September 2000

NEW YORK-Satellite telecommunication provider Globalstar introduced commercial service in Saudi Arabia, after the successful completion of all system testing by Saudi Globalstar. Mobile voice communications services will initially be offered, …

Or Yehuda, Israel-Floware Wireless Systems said it received two purchase orders valued at about $10 million from Siemens to supply its WALKair system to FirstMark Communications Spain. The two orders …

BOTHELL, Wash.-PocketScript, a wireless e-prescription system developer, will bundle Data Critical Corp.’s unwiredDR services and PocketChart application with its solutions and wireless handheld devices. The two also agreed to share …

For the most part, the telecommunications industry has survived a furious buildout period during the past five years with nary a scratch-or so it believes. If we take a long-range …

An emerging collection of technical standards promises to change forever the way marketers do their jobs by automating how businesses interact. The question is: Will this automation cut marketers out …

SAN DIEGO, United States-Wireless Facilities said Siemens selected the company for phase two of its expansion of Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Co. dual-band GSM network, which Wireless Facilities said it originally …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. signed an agreement with ePhones to resell BlackBerry handheld devices using Aether Wireless’ e-mail services through the ePhones Powered Network. Aether said its BlackBerry offering …

While the “in-a-box” concept seems a natural fit for a fast-food chain, the more complex task of setting up wireless service may seem to be asking a bit much from …

WASHINGTON-A declassified report quietly released by the Navy in August concludes Russia, China, India and Cuba have formal information warfare policies and identifies rogue states-such as North Korea, Iran, Iraq …

CAMBRIDGE, England-Interest group Cambridge3G was launched to establish Cambridge, England, as a leading test bed in Europe for the early rollout of third-generation mobile services. The initiative is backed by …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications is like chess, because the grand masters emerge as victors by controlling the center of the board, Ivan Seidenberg, president and co-chief executive officer of Verizon Communications Inc., …

WASHINGTON-A bill that would allow low power TV broadcasters to offer high-speed access to the Internet passed the Senate last week, said Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) chairman of the communications …

NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting released its Mobile Micropayments prototype, illustrating how consumers can purchase items using an Internet billing solution from a wireless phone without incurring charges on their phone bills …

WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee last week voted to include wireless carriers in a new scheme for carriers to compensate each other for carrying each other’s traffic. The bill, which now …

NEW YORK-AT&T Labs, Florham Park, N.J., is peering into the future of wireless communications and working on ways to enhance the next generation of services, researchers said at a recent …

In a wide-ranging alliance, Nortel Networks and Broadbase Software Inc. will jointly develop and market a product they say will provide end-to-end customer relationship management. The communications company and the …

HELSINKI, Finland-First Hop Ltd. has introduced a system designed to give mobile phone customers the ability to pay for movie tickets and other passes via what it called digital tokens, …

Czech Republic The Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) has preliminarily decided to issue fixed wireless access mobile telephone network licenses to three companies selected from 13 applicants, CTU Vice President Vladimir …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Now that NTT DoCoMo has a financial interest in a U.K. third-generation license holder, the prospect of i-mode mobile Internet services being deployed in Europe is firmly on …

WASHINGTON-The auction of 700 MHz guard-band manager licenses ended on Thursday after 66 rounds. The auction raised $519.9 million. The FCC began auctioning off six megahertz of spectrum in the …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services. Latin America in …

E2open has opened its doors. The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than …

ISELIN, N.J.-Datek Online Brokerage Services L.L.C. is using Interactive Messaging PLUS from BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. for its notifications to system engineers who track order-processing servers in New York City …

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Infowave Software Inc. and Inflightonline plan to offer airline passengers secure access to corporate Microsoft Exchange information while in flight. The agreement calls for Inflightonline to distribute a customized …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. released its Timeport P935 personal interactive communicator, the company’s newest entry in the wireless Web and messaging market. The wireless clamshell handheld device, powered by Motorola’s …