Monthly Archives: September, 2000

Nokia, Sonera partner for VAS platform

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Sonera zed have teamed together to develop platforms for mobile value-added services, working together in systems integration and sales and...

World Briefs

Czech RepublicAirspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the...

SBC Wireless launches mobile Internet portal service

DALLAS-SBC Wireless introduced through its Pacific Bell Wireless affiliate "My Wireless Window." The new product is a streamlined mobile Internet portal service powered by...

SBC picks Logica router, gateway

DALLAS-SBC Wireless said it selected Logica's integrated Message Application Router and SMS Interworking Gateway to expand its wireless data services.SBC plans to roll out...

Aquis, Verizon interconnect

Aquis Communications Group Inc. said it signed nine interconnection agreements with Verizon Communications, encompassing the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New...

Nokia wins upgrade deal from Eircell

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it won a contract, valued at more than $30 million, with Ireland's Eircell for a mobile network upgrade. The contract involves...

Mobility solutions featured at DEMOMobile

PASADENA, Calif.-Several companies introduced new mobility solutions at the DEMOMobile show held last week.Unimobile.com released the Unimobile 3.0 private-label platform for text messaging, designed...

eVoice delivers wireline voice mail to multiple devices

Now that most wireless carriers offer the same basic services, they are counting on enhanced services to attract new customers and set them apart...

Congress may address telecom tax, spectrum-cap bills: Foreign ownership, China trade also up for debate

WASHINGTON-With Congress back at work for a fall legislative session that will be cut short by the 2000 presidential election, several key bills of...

Evoke launches conferencing

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-Evoke Communications Inc. launched a mobile Web-conferencing service that allows wireless-enabled Palm V and Palm VII users to initiate and control a Web...

FCC OKs Comtech satellite services

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said the Federal Communications Commission granted authority to its subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., to provide satellite-based packet data communications...

Cincinnati Bell Wireless uses Peregrine fraud solution

SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Systems Inc.'s e-Business Connectivity Group delivered a business-to-business e-commerce solution to Cincinnati Bell Wireless designed to assist Cincinnati Bell and its handset...

Foreign-ownership fireworks

WASHINGTON-Is Deutsche Telekom AG's proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. a case of foreign investment or a protectionist grab of a foreign government? This...

Chat Pak program updated

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired changed its Chat Pak program design to promote budget management, affordable rates and rollover minutes, the company announced.The Chat Pak...

Motorola wins Coast Guard contract

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Motorola Inc. a $7.8 million contract to develop a preliminary design for the National Distress and Response System...

B-Mobile takes aim at Japan m-commerce

A new company soon expects to offer business-to-business mobile commerce services in Japan using software NTT DoCoMo uses in its wildly popular i-mode Internet...

Livemind unveils engine

PASADENA, Calif.-Livemind, a wireless commerce transaction infrastructure and software developer, unveiled its Contextual Commerce Engine, which matches products to personalized content.RestaurantRow is the first...

Qwest to cut 11,000 jobs in streamlining effort

DENVER-Qwest Commun-ications International Inc. raised its revenue and EBITDA targets for 2000 and 2001 and said it would eliminate 11,000 jobs by the end...

Schlumberger to use platform

TORONTO, Ontario-Schlumberger Test & Transactions has adopted PCS Innovations' mobileMAGIC software platform to create a high-speed content distribution platform Schlumberger said it will offer...

Metawave acquires Adaptive Telecom

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp., a smart antenna manufacturer, is acquiring Adaptive Telecom Inc. for 5.5 million shares of Metawave common stock.The deal gives Metawave...

Lucent partners with PacketViedo

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaborative development agreement to optimize multimedia solutions on next-generation mobile devices.According to the...

Mvion targets mobile enterprise: Changes name to reflect new direction

In an effort to reinvent itself, KachinaGuide.com, which develops intelligent search and navigation technology, has changed its name to Mvion and is shifting its...

Microsoft adds FoneSync to Works Suite

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. has included Phone.com Inc.'s FoneSync technology in the latest release of Microsoft Works Suite 2001, released today.The addition allows users to...

BellSouth sees CDMA for Latin America

One of the largest wireless companies in Latin America is considering a technology flip for the next generation.Sources close to BellSouth International Inc. say...

Centerseat aims to become wireless ASP

NEW YORK-Centerseat Inc., a content and commerce application service provider, said it has launched wireless extensions to its service to become a wireless ASP.Centerseat...
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