October 2000

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.-David Bell has quite a resume. He founded his own company in 1997 in his basement. He helped evolve the company from a mostly hardware-focused business into …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled past. It is doing so by …

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.’s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.

With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Italian telecommunications operator Wind selected Nokia Corp. as a turnkey supplier of a third-generation wireless communications system, including the supply of Nokia’s mobility core network, radio access technology and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Southwestern Bell Wireless acquired GTE Wireless in Austin, Texas, extending Southwestern Bell Wireless’ coverage to 32 of the top 50 markets in the United States, according to the company. As …

Motorola Inc. stunned investors and analysts last week, lowering its fourth-quarter and 2001 earnings estimates despite reporting third-quarter earnings that mostly fell in line with expectations. Upon release of the …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, last week granted the government’s request for more time to respond to …

Aether Systems Inc. announced USAToday.com as the first customer for the recently introduced AirLoom service, which adapts Web content for wireless distribution. In addition, Aether said it will help USAToday.com …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corporation Ltd. and Hong Kong Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. announced completion of revised terms of their alliance, first announced in April. Telstra will grab control of …

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 …

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 …

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 …