Friday, January 12, 2007

Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network to Include ...

HAMMOND, La., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has expanded its wireless broadband network to cover Hammond, Louisiana allowing area customers to utilize the latest high-speed business and entertainment services on their wireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices. The expansion -- which entailed installing high-tech wireless hardware and software in wireless transmission sites throughout the area -- extends the Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess network on the North Shore to include Hammond. Hardware and software upgrades are complete, the system has been tested, and area residents now may enjoy wireless broadband service on the nation's most reliable network. Verizon Wireless launched wireless broadband coverage in New Orleans in early 2004 and expanded the wireless broadband coverage area to include most of the North Shore in June of 2005.

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True Wireless Media Player in Offing

LAS VEGAS - China's largest appliance maker, Haier Group, is teaming up with a subsidiary of AOL to make a wireless media player that can stream or download content without hooking it up to a PC.The product, which has yet to be named, was unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show and is set to be sold in the United States by the end of the second quarter.It looks like a regular iPod but does what even the new iPhone doesn't _ access online music and video stores over Wi-Fi networks to stream, download and play content without having to sync up with a computer."The PC really isn't needed to manage your media library," said Mike Wehrs, vice president of product management for AOL subsidiary Tegic Communications Inc. AOL is a division of Time Warner Inc. The Haier/AOL player, which will come with 30 gigabytes of memory, is the second device unveiled at CES that has a wireless music download capability.SanDisk Corp.

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@Road Receives Cingular Wireless Award

FREMONT, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 12, 2007 -- @Road, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDI), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today announced that Cingular Wireless has named @Road as the "Business Alliance Channel Solution Provider of the Year." This award is for the solution provider recognized by Cingular as contributing the strongest business value to Cingular, demonstrating industry leadership through product and service innovation and growth. "We are honored to have received this special award from Cingular Wireless," said Krish Panu, president and CEO of @Road. "This award reflects our commitment to the success of our relationship with Cingular Wireless and our carrier business channel in general. It's also a demonstration of our strategy to partner with key players in the industry to bring pioneering MRM solutions to the marketplace." @Road MRM solutions are designed to work on Cingular's nationwide* high-speed GPRS/EDGE network, the largest national high-speed wireless data network in the United States.

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