1999

GREENSBORO, N.C.-The inspections division of the Greensboro Engineering & Inspections Department and BellSouth Mobility DCS have teamed to develop Mobile Inspector, a technology that allows inspectors to work entirely in …

LONDON-BT Cellnet, Britain’s second-largest mobile phone operator, teamed with Freeserve, the United Kingdom’s largest Internet service provider, to develop information services for wireless Internet access. The two companies signed a …

NEW YORK-Protecting trade secrets may seem impossible in a marketplace characterized by the simultaneous increase in the amount of privileged information and the frequency of employees with access to it …

More spectrum, better call quality and expanded coverage are the battle cries of the wireless industry as of late, and ScoreBoard Inc. in Herndon, Va., said it is offering carriers …

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. launched a free wireless portal service called Data4Me, aimed directly at end users with the goal of increasing awareness of wireless e-mail services across multiple networks. The …

In what is perhaps the most concrete example to date of its commitment to extend Internet services to mobile devices, America Online Inc. last week acquired Tegic Communications Inc. for …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector signed an agreement to begin a third-generation trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology in the third quarter …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. and KPN of the Netherlands said they may merge their global mobile satellite businesses to form a joint venture aimed at being a major player in …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it signed a $15 million contract to provide AB-Access broadband wireless networking equipment to United Online, a Colorado-based carrier delivering high-speed wireless Internet access to …

Latin America Millicom International Cellular S.A. said MIC Latin America recently commenced offering dial-up Internet and e-mail services to its mobile telephony customers in Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Newtel AB, the newly formed company resulting from the merger of Telia AB of Sweden and Telenor AS of Norway, has launched a hostile bid for Ireland’s Esat Telecom, …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced a contract valued at about $100 million with China’s Sichuan Mobile Communications Co. to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the Sichuan province. Under …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court said last week a class-action securities-fraud lawsuit against battery maker Valence Technology Inc. can go forward. Shareholders became upset when Valence Technology’s stock fell after the …

PARIS-French cellular operator Cegetel will work with Nortel Networks to develop third-generation services based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services standard, according to the equipment maker. The deal is subject …

SpectraSite Holdings Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire property management firm Apex Site Management Inc. The stock-for-stock transaction, which is expected to close by the end of …

WASHINGTON-The coming of the new millennium may bring with it new products using spread-spectrum technology. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules that would increase the width of channels used …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. has agreed to license the UP.Browser Wireless Application Protocol compatible microbrowser for its Code Division Multiple Access phones. HEI said …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Telecom of the Netherlands and Telia of Sweden announced they will sell their stakes in Eircom, the Irish telecom operator that owns Eircell, Ireland’s largest wireless …

The Operators Harmonization Group began work more than a year ago as a loosely tied group of four operators trying to end the world’s heated battle over third-generation technology standards. …

WASHINGTON-On one level, the wireless campaign on Capitol Hill this year was not unlike that of Congress as a whole. In the end, when it came time for Congress to …

The spirit of collaboration among leaders in the paging industry continues to grow as paging carriers and manufacturers have joined in several marketing and technological efforts designed to increase the …

NEW YORK-Internet retailer barnesandnoble.com launched a wireless e-commerce initiative called bn.com On the Go, which is designed to allow customers to search for and buy its products from wireless devices. …

TORONTO-Wysdom Inc., a developer of wireless Internet applications, has received a $7 million private equity investment from The VenGrowth Investment Fund Inc., a Canadian venture capital firm. Proceeds will permit …

Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc., through their StarCore Joint Design Center, announced the availability of a digital signal processor core optimized for next-generation wireless systems. Founded in 1998, the …

NEW YORK-NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., Japan’s largest mobile carrier, said Dec. 2 it plans to buy a 19-percent interest in Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd., Hong Kong’s biggest wireless provider, …