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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 certain related accounting issues, and consequently …

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 is Avogadro, launched this week …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a multimillion dollar amendment extending Advantest Corp.’s existing CDMA test equipment license agreement to include the use of certain Qualcomm patents to manufacture and supply test …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

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 and toll-free services for Metrocall’s …

SANTIAGO, Chile-Chilean regulator Subtel said it reserved the 1710 MHz to 1850 MHz and 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz frequency bands for third-generation (3G) services. The spectrum is divided into …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone. President …

A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education …

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 Go.Web service currently offers a …

CLINTON, Mass.-WorldCom expanded its messaging portfolio with the addition of eLink, a wireless e-mail service designed for high-volume users, allowing customers to create, send, receive and respond to corporate e-mail …

WASHINGTON-Congress last week passed a bill to repeal the century-old federal telephone tax, while Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) sent out conflicting signals about foreign-ownership legislation he is sponsoring that would …

SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. announced a number of software developers have chosen its WebSphere Everyplace Suite as the platform on which they will extend their applications to various wireless devices. “Combining …

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 introduced into mobile Internet networks. Radiolinja, …

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.-David Bell has quite a resume. He founded his own company in 1997 in his basement. He helped evolve the company from a mostly hardware-focused business into …

LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom’s Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC’s paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs. …

STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.’s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.-ESat Inc. launched its Tera-Point Wireless services in Los Angeles, capable of delivering up to 155 Megabits per second of data capacity. Tera-Point initially will offer businesses in …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson today introduced its WAP Gateway for enterprise customers, a solution designed to extend mobile office capabilities to corporate intranet resources based on WAP technology. The company said …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software solutions provider Application Design Associates Inc. adopted Cross Communications Inc.’s HipLink wireless gateway software to provide an integrated wireless messaging solution to the soft drink bottling industry. …

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 of the board of directors. O’Connell …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Everypath Inc., a wireless application service provider and technology enabler, introduced its Mobile Application Server, designed to give enterprise customers the ability to convert content into mobile applications …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. plans to expand its UMTS product portfolio during the next five years to serve the third-generation wireless market with the addition of base station …

MONTREAL-The International Telecommunication Union established guidelines for streamlining its procedures, which will “reduce time-to-market delivery of standards needed to meet the fast-changing needs of the industry and of the market,” …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. have agreed to end their system agreement in the wake of Teledesic’s plans to merge with ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd., Teledesic announced. Motorola was the …