Monthly Archives: February, 1999

WIRELESS SHOPPING SERVICE GETS WIDE WEB EXPOSURE

REDMOND, Wash.-Multiple Zones International Inc. and Wireless Dimension have signed an agreement that will allow the two companies to integrate their products and services...

STRATEGIC RISK MANAGEMENT KEY STEP IN Y2K PREP

NEW YORK-"The only clear advantage to not planning is that disaster will come as a complete surprise," Philip E. Lian said last week at...

RANGESTAR RECEIVES FINANCING

SAN JOSE, Calif.-RangeStar International announced it received its second round financing, totaling $5.5 million, from GSM Capital L.P. and other leading venture capital firms,...

ORANGE TO DEPLOY WILDFIRE

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced United Kingdom operator Orange plc has begun a targeted deployment of Wildfire's network voice-activated virtual assistant.Orange said the initial deployment...

OMNIPOINT PROVIDES GSM NET WORK FOR CTIA SHOW

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The North American GSM Alliance announced Omnipoint Communications Inc. will supply a temporary Global System for Mobile communications digital network to serve...

W-TRADE SUPPORTS RIM AND PALM

NEW YORK-w-Trade announced its Wireless Internet Trading System now supports both the Research In Motion Inter@ctive 950 handheld wireless device, as well as those...

WIRELESS CARRIERS BERATE LACK OF LIMITATIONS ON AIRCELL

Representatives from BellSouth Corp., AirTouch Communications Inc. and GTE Corp. last week met with Federal Communications Commission representatives to discuss AirCell Inc.'s petition for...

AMPLIDYNE GETS $5.4M ORDER

SOMERSET, N.Y.-Amplidyne Inc. announced it received purchase orders totaling $5.4 million for its personal communication services single and multi-channel Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers.The...

METRO ONE ADDS ATLANTA CALL CENTER

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has begun providing its Enhanced Directory Assistance service from a new call center in Atlanta. The new...

QUAKE WIRELESS BUILDING TERMINALS FOR ORBCOMM LOW-SPEED DATA APPS

A new San Diego-based company has begun developing subscriber communicators for low-speed, two-way global data communications over Orbcomm's low-earth-orbit satellite network. Quake Wireless Inc....

PRUDENTIAL OFFERS REAL-ESTATE SERVICES

INDIANAPOLIS-Prudential announced it joined forces with DicksonHughes Group L.L.C. to provide wireless real-estate services throughout the United States.As a result of the affiliation, DicksonHughes...

TELXON SUES SYMBOL OVER FALSE STATEMENTS

NEW YORK-Telxon Corp., an Akron, Ohio, designer and manufacturer of wireless mobile information systems for vertical markets, announced Feb. 1 it has sued its...

TELEMAC SEARCHING FOR LICENSEES

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., a handset-based prepaid technology supplier, said it aggressively is seeking to license its Telemac Prepaid Technology to wireless handset manufacturers after...

WESTERN PRESENTS ITS SUBSIDY MODEL FOR UNIVERSAL-SERVICE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-A computer model by Western Wireless Corp. to determine the amount of subsidy each customer in a rural, high-cost or low-income area could help...

TOSHIBA TO RESELL STANFORD EQUIPMENT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Japan-based Toshiba Corp. has reached an agreement to resell in Asian and other markets the wireless broadband implementation equipment of Stanford Wireless Broadband...

GEOTEK SALE DELAYED–AGAIN

WASHINGTON-The bankruptcy sale of Geotek Communications Inc.'s 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses continued to be embroiled in uncertainty last week as company officials...

AVANTGO, INFOSPACE PARTNER ON WEB

SAN MATEO, Calif.-AvantGo Inc. announced it has formed an agreement with InfoSpace.com to optimize Web-based news content on business, entertainment, finance and sports for...

IFR RESULTS REFLECT WEAKNESS OF TEST EQUIP. MARKET

WICHITA, Kan.-Citing a "persistent weakness in the global test equipment market," IFR Systems Inc. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 1999, which...

GTE NET INCOME RISES 21 PERCENT

IRVING, Texas-GTE Corp. reported its net income for the fourth quarter increased 21 percent to $855 million, or 88 cents per share.Net income for...

FOUR CARRIERS SIGN FOR GTE’S DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

NEW YORK-GTE Network Services, Irving, Texas, rolled out a program last month to move wireless directory assistance off the shoulder of the road and...

GEOWORKS TAKES LOSS

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a net loss of $3.4 million, or 22 cents per share, for the the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with...

IRIDIUM RESULTS BEAT EXPECTATIONS, BUT ROAD AHEAD STILL BUMPY

Despite a five-week service launch delay and continued handset production problems, Iridium L.L.C. finished the fourth quarter with results that beat analysts expectations.The quarter,...

ILLINOIS SUPERCONDUCTOR REPORTS VENDOR CONTRACT

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. said it became an approved vendor for a large cellular system manufacturer, which it declined to name.As an approved...

BELLSOUTH TO INVEST IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED HANDSET TECHNOLOGY

BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will invest in designing software-defined radio technology, a move that could give momentum to the rest of the wireless...

BALL WIRELESS UNVEILS NEW ANTENNAS

Ball Wireless Communications Products introduced two new antenna products based on its AirBASE air dielectric technology.The DualBASE dual-band base station antenna allows wireless carriers...
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