August 2000

Easy Access Inc. has selected SeaGull Inc.’s Wireless-to-Host solution to wirelessly enable its EZ-Vote mobile voter registration management system. MG Financial Group has introduced wireless access to Forex market trading …

Score one for the wireless industry. The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals last week ruled that the Federal Communications Commission must use a narrower legal standard in interpreting the Communications …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to purchase a personal communications services operating license in Visalia, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Leap expects to complete …

Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder …

Almost overlooked amid the hype of Compaq Computer Corp.’s new iPAQ Home Internet Appliance introduced last week was the news that Compaq would being reselling another alternative Internet access product-Research …

WAUKESHA, Wis.-MasterCard International has implemented a wireless payment acceptance terminal pilot program with the Wisconsin State Patrol in Kenosha County that will allow officers to accept credit and debit card …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Allgon Mobile Communications and Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector signed a letter of intent to cooperate in the development of antenna systems for third-generation wireless multimedia terminals. Allgon’s Digitally …

STAMFORD, Conn.-I3 Mobile Inc. has extended a licensing agreement for Diversinet Corp.’s Passport Certificate Server and Passport Authorization Product security technology for m-commerce applications.

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-Wireless operator UbiquiTel Inc. posted what it called “extremely productive” second-quarter results, after launching initial services earlier this year. The company reported total revenue for the quarter of …

Speculation is running high about what moves AT&T Corp. will make to bolster its tumbling stock price. The company’s stock has lost nearly 39 percent of its value this year …

WASHINGTON-A ruling last week from a federal appeals court allowing for law enforcement to obtain cell-site information without a court order means the issue of law enforcement using mobile phones …

DALLAS-AnywhereYouGo.com, an independent resource site targeting the wireless developer community, launched a Web-based recruiting site dedicated to attracting wireless developers and information technology professionals. The AnywhereYouGo.com Wireless Career Center was …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced a new Web sited called TheFeature, aimed at industry professionals, academics, media and others interested in the mobile Internet space. The site is designed as an …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia granted a principal license for national Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz to PT Indosat, the primary provider of international telecommunications services in Indonesia. The license will be valid …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Prepaid wireless services provider Pre-Cell Solutions Inc. said it will provide Web-enabled CDMA digital handsets for the U.S. prepaid market by the end of October. The handsets will incorporate …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced Pay & Talk, a Web-ready digital prepaid wireless service for new customers and those who already own Clearnet PCS phones. Clearnet said all Pay & …

Motorola and Mercedes-Benz have teamed to offer an integrated version of Motorola’s Timeport digital phone in all model-year 2001 Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the companies said. The CDMA phone is equipped with …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Pinnacle Towers Inc. signed an agreement with Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., giving ART access to approximately 480 buildings in Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. …

Although worldwide cellular and PCS subscribers increased 54 percent during 1999, subscriber growth is expected to slow significantly through 2007, especially in more mature markets, according to findings in The …

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile e-commerce applications are expected to be the next driver of wireless Internet services, after e-mail, according to research by IntelliQuest, a marketing research firm. Early adopters will be …

A long list of investors led by J.P. Morgan Capital Corp., FirstCall Telephone Corp. and the management team from former operator Triton Cellular Partners have formed a new wireless carrier. …

WASHINGTON-A little more than a year ago, Nextel Communications Inc. shocked the telecom world by announcing it had reached an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to buy the licenses …

WASHINGTON-The Baltimore law firm that earlier this month filed a mobile-phone cancer lawsuit against several wireless firms and two industry trade associations is expected to file additional lawsuits as early …

WASHINGTON-A little known government panel could play a big role in the coming years as new trade rules free up foreign firms to buy U.S. wireless companies, a trend that …

Many entering the wireless application service provider space have concentrated much of their business on wirelessly enabling Internet content. That is, after all, the primary function of a wireless ASP. …