Monthly Archives: October, 2000

Unimobile.com, Advertising.com team for global wireless ads

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Unimobile.com and Advertising.com have teamed to provide a method to include global ads in messages delivered to wireless devices. The deal combines...

Crown Castle shows increase of 76 percent in 3Q

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said its revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 76 percent to $174.6 million compared with $98.9 million...

Hughes, AOL market satellite service

NEW YORK-Hughes Network Systems and America Online have begun marketing AOL PLUS Powered by DirecPC, the satellite delivery of AOL's content, the companies announced...

The winds of change are blowing at CTIA: In-your-face safety campaign coming next year

WASHINGTON-As the nation prepares for a sea change that will come when a new president is elected, the wireless industry's main trade association experienced...

China Unicom to use narrowband CDMA

BEIJING-Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, this week said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard.After...

U.K. business users unimpressed with WAP services, study claims

OXFORD, United Kingdom-A survey of U.K. businesses has found more than 70 percent have no intention of implementing the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in...

Easy Reservations helps travelers fill local travel needs

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-When most travelers plan out their itineraries, the most pressing needs involve finding an airline flight and booking the hotel reservations. If...

Granite releases Xpercom suite

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Communication software provider Granite Systems Inc. released version 3.6 of its Xpercom product suite, a next generation network and service resource management solution...

C&W, Baltimore Technologies partner for e-business services

LONDON-Cable & Wireless and Baltimore Technologies, an e-security company, announced today they will jointly offer secure e-business services for large corporations.The first service is...

AT&T Wireless stands alone

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could have a more difficult time offering bundled services to its customers after the business unit is separated from the...

German TV program incorporates SMS interactivity

UTRECHT, The Netherlands-A television program in Germany used short message service (SMS) to allow viewers to interact with the contestants.Viewers sent answers to questions...

Hungary to award UMTS licenses next year

BUCHAREST, Romania-Hungary is preparing to launch an auction for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses in second-quarter 2001.According Andras Somogyi, the director of the...

Re-auction possible in Italian 3G auction

ROME-The results of the Italian third-generation license auction are unfortunate for the Italian government and British Telecommunications plc, while most opportune for the five...

Gigabit changes name, offers non-line-of-site offering for MMDS: Company now called Iospan Wireless

Gigabit Wireless of San Jose, Calif., is taking a new name and at the same time, taking its first steps in the wireless broadband...

Sprint PCS adds games to wireless Web

Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package...

ETISALAT, Motorola complete GPRS call

ABU DHABI, UAE-ETISALAT, the United Arab Emirates telecommunications service provider, and Motorola announced today they completed a live mobile data transfer in the Middle...

Industry takes pro-consumer stance on location privacy policy

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week said it will soon ask the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to craft national...

Geoworks net loss increases in quarter, revenues up 18%

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. released third quarter results with a net loss of $6.1 million, or 29 cents per share, compared with a net loss...

Mobile scandal affects Bulgarian market

BUCHAREST, Romania-Bulgaria, a small country in Eastern Europe, has been shaken during the last few months by a scandal in the communications market.The mobile...

Electric Fuel gains U.K. reseller

ISELIN, N.J.-Electric Fuel Corp. announced that The PocketPhone Shop, a mobile phone retailer in the United Kingdom, will carry its line of Instant Power...

U.K. operators quietly slip 3G timescales

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While many of the public statements from the U.K. cell-phone operators have always mentioned early 2002 as the commercial deployment date for...

Cross Country, WirelessCar tackle total telematics solution

Cross Country Automotive Services, a 28-year-old company responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes work for several car manufacturers' roadside assistance programs, announced last week...

Aether tries to paint wireless Internet masterpiece: One year after IPO, company is in center of convergence

Aether Systems Inc. is celebrating its one-year anniversary as a public company, capping a busy year of acquisitions, investments and partnerships that have positioned...

Brightpoint to distribute Alcatel in China

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries operating in China reached an agreement with Alcatel Suzhou Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of...

Kyocera, Lucent in 3G cooperation agreement

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. reported an agreement to work together to accelerate global deployment of third-generation CDMA wireless services by...
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