Monthly Archives: August, 2000

ScreamingMedia to get content via ABCNews.com

NEW YORK-ABCNews. com will provide video, audio and text content to ScreamingMedia's network of Web and wireless subscribers, according to a content distribution agreement...

Geneva’s billing product flexible by industry

For a company focused on the billing market, Geneva Technology Ltd.'s convergent billing software seems strangely unfocused on any one industry, and that's how...

Cable & Wireless Optus explores partnership opportunities

SYDNEY, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus, which operates a mobile-phone network in Australia, said it is in discussions with other telecom companies about forming a...

People

BSWDBellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO...

Telephia releases results via Point.com

SEATTLE-Point.com Inc. and Telephia Inc. released customer satisfaction survey results for 24 wireless markets, providing consumer ratings of the service and network performance quality...

Rogers launches comparison shopping service

TORONTO-Rogers AT&T Wireless launched a wireless shopping comparison service in conjunction with BuyBuddy.com, an online independent comparison shopping guide.The service is available on the...

Business travelers making more calls

NEW YORK-Not only are more business travelers carrying wireless phones, but they are making more calls on the road from those phones, according to...

SEC rules on information dissemªination

Wall Street insiders may lose some of their edge after a ruling last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission preventing officials of public...

Brazilian incumbents ask for choice of frequency

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Anatel should allow the current operators of cellular mobile service in Brazil the option of choosing the frequency for additional spectrum for...

Zagat.com to make restaurant guide available wirelessly

SAN DIEGO-Zagat.com, one of the larger restaurant review and location content providers, has tapped Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. to wirelessly enable its restaurant guide.While it...

Dobson buys Conductus products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Superconducting wireless systems manufacturer Conductus Inc. signed a purchase agreement with Dobson Communications Corp. for a minimum of 200 Conductus ClearSite systems to...

News Briefs

Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls...

Strike issues largely settled at other firms

WASHINGTON-While Verizon Communications workers strike in part to make it easier for its wireless workers to join unions, union issues have been largely settled...

Effort under way to place i-mode content on WAP phones

As NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service continues to grow in popularity, several industry players are offering solutions to make i-mode content compatible with WAP phones.One...

AirGate posts revenues of $6.5M on $25M loss

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS Network Partner AirGate PCS Inc. posted results for what company president and chief executive officer Thomas Dougherty said was "an outstanding quarter,"...

RCC subscriber adds break record, net loss up

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. posted record consolidated revenues of $99.8 million and 23,345 net cellular customer additions for the second quarter, ended June 30.Reported...

Products

iMedeonWireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon's iM: Work, includes...

Two companies introduce synchronization products

ATLANTA-Synchronization between wireless handsets and personal computers remains a priority in data management circles, as both Synchrologic Inc. and FusionOne Inc. introduced separate synchronization...

GoAmerica partners with Dell Computer

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Inc. signed an agreement with Dell Computer Corp. that allows Dell to sell GoAmerica's range of wireless Internet...

Arch improves loss, sub numbers fall

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $21.5 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with a net loss of...

Metrocall loss totals $40.2M, adds 100,000 subs

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. reported second-quarter financial results with a net loss of $40.2 million, or 51 cents per share, compared with a net loss...

Verizon Wireless revenues up 19 percent

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless reported second-quarter results, the first quarter following the combination of the U.S. wireless assets of Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch plc...

Triton PCS adds 58,000 subscribers

BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted second-quarter financial results, adding 58,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing the company's...

Winstar revenues grow 83 percent, losses up 63 percent

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $176.3 million, an 82.7-percent increase from the $96.5 million in...

Lucent, Chartered invest in chip, IC development

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $700 million during the next five years to jointly develop manufacturing technologies...
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