Monthly Archives: September, 2000

Lucent, LGIC collaborate on 3G CDMA

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...

Mobile Healthcare Alliance formed

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...

House questions USTR on foreign gov’t ownership

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...

Motient introduces fleet system

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...

Former Motorola technician ready to file health-related lawsuit

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...

Movicom awards contract to Motorola

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...

Motorola to deploy w-Trade

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...

Hughes builds satellites for New ICO

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...

Wireless enters compensation fray

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...

Nextel leads in guard-band license auction

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...

OSI opens offices in Europe

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...

Compaq jumps on WAP bandwagon

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...

MobileChannel to deliver Olympic Internet content

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...

AT&T prepares for U.S. EDGE launch

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...

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)...

TI to ship Bluetooth chips by year-end

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...

Interest remains high in legacy wireless enablement

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...

ETSI, Standards Committee T1 sign MoU

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...

The power revolution

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....

FunMail brings animated messages to wireless devices

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...

Giganet now Ceragon

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...

SkyTel to offer @ctiveLink modules

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...

GeoTouch partners with Everypath on Palm

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...

European operators look to dispatch technology

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...

GTE TSI now roaming in Austraªlia

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...
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