Yearly Archives: 2000

Travelocity.com launches flight-booking tool

FORT WORTH, Texas-Travelocity.com launched a mobile flight-booking tool with rebooking capabilities for customers using various types of wireless devices.The service allows travelers to buy...

Gadgets on the fly: How the tech savvy use wireless in the big city

CHICAGO-When Bridget Glavaz touched down in Los Angeles recently, she pulled out her handheld computer, a Palm VII, and started addressing two critical issues....

Peru to install VSAT system

IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless was awarded a contract from Peruvian telecommunications licensee CIFSA Telecom to install very small aperture terminals in more than 2,000 locations...

AirNet, ArrayComm sign agreement

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement with ArrayComm Inc. to support the launch of AirNet's new base station, the AdaptaCell.Scheduled to...

Baltic states prepare for 3G license process

BUCHAREST, Romania-The plenipotentiaries of the prime ministers of three Baltic states met and agreed to summarize ideas and adopt a resolution on the necessity...

Informix software joins Symbian partner program

LONDON-Informix Software Inc., an independent operating business of Informix Corp., is joining the Symbian Technology Partner program, allowing Informix to develop enabling technologies and...

WolfeTech releases PocketGenie version for T900

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it has made available a version of its PocketGenie Internet-based information service for the Motorola Inc. T900 Talkabout two-way interactive...

Diveo, Compaq announce L.A. hosting

MEXICO CITY-Diveo Broadband Networks, which offers wireless broadband services in Latin America, said it launched Diveo Hosting Paq for large and medium-sized businesses, Internet...

Products

EndwaveEndwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from...

USAToday.com signs on for Aether’s AirLoom service

Aether Systems Inc. announced USAToday.com as the first customer for the recently introduced AirLoom service, which adapts Web content for wireless distribution.In addition, Aether...

Gartner Group forecasts Brazil WAP numbers

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Gartner Group predicts Brazil will have about 600,000 WAP users at the end of the year.The market research company said handset...

Eircom looks to sell mobile subsidiary

LONDON-Irish telecom company Eircom confirmed it is in preliminary discussions regarding the sale of all or part of its mobile subsidiary, Eircell. International press...

Compaq, Ericsson form strategic partnership

HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. and Ericsson formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop and build advanced switching computers for Ericsson's AXE-based next-generation wireless and wireline...

Portugal UMTS contenders line up

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal's three wireless incumbent operators and fixed-line telecom provider Oni are among the companies submitting proposals for one of four Universal Mobile Telecommunications...

Amstrad to return to cell-phone market with low-end phone

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having sold its cell-phone business to Bosch three years ago, the U.K.-based consumer electronics manufacturer Amstrad said it is preparing to re-enter...

GMCC launches GPRS in China

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-China's Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. launched a General Packet Radio Service pre-commercial network, supplied by L.M. Ericsson, designed to offer wireless data...

Unified messaging market pushes envelope

The push to implement unified wireless messaging services into wireless providers' portfolios of services and enterprise customers is growing stronger as both messaging providers...

Information Builders debuts enterprise access solution

NEW YORK-Information Builders Inc. introduced its TellMe By Email service, a mobile business intelligence solution powered by the company's WebFOCUS business intelligence software.TellMe By...

ClearWave withdraws IPO

MONTREAL-ClearWave N.V., the Central/Eastern European subsidiary of Canada's Telesystem International Wireless Inc., withdrew its initial public offering due to poor market conditions."Market conditions at...

Siemens joins MeT initiative

HELSINKI, Finland-Siemens Information and Communications Mobile Group joined the MeT initiative, formed earlier this year by Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. to...

M1 considers listing to pay for 3G costs

SINGAPORE-Mobile-phone operator M1 might be listed in Singapore as early as the last quarter of 2000, according to Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Managing Director...

TeleKnowledge, Tundo form marketing alliance

WESTBORO, Mass.-TeleKnowledge and Tundo Corp. have entered a joint marketing alliance under which TeleKnowledge's e-software will be integrated with Tundo's Network Telephony System to...

724 Solutions signs with Brodia

CHICAGO-At Online 2000, 724 Solutions Inc. announced an agreement with Brodia, a personal commerce and payment infrastructure company, to enable interoperability between 724's Financial...

Garner selects @Track fleet management solution

RICHARDSON, Texas-Garner Transportation Group Inc. selected @Track Communications Inc.'s TrackWare wireless-based vehicle fleet management as its total trailer-tracking solution.Each TrackWare Remote Unit can be...

Optomic to manufacture Netro product

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Netro Corp. said it entered an agreement with Optomic Microwaves Ltd. in Israel for Optomic to manufacture Netro's 3.5 GHz AirStar product.Netro...
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