Monthly Archives: December, 2000

Nokia ousts Lucent as net income leader for year

NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first...

US Unwired chooses E911 solution from GTE TSI

TAMPA, Fla.-Under a contract with U.S. Unwired Inc., close to 5 million subscribers across the United States will soon have GTE Telecommunications Services Inc.'s...

Virgin Mobile chooses ADC billing system for Australian netªwork

MINNEAPOLIS-A new Australian communications provider, Virgin Mobile, chose ADC Telecommunications Inc.'s Singl.eView product as its customer management and billing system."Singl.eView is mobile-focused and has...

Leap expands in North Carolina, Okla.

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. continued the rollout of its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service by expanding into Greensboro, N.C., and Tulsa, Okla.The cities are...

Supreme Court rejects NextWave’s second appeal

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court early last week rejected bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s appeal of a federal appeals court ruling that prompted the Federal Communications...

Nokia joins Dow Jones sustainability indexes

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. is the newest component to the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes, an index family that tracks the performance of leading sustainability-driven...

Melard, VisionAir form alliance

ARMONK, N.Y.-Melard Technologies Inc. and VisionAir Inc. entered an alliance to provide wireless systems and application solutions aimed at public safety and field-service organizations.The...

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...

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...

World Briefs

JAMAICAAfter a successful field demonstration of Finline Technologies' multichannel multipoint distribution system, N5 Systems Ltd. plans to deploy the company's system in Jamaica. The...

Televigation system passes Ericsson GPRS evaluation

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Televigation announced its Snap-to-Map navigation system successfully completed Ericsson's GPRS Applications Performance Evaluation.The company said the results show its product is ready for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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