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City of Arlington wants citizens to know about digital TV conversion

... so they can watch western civilization crumble before their eyes in high resolution and vivid color.

In Feb. of 2009, all television broadcasts will go digital. Which is so very, very important in the grand scheme of things.

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008

UTD gets big cash grant from Ericsson NA - again

From start to finish (well, SWEDISH, actually), it's a great deal for students.

$100K in funds earmarked for scholarships; another $100K for MobileLab.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

AT&T is moving to Big D

About 700 of 6,000 employees are expected to relocate from San Antonio by year's end.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Irving-based Wayport to provide internet service for three Trump Hotels

Wayport was founded in 1996.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Dallas-based Parks Associates say online storage and backup add value to broadband

Broadband service providers will see customer retention and $188 million in subscription revenue in 2012 from storage and backup services.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Broadband Properties Summit awards industry leaders

Three day conference looks at trends in broadband solutions.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

DFW Broadband Properties Summit awards The Trump Organization

No word on whether The Donald will make an appearance.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Flower Mound residents encouraged to sign up their cell and business phones with CodeRED system

"Hello, this is Flower Mound calling."

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Another WiMAX provider has high hopes for Dallas area

Towerstream is positively dying to deliver WiMAX services to Dallas businesses. For a fee, of course.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Plano-based Cistera Networks relocates to larger headquarters

New site more than doubles space for development, training and demonstrations.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Frisco-based KCM Holdings Corp. expands into Canada

The firm acquired Blue Energy Communications, as well as its client base.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Dallas-based Intervoice wins $5.2 million contract with anonymous major U.S. telecommunications company

Citing competitive issues, the major telecommunications company was not named.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008

EDS signs hosting agreement with Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008

Richardson to get 334 new jobs

Texas Enterprise Fund awards $1.67 million to Rockwell Collins

Governor announces TX enterprise fund to give Rockwell Collins $1.67 million

Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008

Dallas-based MetroPCS signs asset and spectrum purchase agreements for Jacksonville, Florida

Acquisition will enable MetroPCS to launch service in second quarter of 2008.

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008

Carrollton-based Turtle Wireless to launch wristwatch-phone

The new wristwatch phone will be specifically marketed towards the "Latin American market."

Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008

Dallas-based SoftLayer launches Seattle datacenter location

The new datacenter has 1000 servers ready to go.

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007

Dallas-based Entrust to provide secure E-mail to Saudi Arabian government

Kingdom needed a trusted vendor for national ID project, e-government rollout for 27 million citizens.

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007

Dallas-based Intervoice wins contract with anonymous African wireless service provider

The anonymous client was not disclosed.

Friday, Oct. 19, 2007

Dallas-based Titan Global Holdings Wireless announces agreement with unnamed national retail chain

For competitive reasons, Titan isn’t identifying the national retail chain.

Friday, Oct. 12, 2007

Verizon Wireless has major outage in Dallas area for 5 hours on Friday afternoon

I personally was unable to call home and wondered if I'd neglected to pay my bill on time. The anxiety about killed me. Perhaps I'll sue.

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007

HDNet hires strategic consultant

For her first strategy, we recommend she make her name more concise.

Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007

Dallas-based TGIP, Inc. wins $156 million verdict in patent infringement lawsuit against AT&T

The award is based on a 4% royalty rate over sales of $3.5 billion.

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007

Finalists revealed for Seventh Annual Tech Titans Awards

Horizon Award finalists to present their breakthrough technologies at Sept. 14 luncheon.

Monday, Sept. 10, 2007

Plano-based MangoMOBILE opens New York office

The company's president is named T.J. Person: how cool is that?

Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson sells out Dallas Chamber event

At this point, scalpers are your only option.

Friday, Aug. 17, 2007

Metroplex Technology Business Council ranks the 50 fastest-growing DFW tech companies

Smart money is on Pets.com to win.

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007

Richardson to get free wireless network

Dallas plans to give free wireless by the year 3535.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Metro PCS Communications moving its headquarters

Metro PCS, currently in the Walnut Glen Tower on Walnut Hill Lane, is joining the ranks in Richardson's Telecom Corridor.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Irving-based Nexstar Broadcasting enters into retransmission services agreement with Verizon

Verizon FiOS TV to allegedly provide viewers greater choice in Nexstar markets.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Irving-based EFJ, Inc.’s subsidiary receives $2.6 million contract from Louisiana

EFJohnson to provide Project 25 compliant portable radios.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

UPDATE: BlackBerries not working Crisis averted; Sun still rises as Earth apparently musters will to spin on its axis

Your lawyer doesn't hate you. His crackberry is on the fritz.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Lewisville-based Access Lane will provide cellphone perks for Cingular

Not just ringtones -- wallpapers, screensavers, navigational menus, signal and battery indicators, and pop-up windows.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Plano-based Genband to acquire Telekec’s Switching Solutions Group

The combined company will remain headquartered in Plano.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Nokia, Sprint to roll out new WiMAX service in DFW

Austin and San Antonio also get in on the initial build-out, before the high speed wireless service goes national in 2008.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Ross Perot Jr. eyes Kenya as the next hub of the call-center industry

Will travel to Nairobi soon to explore the launch of a new business there.

Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007

Alcatel-Lucent will trim 12,500 employees over next three years

How many of those cuts will affect the 2,100 employees in Plano?

Friday, Feb. 9, 2007

Nortel announces plans for 2,900 more layoffs

Company claims newest round of layoffs will save $400 million annually.

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007

Texas Attorney General accuses SprintNextel of deceptive billing practices

Sprint charged Texas customers a fee, pretended it was a state-imposed tax.

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007

Richardson company to provide wireless for U.S. Department Of Transportation’s new headquarters

The InnerWireless system will enhance the department’s daily operations with uninterrupted wireless connectivity.

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007


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