August 2000

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 the two formed.

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 Geneva designed it. As the United …

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 partnership in mobile telephony outside Australia. …

BSWD BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company …

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 for wireless carriers. In an exclusive …

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 new BlackBerry 957 and 950 …

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 a business traveler survey conducted by …

Wall Street insiders may lose some of their edge after a ruling last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission preventing officials of public companies from providing information to select …

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 operating PCS. Some operators want the …

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 has made several deals with …

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 be deployed nationwide by Dobson in …

Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls on their prepaid mobile phones when …

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 at other companies. Before its workers …

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 such company, iJapan, recently introduced …

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,” referring to the company’s third quarter …

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 company revenues increased 131 percent …

iMedeon Wireless 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 an administration tool …

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 products last week. Synchrologic made available …

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 and communications products and services through …

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 $111.2 million, or $5.65 per share, …

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 of $44.7 million, or $1.17 per …

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 and GTE Corp. Verizon revenues increased …

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 total subscriber base to 300,000. Total …

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 revenues reported for the same time …

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 for future generations of integrated circuits …