Yearly Archives: 2000

Palm developers embrace wireless enablement

At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of...

RIM to offer GPRS data services in Canada

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...

PacketVideo to feature streaming video apps

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...

Verizon signs deal with 7-Eleven

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...

Oxley calls for national siting policy

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...

Nokia to ship Lutris Enhydra 3.5 with mobile developer tools

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...

OZ.COM, Ericsson, Microcell form OZ Canada

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...

Ericsson, Tivoli ally for device management solutions

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...

Vaultus (formerly Mobilelogic) partners with Certicom

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...

Affluence hangover

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...

CTIA urges FCC to institute bill-and-keep now, PCIA asks for time to transition

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...

Nortel to leverage partners in 3G initiative

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...

Investors watch auction: Stocks fluctuate with bids

As wireless carriers began bidding on 422 personal communications services licenses up for grabs in the government auction last week, investors were hoping carriers...

British teens want phones for Christmas: Gov’t warning may have little effect on buying habits

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...

U.S. Wireless chooses Wireless Facilities

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...

FTC looks at wireless privacy issues, reaches no conclusions

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...

Comarco acquires EDX

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...

Aether to buy RTS for $26 million

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,...

Time for sound spectrum policy

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...

Lightbridge updates FraudBuster

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...

Bank charges Sprint execs milked company out of millions: Lawsuit alleges Sprint-WorldCom merger plans done to benefit execs

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...

Nortel confirms guidance

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...

Iridium finds its place: Satelite service provider will serve governments, remote users

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...

Gent shows foresight, confidence, determination in building, leading world’s largest mobile carrier

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...

Mitsubishi unveils low-cost challenger to 3G

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...
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