source ― a source that ...
Different signaling pathways of cholangiocarcinomaThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:09AMOverexpression of receptor tyrosine kinase Met has frequently been found in cholangiocarcinoma. A research group in Thailand demonstrated that hepatocyte growth factor, a Met ligand, induced invasion and motility and altered E-cadherin localization in two cholangiocarcinoma cell lines, without having any significant effects on levels of two secreted matrix metalloproteinases. However, the ...
Brain scans could be marketing tool of the futureThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:54AMUsing advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University.
NEC Develops 'Low-Power, Low-Noise All-Digital Phase Lock Loop' for Portable Wireless TerminalsThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:25AMNEC Corporation today announced a development of the "Low-Power Low-Noise All-Digital Phase Lock Loop (ADPLL)" LSI. The newly developed LSI is suitable for midget wireless equipment yielding a long operation lifetime for small-sized batteries. It also features low-phase noise, which is vital to many modern wireless systems, including Bluetooth, ZigBee, WiFi, and WiMAX.
Emergency online communitiesThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:24AMOnline social networks could help with communications and recovery for people with disabilities following major natural disasters, or even terrorist attack, according to a research paper in the International Journal of Emergency Management.
Telstra: Upgraded Next G HSPA+ network to rival 4G LTEWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:30PMTelstra has completed the upgrade of its Next G HSPA+ network with speeds to rival 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, according to the telco.
Verizon holding meeting for Baker Canyon residentsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:08AMVerizon Wireless is holding a community meeting tonight at the Valencia Public Library to hear residents’ concerns over a proposed cell phone tower on a ridge overlooking Baker Canyon in Canyon Country.
Major tech firms join ranks of health IT squadTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:35PM"The race to streamline online access to medical records turned into a stampede this week as leading high-tech vendors trumpeted new initiatives at the Health Information and Management Systems Society" (HIMSS) trade show in Atlanta," InternetNews.com/Datamation reports, adding that Dell, Google, IBM, Microsoft and others are touting "new and pending deals designed to help consumers, doctors and ...
Novatel shares take fall on soft forecastSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:14AMShares of Novatel Wireless dipped yesterday after the San Diego company issued a soft forecast for sales and earnings in the current quarter.
Wolverine back in Sierra third winter in rowFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:19PMA wolverine has shown up nearly a century after they were thought to be extinct in the Sierra Nevada.
Novatel prepping WiMAX-based MiFi, signs up for Qualcomm's Wearable Mobile Device modulesFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:15AMWe haven't been shy about expressing our undying love for the MiFi , and now Novatel is playing catchup with the Sierra Wireless-built Sprint Overdrive and bringing WiMAX into the fold. Novatel has completed and tested a WiMAX MiFi prototype, achieving 18Mbps throughput in testing. The unit relies on a Beceem WiMAX chip and has 30Mbps down / 10Mbps up theoretical speeds. No word on when the 4G ...
Sprint shifts into Overdrive with 4G mobile broadbandThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:36PMSprint has confirmed plans to expand its 4G mobile broadband service to several major cities during 2010, including Boston, Denver, New York and San Francisco. read more
CCF Announces 2010 Board of DirectorsTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:00PMZTE Embraces Leadership Role as an Executive Board Member The CDMA Certification Forum(R) (CCF), a global non-profit organization that certifies CDMA2000 devices, today announced that ZTE ha
Steven Cohen's SAC Capital Q4: Buys TYC, WFC, GRMN, GCI, SWKTuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:32PMRenowned billionaire hedge fund manager, trader Steven Cohen is one of the most successful traders. He tends to trade in and out positions quickly at early times. As his funds grew bigger, he holds positions longer with mutliple strategies. From his quarterly holdings we can get some clue on what he is trading. He does own a lot of option positions, which is also include in his portfolio listed ...
New businessesMonday, February 22, 2010 @ 4:06AMHere is a listing of new businesses to open their doors recently.
Small Talk: Iron boost for African MineralsSunday, February 21, 2010 @ 8:22PMYou just can't keep a man like Frank Timis out of the news. The boss of the Aim-listed African Minerals has seen shares in the iron-ore producer jump by – wait for it – an incredible 1,578.9 per cent during the last 12 months. You read it correctly the first time. The main reason for investors' excitement in African Minerals is the increasingly impressive Tonkolili asset in Sierra Leone.
