Monthly Archives: July, 2000

Micros Systems, Aether partner

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it will help Micros Systems Inc. wirelessly enable its information technology solutions for the hospitality industry.The two first...

MagiNet forms Lucent alliance

HONG KONG-MagiNet Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. formed an alliance to bring wireless Internet access to laptop users, the companies said.The companies will combine...

Response to use IDC technology for Web commerce

ORLANDO, Fla.-Response Service Center L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Automobile Association, will use Integrated Data Communications' voice channel-associated data transport technology...

Lucent wins GSM contract in China

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost...

Gemplus embeds Diversinet tech in SIM cards

TORONTO-Mobile-commerce security firm Diversinet Corp. said Gemplus has embedded its public key infrastructure security technology in its GemXplore Trust SIM cards.The joint solution is...

Convergys wins Verizon contract

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. signed a five-year contract for billing and customer-care systems with Verizon Wireless.Convergys, which has pre-existing relationships with Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch...

DT, VoiceStream prepare lobby against Hollings’ legislation

WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telekom AG, after announcing its intent to buy VoiceStream Wireless Corp. , spent last week trying to kill an appropriations bill rider that...

Nextel Partners average ARPU of $73

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Bolstered by a low 1.7 percent churn rate and an average monthly revenue per subscriber rate of $73, Nextel Partners Inc. reported strong...

World Briefs

ChinaChinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel...

Union Telephone gains first customer on Corsair

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. reported that Wyoming-based Union Telephone signed up its first customer for Corsair's PrePay Open, an infrastructure-independent wireless prepaid billing...

Zentropy opens European offices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Zentropy Partners opened offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Geneva to expand its digital consulting and development practices for WAP and m-commerce technologies.Zentropy Partners...

Comverse to integrate Sun servers

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Networks Systems and Sun Microsystems Inc. signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar agreement that calls for Comverse to integrate Sun's Netra 1400 servers...

Poland closes sale of TPSA stake

WARSAW, Poland-The Minister of the Polish State Treasury closed an agreement with a France Telecom consortium to sell a 35-percent stake in Telekomunikacja Polska...

Smaller transactions expected ahead on acquisition front

WASHINGTON-While international attention is focused on Deutsche Telekom AG's $50.3 billion bid for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and the fireworks it has set off in...

Leap acquires Ore., Colo. licenses

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to acquire personal communications services operating licenses covering 387,000 potential customers in Eugene,...

News Briefs

Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications Corp., signed its 500,000th subscriber and reported it added 42,162 net new cellular subscriber...

Lawmakers put telecom legislation on hold for August recess

WASHINGTON-House lawmakers late last week failed to cast a floor vote on appropriations legislation that was to include a repeal of the telephone tax,...

Congress concerned over Carnivore and privacy issues

WASHINGTON-Privacy concerns voiced by lawmakers last week about controversial FBI Internet wiretaps have given added visibility to the wireless industry's dispute with the Justice...

Companies try to track pulse of industry

Two companies have introduced performance indicator product offerings to help carriers keep tabs on the competition.Arthur Andersen claims its "Wireless Benchmarking Tool for Key...

Governments develop deferential GPS, increase accuracy

WASHINGTON-A coalition of government agencies including the Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration and the Air Force are in the process of building a...

Dream House prepares to test AnyWhereMobile

NEW YORK-Dream House Software Inc., Orinda, Calif., expects to begin beta testing in August of its new AnyWhereMobile Internet Service, designed to give subscribers...

WAP vs. iMode: A battle of execution

The mainstream media's honeymoon with WAP technology ended long ago, but the relationship has deteriorated so much lately that the entire affair seems ready...

AT&T to offer two-way SMS this year

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer two-way short messaging service later this year, giving the carrier a more seamless data offering with...

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable shoes

Sen. Ernest Hollings has opened a can of wireless worms.Hollings' efforts to block foreign-government-owned companies from taking too large a stake in U.S. telecom...

iSherpa aims to be a full-service angel for wireless start-ups

There is a growing horde of start-ups emerging onto the wireless scene looking to make a play in the still-being-defined wireless Internet space.Looking to...
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