Monthly Archives: September, 2000

Comsat signs service agreement with Tenzing

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Mobile Communications signed a three-year satellite service agreement with Tenzing Communications Inc. allowing Tenzing to offer its OnBoard services over Comsat's air-to-ground...

Correction

In the Sept. 11 issue, the headline on an item about Tritel should have said the company launched personal communications services in 12 Southeastern...

Corrigo acquires Invata

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Mobile service management solutions provider Corrigo Inc. acquired Invata International Inc., a company specializing in computerized maintenance management systems and accounting systems.Under...

CDMA still a possibility in Brazil’s 1800 MHz band

The Brazilian government's decision to auction spectrum in the 1800 MHz band was thought to be a shoo-in for GSM technology.GSM technology has gained...

Telecom industry generous with political donations

WASHINGTON-Telecom firms-including those with major wireless properties-have contributed nearly $18 million so far in soft money in the 2000 election cycle, according to a...

Products

BluetoothSilicon WaveRadio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included...

The m-commerce tsunami

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone...

CMGI @Ventures to harness Internet investment opportunities

NEW YORK-The best is yet to be in the conjunction of wireless and the Internet, and that means plenty of opportunity, said Lior E....

CDG starts scholarship program

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced the availability of three $1,000 annual scholarships for students attending the University of California, San Diego Extension's...

CellStar signs agreement with Equitel

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless logistics services provider CellStar Corp. signed an agreement to provide fulfillment and distribution services in the United States for Equitel Inc., a...

CT Motion, CPS link on location-based services

ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel-CT Motion Ltd. and Cambridge Positioning Systems announced they signed an agreement to jointly deliver mobile Internet location-based services.The agreement will combine...

Cybertech deploys AB-Access

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. deployed a multipoint fixed wireless network for Cybertech Wireless Inc. that delivers multiline local and long-distance telephone service, streaming video...

Daedalus formally launched

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Daedalus Venture Group L.L.C. formally launched last week, offering venture research and advisory services for the private equity community focused specifically on the...

D.C Briefs

Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) postponed introduction of legislation to prohibit unsolicited advertising on mobile phones. Holt was to go forward with the mobile-phone spam...

Stevens pushes to get building access vote on table

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth got the agency to delay the vote on telecom building-access rules, but brow beating from Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)...

Brightpoint to manage Nextel returns

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced one of its North American subsidiaries entered an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. under which Brightpoint will sell Nextel's mobile handsets...

CDMA goes to China (again)

China and CDMA technology have attempted marriage about as many times as Elizabeth Taylor.Now it appears the Chinese government again has given the green...

Burst, Lucent trial to offer increased data speeds

Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate...

Brazil hopes to rake in $3.2B on PCS

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Brazilian government hopes to collect 5.8 billion reals, or US$3.2 billion, through the auction of new personal communications services licenses in...

Business Briefs

New broadband wireless processor company nBand Communications Inc. said it raised $14 million in a second round of venture financing led by VantagePoint Venture...

Brience focuses on wireless enterprise enablement

Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting...

Constitution subcommittee passes bill: Officers will have to work harder to get cell-phone tracking info under bill

WASHINGTON-The House constitution subcommittee last week passed a bill that strengthens the standard by which law enforcement can get cell-phone tracking information.Today, law enforcement...

Categoric helps manage incoming information

While the wireless communications industry is hung up on getting more information to people no matter where they are, Categoric Software is taking a...

Unwire offers terminals to PhoneTrans

STOCKHOLM-CellPoint Inc. said its subsidiary, Unwire, signed an agreement with the German systems integrator PhoneTrans AG to supply PhoneTrans with a minimum of 24,000...

Ericsson garners China Mobile order

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China's first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes...
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