OSLO, Norway-NetCom ASA's board of directors rejected a takeover attempt by Tele Danmark in a $1.6 billion bid.The Danish telecommunications company purchased 25,000 shares...
HONG KONG-Infinite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Infinite Enterprise Wireless Application Protocol server, a secure WAP gateway the company said will make access to a...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation,...
SEATTLE-Conversa, which develops speech-recognition technologies, and Phone.com Inc. signed an agreement to interface Conversa's speech technology with Phone.com's Wireless Application Protocol-compatible UP.Browser microbrowser.Optimizing embedded...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-More than 2 million Japanese customers subscribe to DDI, DDI-Cellular Group, TU-KA Group and IDO's wireless Internet access services "EZweb" and EZaccess,"...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services provider serving the southeastern United States, introduced its PowerChat text message service designed to deliver messages...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Mike Zafirovski, currently president and chief executive officer of GE Lighting, will join Motorola Inc. as president of its personal communications sector, replacing...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is jumping in the wireless Internet pool again, with the introduction of its Digital PocketNet service.Unlike AT&T's first attempt,...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc.'s EF Johnson subsidiary signed a licensing agreement giving Motorola Inc. the right to develop and sell mobile and portable radio...
LONDON-Webraska Mobile Technologies, a provider of traffic maps and navigation services on Internet mobile phones, is opening access to its Global Navigation Server to...
WASHINGTON-After a shaky start, Clinton administration officials last week said progress is being made at the World Radiocommunication Conference on a global multiband spectrum...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services.According...
CanadaNewbridge Networks Corp. said the holders of its common shares, options and warrants have approved the plan of arrangement involving its merger with Alcatel...
As Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. faces a funding gap, a proposed merger between two emerging satellite operators adds yet another twist in the short history...
TOKYO-Intel Corp. and Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced they will co-develop a cellular chipset for the third-generation wireless technology market. The companies said work...
DUBLIN, Ireland-A Supreme Court decision ended a two-year-old dispute over Ireland's third cellular license. U.S.-Irish consortium Meteor can now establish Ireland's third wireless network...
NEW YORK-Oceanic Digital Corp. joined with Centennial Communications Corp. to develop a nationwide 800 MHz broadband Code Division Multiple Access network, following a license...
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association likes to talk about safety. And why not? Thousands of 911 calls from mobile phones are made every day,...
MCLEAN, Va.-UbiquiTel Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, awarded LCC International Inc. a contract to provide comprehensive design and deployment services in all of the...
WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust lawyers reportedly oppose the proposed $115 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp., a major snag that-if true-could kill the...
DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely...
LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. acquired Regionet Wireless, which holds more than 3,900 channels in the Automated Maritime Telecommunications System band in states and metropolitan...
