Monthly Archives: December, 2000

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...

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...

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...

SnapTrack concludes technology test

SAN JOSE, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc., a Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary, announced a year-long test of its position-location technology is over and the results are positive.The tests...

Shareholders file class action against Lucent

Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to face adversity on all fronts. On the technical front, its competitors have roared past with optical equipment innovations. On...

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...

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...

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...

Paradigm ships vehicle tracking devices

TORONTO-Trucks are now rolling out loaded with Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc.'s new Vehicle Location Tracking Devices and heading to some of the company's North...

Sprint premiers Wireless Web modem for business market

As part of its recently released Wireless Web for Business initiative, Sprint PCS unveiled its Wireless Web Modem, a portable solution designed for business...

DotsConnect signs deal with Air2Web

ATLANTA-Air2Web will help DotsConnect offer its customers wireless access to their card-based accounts, according to an agreement between the companies.The deal will allow DotsConnect...

Sonera’s GPRS service starts Dec. 11

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. said it will be the first operator in the Nordic countries to launch a GPRS network when its commercial service begins...

Small impact expected from m-commerce sales this holiday

With the holidays upon us, shopping has become the talk of the town these days. While many reports have emerged highlighting the increased use...

Verizon rolls out mobile messaging in L.A.

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported it will roll out two-way mobile messaging services to its customers in the Los Angeles area this week, with plans...

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...
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