2000

BOSTON-Nortel Networks Corp. and Sprint PCS said they are cooperating to build the first access technology-independent wireless network test bed using Internet Protocol technology for both voice and data. The …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless text messaging provider Unimobile.com will license its 3.0 business platform technology to V-Mail, a developer of Internet communication and data compression software. Unimobile.com will provide V-Mail with …

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. will acquire Lucent Public Safety Systems for approximately $40 million, the companies announced. SCC issued about 6.1 million shares of common stock, resulting in Lucent owning …

NASHUA, N.J.-Spike Broadband Systems Inc., a provider of fixed wireless access solutions, announced it became a member of the Broadband Wireless Internet Forum. The BWIF promotes the development of cost-effective …

JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Sports Ticker Enterprises L.P., ESPN Inc.’s real-time sports and news information service, announced it obtained a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of New …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless network services provider Paradigm4 Inc. will offer Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to its customers, as well as offering a suite of services for government …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Troy XCD debuted its wireless printing device, which enables a Bluetooth-enabled mobile data device to connect with a printer within approximately 30 feet. The device can be installed …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Quickdot introduced an extension of its free Web-based messaging service to support wireless devices. The Quickdot Web service allows users to post messages at the company’s Web site, which …

RICHARDSON, Texas-@Track Communications Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $28 million, slightly less than the $29.1 million in revenues reported for the same period last …

MOSCOW-Russia finally returned cellular frequencies to two major carriers after Communications Minister Leonid Reiman canceled the orders stripping Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) of the spectrum. Earlier, Reiman suspended …

WASHINGTON-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) last week said a controversial provision that would kill the Deutsche Telekom AG-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. merger was dropped from a major appropriations bill, but …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Microsoft Corp. extended their current agreement to deploy next-generation mobile Internet services for corporate and consumer customers. The companies are establishing a joint executive advisory team …

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked the wireless, privacy and law enforcement communities to help it justify digital wiretap technical capabilities that some of those groups did not want in …

DALLAS-JP Systems closed its second round of funding, raising $45 million from a combination of private equity firms and strategic partner companies. Second-round funding secured from private equity firms include …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. has begun providing its trademarked Synapse to bridge the divide between rural farmers and their city customers. The pilot program, involving wireless point-of-sale terminals at …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications last week agreed to pay $250,000 to the U.S. Treasury when it could not verify that approximately 34,000 customers had not been switched to Verizon Long Distance without …

Radio data network operator Cue Corp. made several announcements at last week’s Convergence 2000 show in Detroit, furthering its position as an international traffic and navigation information provider. Cue said …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it amended Sharp’s existing CDMA subscriber unit license agreement, expanding the licenses to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA and …

NEW YORK-SyncIT.com, a supplier of bookmark synchronization technology, reported an agreement with mobile Internet company AvantGo Inc. to enable Palm OS and Pocket PC users to synchronize their Internet bookmarks …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In what is perhaps the most significant step since announcing the commercial launch of its Ricochet service in limited markets earlier this summer, Metricom Inc. happily presented CTIA’s …

Two disparate, but parallel tracks are emerging in the wireless Internet world: the business track and the consumer track. The business track is developing along the lines one would expect …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-AvidWireless released AvidRapidTools, a Java server and set of reusable Java beans that require developers to only use one source code to display across all wireless devices. It …

TOKYO-KDDI, the newly formed telecom group in Japan, said it is talking to several foreign carriers regarding alliances, international press reports said. A possible alliance could include an equity investment, …