November 2000

NEW YORK-SolidStreaming Inc. and AnyDevice Inc. said they plan to integrate their software platforms to enable carrier and enterprise customers to deliver data, audio and video content to wireless devices. …

NEW YORK-Canadian users of Web-enabled wireless phones and two-way pagers can get walking or driving directions to any location within the country, under an agreement announced Nov. 22 between Maptuit …

MADRID, Spain-The Spanish government said it will tender two additional GSM licenses by 2002, according to international press reports. The country’s four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license winners are …

POISSY, France-Webraska entered the North American wireless market in a new deal with Voice-Stream Wireless, which will offer the company’s navigation services on VoiceStream’s new Internet service, WebStream, scheduled to …

ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. and Mascot Systems Ltd. announced a partnership to allow Mascot to develop wireless application solutions using Air2Web’s wireless platform. Mascot will also have access to Air2Web’s Always Interactive …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant”nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also said mobile telephony has a penetration …

A new venture backed by veteran airline executive Dan Colussy is reported to be buying the assets of Iridium L.L.C., Motorola Inc.’s financial drain and the center of controversy since …

WASHINGTON-CellularOne Group, one of the nation’s top mobile-phone service brands, has created a firestorm of controversy by refusing to pull a TV commercial that has offended opponents of capital punishment. …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.’s AirBoss technology. The deal will allow all devices operating on …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. and The Management Network Group Inc. announced plans to team up in a nonexclusive strategic alliance to provide operations support system solutions to integrated communications providers. The …

The Federal Communications Commission has extended the comment period for the merger of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., Powertel Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG to Dec. 13 and Jan. 8. The FCC …

WASHINGTON-While the world awaits the final outcome of the seemingly endless process in Florida to pick the president of the United States, members of the wireless world are also awaiting …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data completed its previously announced $10 million acquisition of CellGate Technologies, which was made in cash and shares. U.S. Wireless hopes CellGate, which manufactures integrated wireless Internet …

ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. said it formed the Terrestrial Broadband Group within its EMS Wireless division, which will provide base-station antennas and hub assemblies for the fixed-wireless market. The equipment will …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice is pointing to contracts it signed with four manufacturers to show it is cost-effective for telecom carriers to add additional capabilities to their networks to enhance …

NEW YORK-Despite the hope and hype around consumer and corporate use, vertical applications remain today’s stronghold for wireless data, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Warburg. Recognizing this …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Staff of the federal Advisory Commission on Historic Preservation said a wireless industry proposal on collocation of wireless facilities is sound, but did not adopt the proposal, instead opting …

The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association moved to set the standard for location-based services privacy principles by laying out its own guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission. CTIA said it …

Dear Editor: While Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth sings a soliloquy of regulatory and technical evolution, the state of future technological applications lies in disarray (“Opinion”, RCR Wireless News, Oct. 30, …

PARIS-Equant and France Telecom’s Global One announced they will merge, forming a company with about 3,700 large business customers and pro forma annualized revenues of up to $3 billion. The …

Ever since the two announced their merger in mid-August, a lingering question was what name would Phone.com Inc. and Software.com Inc. call their combined powerhouse. Last week, the two announced …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced an agreement to integrate the Wireless Keyword Navigation System from RealNames Corp. into the Phone.com UP.Link Server. The result will allow users to access wireless …

Digital Paging Digital Paging Co. released its new Hit plus pager, which the company said can carry three different frequencies. The pager also features a hands-on screen programming function, and …

Continuing the flow of wireless technological improvements from north of the border, Burnaby, British Columbia-based PMC-Sierra Inc. introduced its Power Amplifier Linearizer and Distortion Inhibitor-10 chip, designed to allow traffic …

CALGARY, Alberta-Wireless infrastructure provider Wi-Lan Inc. reported its broadband wireless revenues for next year would total $32 million, more than three times higher than 2000 results, but below analyst forecasts …