September 2000

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and LG Information and Communication Ltd. announced a collaboration to accelerate next-generation wireless services based on CDMA wireless technology supported by Lucent’s network infrastructure and …

HAYWARD, Calif.-Several technology firms have joined to form the Mobile Healthcare Alliance, focused on ensuring the acceptance and proliferation of mobile and wireless computing solutions for the health-care market. The …

WASHINGTON-In a follow-up to a recent hearing on the proposed Deutsche Telekom AG takeover of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., the House telecom subcommittee last week sent a letter to Charlene Barshefsky, …

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. introduced a fleet management system incorporating Microsoft Windows NT-based Exec2000 mobile messaging system software, designed for use with Motient’s Mobile Messaging Service. The Exec2000 system offers a …

WASHINGTON-A Motorola Inc. technician who was a mobile-phone trouble shooter for 10 years plans shortly to sue Motorola Inc. and possibly others for allegedly causing his brain cancer. The man …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector was awarded a $20 million commercial contract by South American cellular provider Movicom BellSouth Uruguay to provide CDMA to wireless network subscribers …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. said it will deploy financial services software from w-Trade Technologies Inc. on TimePort two-way personal interactive communicators later this year. With w-Trade technology, the TimePort devices …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Hughes Space and Communications Co. and New ICO said they have signed an agreement calling for Hughes to build at least three more satellites for New ICO and …

WASHINGTON-Capitol Hill was all a flurry last week with activities related to the wireless industry, some out in the open and others behind closed doors. RCR Wireless News has learned …

WASHINGTON-At the end of 32 rounds of bidding, a subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc. has bid the most for guard-band manager licenses, while Pegasus Guard Band L.L.C. has joined in …

FOLSOM, Calif.-Software solutions provider Objective Systems Integrators opened three offices in Europe as part of its strategy to target the estimated $4 billion European OSS market. The new offices will …

Computing industry giant Compaq Computer Corp. has jumped on the wireless bandwagon in a big way with last week’s announcement that it has agreed to offer its popular ProLiant server …

HELSINKI, Finland-MobileChannel.Network plans to deliver a commercial mobile Internet content service during the Summer Olympics through its Mobile Sports Channel joint venture with Trans World International, the programming division of …

NEW YORK-As part of its evolutionary path, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to offer EDGE services in the United States by mid- to late 2001, said Michael Bamburak, vice president …

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) appeared to have contributed to assurances …

NEW YORK-Dallas-based Texas Instruments has begun making samples of its new Bluetooth chipset available and will begin shipping them by year-end, Christian Dupont, general manager of the short-distance wireless unit, …

STILLWATER, Okla.-More than half the companies with legacy applications and systems are considering extending their data to wireless devices and networks, according to a survey conducted by Esker Inc., a …

SOHPIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute and Standards Committee T1, sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, signed a memorandum of understanding in recognition of their continuing collaborative …

NEW YORK-A multifaceted revolution is under way that will soon provide a tremendous boost to the battery life and processing capacity of wireless devices. The first phase of the handheld …

Just because the majority of the world’s wireless Internet users live in Japan doesn’t mean a U.S. company can’t join in on the fun. Which is exactly what FunMail Inc. …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Giganet Ltd., a manufacturer of wireless broadband systems, announced it changed its name to Ceragon Networks Ltd. and will begin trading on Nasdaq under the new name and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-SkyTel Communications Corp. said it will be the primary service provider for all Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s @ctiveLink two-way messaging modules sold through the PalmGear online store. The @ctiveLink module …

SAN FRANCISCO-GeoTouch Inc., a location-based technology provider, said it has partnered with wireless application service provider Everypath Inc. to makes its geographic and search information available to Palm VII users. …

BUCHAREST, Romania-A new digital technology for public access mobile radio and private mobile radio users has seen interest from numerous wireless carriers in Europe and Asia since it was first …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecom-munication Services Inc. launched its international roaming services to Australia’s Telstra, providing seamless CDMA roaming services to customers of Japanese and Korean operators with automatic inbound CDMA roaming …