September 2000

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 marketing efforts worldwide. The agreement has …

Czech Republic Airspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media’s network, …

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 InfoSpace. SBC plans to roll out …

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 mobile data services in the …

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

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 upgrading the base station system for …

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 for wireless carriers, dot-coms or …

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

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 interest to the wireless industry remain …

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 conference from their handheld device. The …

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 services in the United States on …

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 suppliers in preventing cell-phone fraud. Peregrine …

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 was the question examined last Thursday …

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 program gives customers the opportunity …

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 Modernization Program, an integrated communications and …

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 applications for consumers. Redwood City, Calif.-based …

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 m-commerce retailer to use the …

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 of 2001. Qwest said it expects …

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 called OASYS. The solution will incorporate …

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 additional smart antenna technology that …

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 agreement, the companies will optimize …

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 focus to the mobile enterprise market. …

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 transfer contact listings from the …

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 the carrier wants to convert …

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 Wireless content includes entertainment programming …