Monthly Archives: December, 2000

TSR closes operations

TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest privately held paging carrier, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy late Friday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for...

AT&T Wireless faces class-action lawsuit

NEW YORK-A law firm said it was continuing a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on behalf of AT&T's shareholders, alleging the company...

Supreme Court hears cell-phone privacy case

WASHINGTON-Can the news media disseminate information of public significance even if that information is stolen?That is the question before the U.S. Supreme Court which...

MWIF finalizes recommendations for Layered Functional Architecture

FREMONT, Calif.-The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum announced it has finalized its recommendation for a new Layered Functional Architecture, designed to provide a unified structure...

Hello Direct to offer Vox2 product

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.-Vox2 Inc. announced its new Vox.Link, which combines cellular phones with other traditional phones in a home or office, will be available from...

Versatile releases line of wireless apps

SEATTLE-Versatile Mobile Systems, which provides wireless automation solutions, released its new line of wireless enterprise applications, Mobiquity, which the company said would provide delivery...

Nokia: the best is yet to come

With a new venture fund and optimistic forecast extension, Nokia set out last week to fortify its already strong position in the wireless communications...

Iridium picks up Pentagon contract

WASHINGTON-The Iridium satellite network has found a home, in part, at the Pentagon, which agreed to pay $36 million a year to Iridium Satellite...

Telenor discounts IPO sold last week

NEW YORK-Following similar moves a few weeks earlier by Spain's Telefonica Moviles and Telekom Austria, Telenor ASA of Norway had to discount its initial...

WorldCom contract gives Vyyo needed boost

A major contract from multichannel multipoint distribution services provider WorldCom Inc. boosted the bottom line of network equipment manufacturer Vyyo Inc. amid speculation the...

Missed opportunity?

Time to sit up and pay attention. Last week, a Navy midshipman was cleared of vehicular manslaughter charges after he was involved in an...

World Briefs

BRAZILADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it signed a $16 million contract to supply GVT Brazil with a broadband access bundled solution for the southern and...

Littlefeet expands into new headquarters

SAN DIEGO-Littlefeet Inc. said it needs to expand. But that expansion won't be into new business markets. It will be into a new corporate...

RIM scores contract with EarthLink

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. scored a significant customer last week as EarthLink, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, agreed to provide the BlackBerry...

AvantGo launches professional services programs, education iniªtiatives

AvantGo Inc., a wireless Internet provider, unleashed a barrage of new initiatives last week, beginning with the creation of two professional services programs designed...

SalesMountain signs AT&T, Sprint deals

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-SalesMountain, a wireless advertising network, scored an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS to have the carriers offer its...

Appiant offers unified communications for corporate customers

As wireless phones become smaller on the outside, their usefulness to the outside world continues to grow. In addition to wireless Internet capabilities, newly...

Motorola, Oracle unite on UNIX

Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application...

Swiss UMTS licenses awarded

BIENNE, Switzerland-The auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Switzerland ended quickly last week, with only four companies bidding on four licenses, raising...

Correction

In the Page 2 story, "Lucent shaken after sales warning (Nov. 27 issue of RCR Wireless News) it should have stated that Merrill Lynch...

Brits to invest $10M on health research

WASHINGTON-The British government, acting on recommendations of a blue-ribbon scientific panel, called for $10 million in new mobile phone-health research on Friday and for...

SyncML initiative releases specification v1.0

The SyncML initiative publicly released version 1.0 of the SyncML specification, a protocol designed to support universal data synchronization of both remote and local...

Swisscom completes SmartServ agreement

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. and Swisscom announced they are concluding definitive agreements to allow Swisscom to license SmartServ's Web and wireless application technology.The technology...

White Electronic receives W-CDMA memory order

PHOENIX-White Electronic Designs Corp. announced it received a $1.1 million order for its memory solution supporting wideband CDMA base station applications.The company said its...

Comsat launches direct Internet access

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Mobile Communications said it launched direct Internet access for mobile satellite users.Customers connect directly to the Internet and e-mail, eliminating the need...
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