Monthly Archives: December, 2000

Agilent to acquire OSI in $665 million deal

Agilent Technologies Inc. moved early last week to flesh out its presence in the network test and measurement market with the $665 million acquisition...

GEO signs deal with Associated Press

NEW YORK-Mobile news junkies will soon be able to watch The Associated Press' video news reports under a new deal between the news organization...

Veriprise joins health care alliance

ATLANTA-Wireless platform and solutions provider Veriprise Wireless Corp. announced it joined the Mobile Healthcare Alliance. The company said the move will help it extend...

Motorola handsets to include Sega games

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-According to a recent agreement, Sega Corp. will develop games to be pre-installed in select Motorola Inc. next-generation wireless devices.The agreement anticipates the...

Hanvit Bank chooses 724 Solutions platform

TORONTO-Hanvit Bank selected 724 Solutions to power its wireless banking and investment services.South Korea's Hanvit has 11 million customers, and will use 724 Solutions'...

Evolve, Brience form technology partnership

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Evolve announced a technology partnership with wireless platform provider Brience Inc., which the company hopes will add wireless connectivity to its ServiceSphere application.ServiceSphere...

Motorola partners with Lutris to develop Java-enabled phones

After months of struggling financially and falling behind technologically, Motorola Inc. stands to make its mark as the first handset manufacturer to provide Java-enabled...

Wireless Matrix provides service to Spartek Systems

CALGARY, Alberta-Wireless Matrix Corp.'s IP Anywhere service will be deployed to 500 units at Spartek Systems Inc.'s customer accounts in selected international markets, the...

XO plans Western European broadband network

XO Communications Inc. revealed plans last week to launch a data-centric broadband network in Western Europe as early as mid-2001.Western Europe's early adoption of...

Datalink.net opens facility in Canada

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net's research and development team have a new home in Vancouver, Canada.The company's new facility houses a Data Center, which provides increased...

First Call launches wireless services for investors

BOSTON-First Call Corp. launched a wireless service for investors on the go, offering access to its Notes and Real Time Earnings Estimates services through...

BSWD offers RIM device

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced it will begin offering Research In Motion Ltd.'s 957 palmtop device in support of its MyBiz Interactive wireless messaging...

Etrieve adds WAP solution to slate of services

HILLSBORO, Ore.-There are a variety of wireless e-mail services ready to satisfy the needs of e-mail junkies stuck in a meeting or an airport...

Superconductor Technologies receives order

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. announced it received an $850,000 order for its SuperFilter Systems, which will be used for CDMA cell sites across...

PageNet do Brasil liquidates; offers 10 cents on dollar

NEW YORK-Scant profits in the one-way paging industry forced the board of directors of PageNet do Brasil to liquidate the company. They plan to...

ServiTRACK in discussions with Paradigm

TORONTO-ServiTRACK Technologies CA is in negotiations with Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc. to buy the company's L-Biz location technology solutions and products, which will allow...

Cold, hard cash tough for wireless to beat at cash register

NEW YORK-The potential mobile-commerce revolution may well be in the intensive care unit, "but we're not ready to declare it dead," said David Bishop,...

AlterEgo, Nextron form strategic technology partnership

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks Inc. and Nextron Communications Inc., a provider of Web content management software, formed a strategic technology partnership allowing Nextron's partner...

Supreme Court to hear cell-phone privacy case

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a case that could go a long way to determining how much privacy mobile-phone subscribers...

Swiss auction back on

GENEVA-The Financial Times reported the Swiss government will resume its auction of four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses on Dec. 6. The report said...

Sprint ratings affirmed

NEW YORK-After a tumultuous few weeks for Sprint Corp., Standard & Poor's affirmed its ratings for the company-BBB+/Negative/A-2.Last month, Sprint announced it plans to...

Nokia offers TETRA WAP browser

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced its new TETRA WAP browser, which will bring WAP applications to TETRA mobile radio networks.The company said the browser will...

Wireless banking broadens reach

NEW YORK-W-Technologies Inc., a three-year-old wireless application framework provider, expanded its reach into banking with two agreements announced last week.Metavante Corp., Milwaukee, will offer...

Nx Networks supplies Alcatel project in Turkey

HERNDON, Va.-Nx Networks announced it will sell its Nx 3000 voice and data convergence equipment to Alcatel for Alcatel's $4.5 million contract for a...

News Briefs

Under a new licensing agreement, Nortel Networks will be able to license Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology to create a virtual private network for...
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