2000

At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed …

TORONTO-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it will purchase airtime and services from Microcell Connexions Inc. to offer Canadian customers wireless data services based on GPRS technology over Microcell’s GSM-based network. …

Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services. PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-While Verizon Wireless prepaid customers are topping off their Big Gulps they can top off their calling cards under an agreement between the country’s largest wireless carrier and 7-Eleven …

WASHINGTON-A leading congressional telecommunications policy maker said Congress should pass legislation that would allow a “national tower-siting policy to ensure complete coverage and universal service.” Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio), vice …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. will ship with its suite of mobile developer tools the Lutris Enhydra 3.5 Java/XML Open Source application server, including the Nokia WAP phone emulator, WAP gateway and WAP …

NEW YORK-OZ.COM, Reykjavik, Iceland, formed OZ Canada, a Montreal-based subsidiary, through the purchase of a company recently established by L.M. Ericsson and a venture capital unit of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. …

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson and IBM’s subsidiary Tivoli Systems Inc. have allied to roll out a set of managed devices the companies believe will be easy for consumers and …

In a trinity aimed to reinvent itself, mobile applications provider Mobilelogic changed its name, hugged a new partner and closed a deal last week. It now wishes to be called …

About this time last year, “The King of Queens,” the CBS sit-com, aired an episode about a bungled stock market foray by the two lead characters, a parcel service delivery …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week called on the Federal Communications Commission to institute a bill-and-keep mechanism for reciprocal compensation. Reciprocal compensation is the money carriers pay each …

Extolling them as “wings of light,” Nortel Networks hopes to illumine the wireless Internet space with four new initiatives. Basking in a 55-percent third-quarter growth, the Internet and communications company …

As wireless carriers began bidding on 422 personal communications services licenses up for grabs in the government auction last week, investors were hoping carriers were not feeling extra generous due …

As the debate rages on in Britain over the possible health effects cellular phones may have on children, a recent survey from London-based NOP Research Group showed that one in …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Location and traffic information provider U.S. Wireless Corp. selected Wireless Facilities Inc., a network design and deployment company, as the prime contractor for the buildout of its Washington …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission last week began looking into the various consumer questions-including privacy-and emerging technologies of the wireless Web by holding a day-and-a-half workshop. “If people can be located …

IRVINE, Calif.-Test, measurement and engineering provider Comarco Inc. announced it acquired EDX Engineering Inc., a developer of system planning tools, which the company said will boost its engineering services through …

OWING MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced it will acquire RTS wireless Inc, a developer of software systems connecting the Internet to wireless devices. Specifically, RTS builds the interface software between …

As the industry whets its appetite on the prospect of third-generation services and all the revenue-generating opportunities wireless Internet access can bring, telecom vendors are watching their stock prices fall …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. released FraudBuster 5.0, the newest version of the company’s post-activation fraud detection system. FraudBuster 5.0 is able to detect all known types of fraud, including subscription, technical …

Sprint Corp.’s planned merger with WorldCom Inc. earlier this year was a “scheme” by executives at Sprint to milk the company out of hundreds of millions of dollars in stock …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. confirmed its forecast for fourth quarter 2000, fiscal year 2000, first quarter 2001 and fiscal year 2001. The company expects revenue in the fourth quarter 2000 to …

After months of uncertainty peppered with glimpses of hope, Iridium L.L.C. officially settled into its new home last week as a mobile satellite service provider for government and remote commercial …

Chris Gent has had quite a year. For the chief executive of Vodafone Group plc, 2000 began with a hostile takeover of Mannesmann AG, parent of its rival Orange plc, …

NEW YORK-Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has established offices here to prepare for a 2001 commercial launch of its SWIFTcomm data platform, which it believes is a low-cost challenger to third-generation …