2000

According to Strategy Analytics’ new market report, “U.S. Cellular Handset Market Status,” Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. continue to hold leadership positions in the handset market, while Ericsson continues to …

NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting and Amdocs Ltd. today announced an alliance to combine their management, technology, billing and customer-service operations for the communications market. Andersen, a management and technology consulting company, …

WASHINGTON-The hearing-impaired community has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider mandating hearing aid compatibility for digital mobile phones, saying the wireless industry has failed to adequately address the problem. …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Gravitate Inc. has partnered with Oven Digital to cooperate on developing location-based wireless Internet gaming based on Gravitate’s Location Precise software platform. Under the agreement, Gravitate will license …

In the effort to alter consumers’ perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with …

TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier’s mobile-phone business. NTT DoCoMo has said repeatedly …

ANNANDALE, Va.-Invertix Corp. garnered $11 million in its second round of private-equity financing and said it plans to use the funds to bolster the deployment of its new flagship offering, …

NASHUA, N.H.-Spike Broadband Systems said it won two contracts in Trinidad and Tobago. Borde Communications will use Spike’s fixed-wireless broadband technology to provide a broadband infrastructure network to Trinidad and …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced third-quarter operating results with a net loss of $60.1 million, or 69 cents per share, compared with $47.9 million, or $1.15 per share net loss reported …

Oh thank heaven for Eleven-7. Election Day 2000 is here, mercifully. This presidential marathon, which has become totally corrupted by big money, cynicism and apathy, has become a caricature of …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Informano Networks announced it added interactivity to The Gallup Organization’s Election 2000 wireless Web site. Informano said users will be able to remotely check Gallup’s site for specific information, …

LONDON-Ericsson launched its new T20 mobile phone, available in November, which features Swatch Internet time and WAP mobile chat. The company said the Swatch Internet time feature will help customers …

NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc. announced JP Systems Inc. has agreed to provide its e-mail access to YadaYada customers on Palm OS-based personal digital assistants, according to a deal in which YadaYada …

STAMFORD, Conn.-i3 Mobile Inc. launched a pilot program with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce providing customers and CIBC employees with wireless information services on their wireless devices. Participants in …

ATHENS, Greece-The National Telecommunications and Post Commission of Greece announced its intention to grant individual licenses for fixed wireless access networks. The auction for the 15-year licenses is set to …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Corporate and private investors such as Motorola Inc. and Commtouch invested $19 million in OpenGrid Inc., a wireless transactions provider, the company said. Led by Motorola Inc., companies …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Metricom Inc. has agreed to deliver its Ricochet high-speed mobile Internet access technology to Aether Systems Inc. corporate customers. Under the deal, Aether will become an authorized service …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Residents in Virginia and West Virginia will likely see an expanded PCS network after a $100 million deal between Lucent Technologies Inc. and CFW Communications goes into effect. …

TOKYO-Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading market research firm in Japan, on 25 October announced Japanese mobile-phone users, including both cellular phones and PHS phones, reached 69.8 percent of the …

MOSCOW-Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC), which so far has been operating an NMT 450 network, announced it is planning to start a GSM service next year. The third-biggest Moscow-based carrier said …

NEW YORK-Mobileum, a Pleasanton, Calif., start-up, has filed for nine patents and received $45 million in first-round venture funding for its system to simplify communications between corporate enterprises and their …

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp., a provider of information security software and services for mobile e-business, filed a registration statement for a proposed public offering of 5 million of the company’s common …

If you were to ask most wireless subscribers what they wanted out of their wireless service, you would get a variety of answers that led to one overriding desire-more. If …

ATLANTA-O2wireless Solutions Inc. entered a service agreement with Broadnet, under which O2wireless will provide license application, early stage planning, radio-frequency design and technology consulting support. O2wireless, an integrated services provider, …

NEW YORK-MCI WorldCom Inc. sees an opportunity to transform its wireless resale business into one of full-fledged virtual network operation, said Bernard J. Ebbers, president and chief executive officer. Resale …