October 2000

SAN DIEGO-Stellcom Inc. said it has agreed to use a platform from Air2Web Inc. in a solution to extend enterprise applications to wireless devices. Specifically, Stellcom said it will create …

NEW YORK-Endwave Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of radio-frequency subsystems, went public Oct. 16 on Nasdaq with an offering of 6 million shares of stock, priced at $14, the midpoint …

NASHUA, N.J.-Spike Broadband Systems Inc., a provider of fixed wireless access solutions, announced it became a member of the Broadband Wireless Internet Forum. The BWIF promotes the development of cost-effective …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Quickdot introduced an extension of its free Web-based messaging service to support wireless devices. The Quickdot Web service allows users to post messages at the company’s Web site, which …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer free and unlimited two-way text messaging services through Feb. 28. After the free promotional period ends, customers can continue service through …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. has begun providing its trademarked Synapse to bridge the divide between rural farmers and their city customers. The pilot program, involving wireless point-of-sale terminals at …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies entered a strategic relationship with PhoneOnline.com, a wireless development and professional services firm, to support interoperability between PhoneOnline.com’s BlueMoon mobile software technology application framework and Glenayre’s @activeLink …

ROME-The Italian auction for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses began last Thursday. Italy is Europe’s largest cell-phone market, with six groups participating in the auction process, which is expected …

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps Inc. said it will supply Extended Systems a wireless Internet platform that provides secure, real-time access to data from wireless devices. Extended Systems said it plans to integrate …

In recent weeks, we’ve seen Wall Street unmercifully punish wireless and blue-chip high-tech firms because of lower-than-expected quarterly earnings. Maybe punish is the wrong word. How about mutilate. In one …

RICHARDSON, Texas-@Track Communications Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $28 million, slightly less than the $29.1 million in revenues reported for the same period last …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it amended Sharp’s existing CDMA subscriber unit license agreement, expanding the licenses to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA and …

ARLINGTON, Va.-U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment reached $47.9 billion for the first half of 2000, a 24.4 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the Telecommunications …

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless text messaging provider Unimobile.com will license its 3.0 business platform technology to V-Mail, a developer of Internet communication and data compression software. Unimobile.com will provide V-Mail with …

JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Sports Ticker Enterprises L.P., ESPN Inc.’s real-time sports and news information service, announced it obtained a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of New …

TOKYO-KDDI, the newly formed telecom group in Japan, said it is talking to several foreign carriers regarding alliances, international press reports said. A possible alliance could include an equity investment, …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless network services provider Paradigm4 Inc. will offer Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to its customers, as well as offering a suite of services for government …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-AvidWireless released AvidRapidTools, a Java server and set of reusable Java beans that require developers to only use one source code to display across all wireless devices. It …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Telus Corp. and Clearnet Communications Inc. reported that all of the conditions of Telus’ offer to purchase Clearnet have been satisfied and Telus will take-up and pay for …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Troy XCD debuted its wireless printing device, which enables a Bluetooth-enabled mobile data device to connect with a printer within approximately 30 feet. The device can be installed …

WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, avoiding the dicey question of whether China will live up to trade commitments to open wireless and other markets, last week said she expected the …

WASHINGTON-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) last week said a controversial provision that would kill the Deutsche Telekom AG-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. merger was dropped from a major appropriations bill, but …

Two disparate, but parallel tracks are emerging in the wireless Internet world: the business track and the consumer track. The business track is developing along the lines one would expect …

BOSTON-Nortel Networks Corp. and Sprint PCS said they are cooperating to build the first access technology-independent wireless network test bed using Internet Protocol technology for both voice and data. The …