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SARASOTA, Fla.-Intelliworxx Inc. said it has joined Cerulean Technology Inc.’s Partner Program, running Cerulean’s PacketCluster Patrol and Rescue public-safety wireless solutions on its VoiceTablet computer, designed for voice-driven applications.

OSLO-Newly merged Telenor and Telia agreed to acquire a 30-percent stake in DiGi Swisscom Berhad, a Malaysian telecommunications group that operates a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network, …

Hungary Motorola Inc. said it is providing Hungarian mobile operator Westel 900 its Mobile Internet Exchange communications platform. The trial is Hungary’s first deployment of the Wireless Application Protocol. It …

TORONTO-Ericsson Australia and Solect Technology Group signed a partnership to jointly provide a range of wireless Internet Protocol solutions to the Australian market. Under the agreement, Ericsson will sub-license Solect’s …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. reported a net loss of $994,000, or six cents per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2000, compared with a loss of $4.6 million, or 29 …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. received two separate contracts for $16.5 million and $1 million to upgrade the nationwide paging network of the Long Distance and Mobile Business Group of ChungHwa …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission proposing to offer up to 3.3 million additional shares of its common stock. Of the total, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The four-week license hearings for the third cellular operator in South Africa held in September and October offered some of the best theatrical presentations ever seen on the …

TOKYO-Japan’s major carriers said they had taken all necessary measures by the end of September to cope with any potential Y2K problems. Now, say the carriers, they are busily preparing …

WASHINGTON-House Republicans last week signaled their intention to pursue Federal Communications Commission reform sooner and in a more drastic fashion than envisioned by FCC Chairman William Kennard. “Five years is …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The decision of the South African Regulatory Authority (SATRA) and Department of Communications about whether to support TETRA as a digital standard for professional mobile radio (PMR) in …

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stanton said the carrier is likely to complete its mergers with Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. in the first quarter …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it signed a letter of intent to add Metrocall Inc.’s CountDown prepaid paging to its CellEase prepaid services portfolio. According to the agreement, Metrocall …

Telstreet.com announced it offers wireless phones, service and accessories online. “Telstreet.com takes responsibility for the entire customer experience from buying to fulfillment to delivery of the order,” said Terry Dwyer, …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-The Illinois Commerce Commission on Friday approved the proposed merger between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., bringing the $53 billion deal a step closer to reality. The proposed …

In the debate over whether radio-frequency emissions from handsets cause adverse human health effects, the wireless telecommunications industry should borrow a page from the energy industry. Recently, the Wall Street …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Democratic Leader last Wednesday called for a public-private partnership to ensure that rural America has access to advanced telecommunications. “A public-private partnership is clearly our best hope for …

Phone.com added to its mounting momentum by signing a definitive agreement to buy the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) products and operations of infrastructure software company APiON of Belfast, Northern Ireland. …

Authentix Inc. will begin final carrier testing on SimplySay 1.0, its voice-activated e-mail and wireless portal system, the company said. The system allows users to access their e-mail via any …

Low-earth-orbit satellite voice provider Globalstar L.P. has reduced the number of handsets expected to be available at the end of the year from 70,000, as announced in September, to between …

Wireless location-based services have been talked about for years and few carriers have deployed them, but reality should begin to set in within the next few years. The Federal Communications …

First, let’s start with the premise that at the moment you were assigned a social-security number, all privacy rights went to hell. But if that were the extent of it, …

Perhaps the greatest indicator of how the wireless data industry has matured is the almost giddy buzz of excitement generated by this week’s Wireless I.T. show in Santa Clara, Calif., …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it proposed unified Time Division Multiple Access technology guidelines that would allow interoperability and easier migration between TDMA technology and the Frequency Division Multiple Access technology …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced its Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector acquired Software Corporation of America Inc., which markets wireless software applications and middleware for public-safety and other markets. SCA …