Monthly Archives: October, 2000

Ventera forms m-commerce practice

MCLEAN, Va.-Ventera Corp., an e-business solutions provider, announced it has formed a wireless Internet and mobile commerce practice group.The company already uses WAP technology...

Tritel launches service in nine markets

JACKSON, Miss.-AT&T Wireless network partner Tritel Inc. launched digital wireless phone service in nine markets under its SunCom and AT&T brand names.The markets include...

Network synchronization company receives funding

NEW YORK-Solid Information Technology, known for network synchronization software, has received $50 million in second-round private equity investment.Robertson Stephens Inc. served as placement agent...

Tibco deploys Nokia WAP technology

HELSINKI, Finland-Tibco Software Inc., which provides real-time infrastructure software for e-business, is deploying Nokia Corp.'s WAP technology for its Tibco MobileConnect third-generation networks, enabling...

Speedy transitions reduce merger and acquisition pitfalls: PWC study says quick response help prevent deals from going sour

NEW YORK-"Ready! Fire! Aim!" could well be the operative slogan for a hindsight assessment of a notable number of recent mergers and acquisitions, according...

T&M Express implements @Track solution

RICHARDSON, Texas-@Track Communications Inc., which provides wireless-based vehicle fleet management and mobile asset tracking, announced that T&M Express Inc. implemented the HighwayMaster Series 5000...

Phone.com partners with SnapTrack

CHICAGO-Phone.com Inc. and SnapTrack Inc. are teaming to develop and market SnapTrack's SnapSmart location server software and Phone.com's Mobile Location Server platform.The MLS platform...

Midwest Wireless offers voice dialing

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless will begin offering voice-activated dialing Oct. 1 to its customers following the successful test of Preferred Voice Inc.'s Voice Integrated Platform...

Certicom seeks beta test participants

ATLANTA-Mobile e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. announced it is accepting applications for participation in a beta testing program of a WinCE handheld virtual private...

Cable & Wireless Optus reviews structure, strategy

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Optus announced it is conducting an ongoing review of structural and strategic options for all three of its operating businesses, Data...

Glenayre reports agreements

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. will supply its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor computer to Metrocall Inc., which Metrocall will distribute...

Nextel and partners announce enterprise business application

SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access...

UPS customers can track packages wirelessly

ATLANTA-Domestic United Parcel Service customers can now track packages, find the nearest UPS drop-off location, calculate shipping rates and determine transit times for shipment...

FCC to scrutinize open access to Interent

WASHINGTON-In a move with major implications for the future of mobile commerce and the $183 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner...

New York Times launches WAP-based news service

NEW YORK-The New York Times Co., through its New York Times Digital Internet division, launched NYT Mobile, a global, 24-hour news, information and entertainment...

Motorola, Palm collaborate on smart phone

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Palm Inc. are collaborating to create a new smart phone that combines Palm handheld computer functionality with a mobile phone.The...

Palm posts $401 M in revenue for quarter

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. shipped 1.5 million handheld computers during its first financial quarter of 2000, ended Sept. 1, up from 600,000 units shipped...

Sierra Wireless to use PrairieComm processor

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-Sierra Wireless Inc. will use PrairieComm Inc.'s PCI3800 integrated baseband processor to enable a next-generation TDMA/EDGE wireless modem now in development, allowing...

PCS show has fans, detractors

CHICAGO-Was last week's Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success?It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack...

End of session scramble arrives in D.C.

WASHINGTON-There's a reason the waning weeks of Congress are collectively called Silly Season.It is because anything is possible during this fall ritual, when lawmakers...

SED revenues decline in 4Q

ATLANTA-SED International Holdings Inc., an international distributor and value-added services provider of computer and wireless technology, reported decreased financial returns for the company's fourth...

EDGE commitments received from carriers in the Americas

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange...

FCC considers legality of rounding up

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, having recently declared that state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from awarding monetary damages in wireless consumer fraud...

@Road IPO raises $63 million

NEW YORK-@Road Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based provider of vehicle location information, messaging and dispatch services, went public Sept. 28 with an offering of 7...

RFS signs contract with BellSouth

MERIDEN, Conn.-Radio Frequency Systems signed a two-year contract with BellSouth Mobile Systems to supply its full RFS product line of Flexwell coaxial cable, connectors,...
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