Thursday, January 13, 2005Kyocera Wireless Cuts San Diego Staff, Shifts To MexicoSan Diego-based Kyocera Wireless has announced that it is cutting 450 positions at its San Diego manufacturing plant and will shift production to Mexico, as well as eliminate 150 service and repair positions here. The manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and telemetry devices will move all manufacturing to Kyocera Mexicana, S.A., which operates a Tijuana facility, and is moving its repair and service operations offshore to Australia, New Zealand, and India, as well as other parts of the Americas (More info...)
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Novatel, Verizon In 3G Wireless DealVerizon Wireless and San Diego-based Novatel have inked a deal to use Novatel's dual band wireless PC card in Verizon's 3G network. The Novatel card provides high speed wireless access to Verizon Wireless customers, and is targeted for business customers requiring the fastest broadband access. According to the companies, the technology allows for speeds of 300 - 500 kbps and bursts up to 2.4 Mbps, similar to a wired connection at the office. The premium wireless service is available through Veri (More info...)
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West Hollywood Provides Free Wi-FiThe City of West Hollywood announced yesterday that it will begin providing free Internet access to the public through a free outdoor high speed wireless program. The free Wi-Fi will be available to residents and visitors, starting with Santa Monica Boulevard between La Brea and Fairfax Avenue. The company hasn't yet selected a vendor, but said that it has issued RFPs to telecommunications companies to build the system. The city said that it wants to provide full coverage of the city to resident (More info...)
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Altnet, Brilliant Digital Target File Sharing NetworksSherman Oaks-based Altnet, and its parent company Brilliant Digital Entertainment have sent letters to a number of peer-to-peer file swapping networks demanding that they pay royalties to the company. The move by Altnet, which provides a peer-to-peer file swapping network based on Kazaa, follows a lawsuit the company filed against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last year claiming patent infringement of its technology. According to ZDNet and the Washington Post, the letters (More info...)
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