Monthly Archives: October, 2000

Twenty one

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...

SyncIT.com enters AvantGo agreement

NEW YORK-SyncIT.com, a supplier of bookmark synchronization technology, reported an agreement with mobile Internet company AvantGo Inc. to enable Palm OS and Pocket PC...

AvidWireless releases product

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...

SCC to acquire Lucent Public Safety Systems

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. will acquire Lucent Public Safety Systems for approximately $40 million, the companies announced.SCC issued about 6.1 million shares of common...

Qualcomm becomes partner in Skybridge

BETHESDA, Md.-Qualcomm Inc. became a shareholder and limited partner in low earth orbit satellite operator SkyBridge L.P., the companies said. Financial details were not...

OFDM Forum to develop standard

CALGARY, Alberta-The OFDM Forum, founded to establish a single, compatible global standard for OFDM technology in wireless applications, will hold its fourth annual meeting...

Barshefsky looks to next president to continue trade advances

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,...

Spike Broadband joins industry forum

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...

Glenayre partners with PhoneOnline.com

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...

FCC asks for advice to justify CALEA punch list

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked the wireless, privacy and law enforcement communities to help it justify digital wiretap technical capabilities that some of...

Quickdot announces messaging extension

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...

Sharp extends CDMA license agreement

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...

Appeals court rules in favor of GWI

WASHINGTON-In what appears to be a win for bankrupt PCS carriers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans has...

Endwave offers 6M shares in public offering

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...

Paradigm4 to offer BlackBerry service

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...

Invertix launches IM-Anywhere

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Invertix Corp. launched IM-Anywhere, an infrastructure software platform for wireless phone presence management and instant messaging with "mobile buddy" lists. The service...

Nortel Networks, Sprint PCS cooperate on network test bed

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...

Telus, Clearnet merger complete

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...

AT&T promotes text messaging

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...

Metricom offers PC card for Ricochet network

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In what is perhaps the most significant step since announcing the commercial launch of its Ricochet service in limited markets earlier this...

Telematics to be second revolution in automotive electronics

DETROIT-Automotive telematics applications are going to influence most auto electronics, and a wide variety of high-profile players will compete for market share, according to...

Aeris.net offers overlay to MicroBurst: Allows two-way packet data service

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Aeris.net introduced a new service option called VBurst, an overlay to the firm's existing MicroBurst service, using the cellular control channel for...

Mean street

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...

3G auction begins in Italy

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...

JP, Certicom expand pact

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enabling technology developer JP Systems Inc. and e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. have expanded their relationship to enhance JP System's SureWave...
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