3 Stocks in a TailspinFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:19PMWill they pull out of the dive, or nose into the dirt?
Police BeatFriday, February 19, 2010 @ 1:36PMRohnert Park Police Log2/1012:22 a.m.: Display of weapon on Padre Pkwy.1:01 p.M.: Death investigation on Lincoln Ave.
Relevant LinksThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 4:08AMMasiyiwa has been in several international courts to challenge the ownership of Zain Nigeria, which was first borne out of Econet Wireless International, belonging to him.
Femtocells and LTE SymbiosisWednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 8:02PMTelstra's HSPA+ Dual Carrier Upgrade Supports 42 Mbps Telstra has completed the upgrade of its "Next G" HSPA+ network with Dual Carrier technology, providing peak network downlink speeds of 42Mbps. Actual customer rates will be below the theoretical peak.
Funkwerk Selects Sierra Wireless HSPA AirPrime Intelligent Embedded ModulesWednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 11:16AMVancouver, BC, February 17, 2010--(T-Net)--Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR; TSX: SW) and Funkwerk Enterprise Communications GmbH today announced that Funkwerk has selected the Sierra Wireless AirPrime(TM) MC8790 HSPA Embedded Module to provide high-speed mobile broadband connectivity to the Funkwerk bintec RS120wu router.
George Soros Q4 Portfolio Update: Buys C, XLF, GLD, etcTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 9:28PMBillionaire investor George Soros reported his 4th quarter portfolio today. As usual, Soros has high portfolio turnovers. These are a few observations: Read more » »
Aussie telco's speed step-up a world firstTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 1:11PMBARCELONA - Australian telco Telstra used the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as the platform for its solution to head off capacity problems as an increasing plethora of data-hungry devices connect to mobile networks.Telstra...
MWC 2010: Dual-Carrier DuelTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 12:23PMBARCELONA -- Mobile World Congress -- Of all the mobile carrier network technologies demanding particular attention from operators here this week, dual-carrier HSPA+ looks set to be high up carrier CxO lists.
Sierra Wireless and Prumaro Launch 3G Interactive Multimedia SystemTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:16AMVancouver, BC, February 16, 2010--(T-Net)--Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) and Prumaro d.o.o., in coordination with local integrator Telos d.o.o., today announced a breakthrough advancement in digital media with the expansive deployment of Prumaro's GEM interactive multimedia system in 128 public buses and 64 kiosks throughout Slovenia's bustling capital of Ljubljana.
Fujitsu Selects Sierra Wireless for Notebook ConnectivityTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:16AMVancouver, BC, February 16, 2010--(T-Net)--Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) and Fujitsu today announced that Fujitsu selected Sierra Wireless to provide 3G mobile broadband for several new models in its LIFEBOOK series notebooks.
Fujitsu selects Sierra Wireless for notebook connectivityTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 5:13AMNew Fujitsu LIFEBOOK notebooks offer integrated Sierra Wireless 3G connection for true portability and productivity BARCELONA, Spain, Feb.
GSMA Outlines Potential For Embedded Mobile: Enabling A World Of Connected DevicesTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 4:04AMThe GSMA recently announced several important updates to its Embedded Mobile initiative, a programme to accelerate the global adoption of wireless connectivity in a wide range of devices in key vertical markets such as consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive and utilities
Telstra upgrades Next G network to 42 MbpsTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:54AM(Telecompaper) Telstra has completed the upgrade of its Next G-branded HSPA+ network with dual carrier technology with network partner Ericsson, and announced a mobile broadband device to capitalise on the new speeds. The device, made by Sierra Wireless will be launched later this year. The HSPA+ dual carrier technology allows Telstra to send and receive mobile data using two channels ...
Sprint Nextel Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 ResultsWednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 6:00AMOVERLAND PARK, Kan.----Sprint Nextel Corp. today reported fourth quarter and full-year 2009 financial results. The company generated $666 million of Free Cash Flow* in the quarter, and $2.8 billion for full-year 2009, the highest annual Free Cash Flow* since the Sprint Nextel merger.