October 2000

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless application service provider 2Roam Inc. announced it has appointed Thomas Jackson chief executive officer and Jeff Hansen as senior vice president of marketing. The new CEO comes …

After months of relative silence, Ignition Corp. has begun making noise again, providing its mentoring and funding proficiencies to two more companies. The most recent is Avogadro, launched this week …

IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless Inc. was awarded a contract from Peruvian telecommunications licensee CIFSA Telecom S.A.C. to install very small aperture terminals in more than 2,000 locations in Peru. STM said …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission unintentionally made public its investigation of Pinnacle’s independent public accounting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., regarding certain related accounting issues, and consequently …

The push to implement unified wireless messaging services into wireless providers’ portfolios of services and enterprise customers is growing stronger as both messaging providers and wireless operators look to capitalize …

The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement. Ignition Corp., founded by several former …

WOODBURY, Spain-Comverse Network Systems demonstrated its third-generation-capable unified messaging service, including video messaging, over Nortel Network Corp.’s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network at the UMTS Conference in Barcelona, Spain. The …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a multimillion dollar amendment extending Advantest Corp.’s existing CDMA test equipment license agreement to include the use of certain Qualcomm patents to manufacture and supply test …

BARCELONA, Spain-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced plans to make third-generation technology and product design easier and faster using its system-on-a-chip solution to test both software and hardware as though they were …

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc., a provider of service and product solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry, reported a 49-percent increase in revenues during its second quarter ended Sept. 24 …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced it will combine its Go.Web technology with Centrinity’s Unified Communications software solution, marking the company’s expansion into unified communications services. The Go.Web service currently offers a …

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone. President …

Dear Editor: I always appreciate the timely articles on market trends in RCR. Last week, I couldn’t help but notice two very important cover stories-one on the teenage market and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-China’s Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. launched a General Packet Radio Service pre-commercial network, supplied by L.M. Ericsson, designed to offer wireless data communications services to customers in the …

NEW YORK-Information Builders Inc. introduced its TellMe By Email service, a mobile business intelligence solution powered by the company’s WebFOCUS business intelligence software. TellMe By Email allows corporations to give …

NEW YORK-A 6-percent average summer dip in the price of shares in American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International, Pinnacle Towers Inc., SBA Communications and SpectraSite Communications also reflected “a shift …

In my first journalism class, the instructor gave us an acronym to remember-KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. Little did I know I would some day work in acronym central, otherwise …

PITTSBURGH-Metrocall Inc. has renewed its contract with RSL COM U.S.A. for various communications services under a one-year, $1.2 million contract. RSL has provided long-distance, data and toll-free services for Metrocall’s …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless infrastructure software provider Infolio Inc. raised $11.5 million in a Series B round of funding led by Blueprint Ventures and Vadem Ltd. In addition, Infolio appointed Bart …