Yearly Archives: 2000

Powell to deliver PFF address

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Powell is scheduled to deliver the keynote address to the Progress and Freedom Foundation's national conference on telecommunications deregulation and...

Verizon debuts prepay service

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched its National Prepay Wireless service.A specially-priced starter kit now is available. Customers who purchase a starter time card beginning at...

Paradigm4 to offer BlackBerry service

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...

FCC asks for advice to justify CALEA punch list

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...

Telephia expands into untethered Internet access monitoring

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of...

Globalstar offers Time or Money promo

SAN FRANCISCO-Globalstar USA introduced the "Time or Money" promotional pricing offer, where customers who purchase either a handheld or fixed satellite phone and sign...

NewsTakes offers content repurposing

BURLINGAME, Calif.-NewsTakes Inc. introduced a service that repurposes existing Web content for various wireless devices last week, naming Dow Jones and Orange as customers.Dow...

JP Systems closes funding

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...

AT&T promotes text messaging

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer free and unlimited two-way text messaging services through Feb. 28. After the free promotional period...

Telecom investors are using wrong numbers

Dear Editor: I always appreciate the timely articles on market trends in RCR. Last week, I couldn't help but notice two very important cover stories-one...

Tessco posts 49-percent uptick in revenue

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc., a provider of service and product solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry, reported a 49-percent increase in revenues during...

2Roam appoints new CEO

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless application service provider 2Roam Inc. announced it has appointed Thomas Jackson chief executive officer and Jeff Hansen as senior vice president...

InterDigital plans 3G chip solution

BARCELONA, Spain-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced plans to make third-generation technology and product design easier and faster using its system-on-a-chip solution to test both software...

Comverse demonstrates 3G messaging service

WOODBURY, Spain-Comverse Network Systems demonstrated its third-generation-capable unified messaging service, including video messaging, over Nortel Network Corp.'s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network at the...

Nokia partners with Radiolinja

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Finnish-based mobile operator Radiolinja signed a partnership agreement to develop and supply Nokia's mCatch, which enables location-based services to be...

GoAmerica to expand into unified communications

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced it will combine its Go.Web technology with Centrinity's Unified Communications software solution, marking the company's expansion into unified communications services.The...

Games to be part of wireless Internet equation

The prospect of playing video games on wireless devices is becoming a factor in the entertainment content being developed for the wireless Internet movement.Ignition...

Lost legacies

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof,...

Pinnacle accountant under investigation

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission unintentionally made public its investigation of Pinnacle's independent public accounting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., regarding...

Vyyo names CEO

CUPERTINO. Calif.-John O'Connell joined Vyyo Inc. as its new chief executive officer, replacing Davidi Gilo, who will maintain his role as the company's chairman...

OmniSky unveils Visor solution: Firm introduces advanced version of software, venture with Microsoft

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week...

Ignition turns up volume: Company invests in Avogadro, UIEvolution

After months of relative silence, Ignition Corp. has begun making noise again, providing its mentoring and funding proficiencies to two more companies.The most recent...

Metrocall renews RSL contract

PITTSBURGH-Metrocall Inc. has renewed its contract with RSL COM U.S.A. for various communications services under a one-year, $1.2 million contract.RSL has provided long-distance, data...

Wind picks Nokia to supply system

HELSINKI, Finland-Italian telecommunications operator Wind selected Nokia Corp. as a turnkey supplier of a third-generation wireless communications system, including the supply of Nokia's mobility...

Lucent, KPN plan UMTS trial

BARCELONA, Spain-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Dutch wireless operator KPN plan to trial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System specifications along with mobile Internet applications.The trial will...
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