2000

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 airline tickets via their devices, …

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. She needed directions to her appointment …

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 in Peru. STM said the deal …

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 be available in mid-2001, the …

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 of an auction of a third-generation …

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 engage in co-marketing activities promoting Symbian’s …

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 pager. PocketGenie services include stock quotes, …

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 content providers, e-commerce providers and systems …

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 …

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 said it will help USAToday.com …

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 suppliers did not accomplish their …

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 reports said Eircom is talking with …

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 networks. Ericsson said the initial phase …

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 System licenses to be awarded later …

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 the market with a low-priced handset. …

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 communications services to customers in the …

The push to implement unified wireless messaging services into wireless providers’ portfolios of services and enterprise customers is growing stronger as both messaging providers and wireless operators look to capitalize …

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 Email allows corporations to give …

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 the time of initial planning …

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 jointly develop an open and common …

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 Ng Eng Ho. The company is …

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 provide new billing solutions, the companies …

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 Services Platform and Brodia’s mobile wallet …

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 configured by the customer to …

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 recently added the product line …