Monthly Archives: August, 2000

Wireless Internet Briefs

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...

Viewpoint: Power, privacy and public safety

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...

Leap buys California license

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...

Industry works to reinstate handset value

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...

Compaq to resell BlackBerry

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...

Wis. State Patrol begins on-site payment trial

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...

Allgon, Motorola to cooperate on 3G antenna systems

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...

I3 Mobile extends deal using Diversinet product

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.

UbiquiTel revenues reach $2.2M

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...

AT&T’s next move? Theories circulate …

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...

D.C. Appeals Court issues CALEA opinion

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...

AnywhereYouGo.com launches wireless recruiting site

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...

Nokia introduces educational Web site

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...

Indonesia grants DCS 1800 license

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...

Pre-Cell Solutions readies prepaid Web phones

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...

Clearnet launches prepaid service

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...

In other Motorola news

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....

Pinnacle signs deals with ART, TimesThree

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...

Slower subscriber growth in mature markets predicted

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

E-commerce applications expected to be next big driver of wireless Internet

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...

New wireless operator picks up Verizon’s divested properties

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...

A year later, Nextel doesn’t have NextWave licenses

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...

Additional health-related lawsuits expected soon

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...

Secretive CFIUS scrutinizes foreign acquisition activity

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...

2Roam enters ASP space focused on value-added services

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