Yearly Archives: 2000

Stratos supplies phones for Kilimanjaro expedition

TORONTO-Stratos Global Corp. completed its Mount Kilimanjaro educational expedition using its turnkey remote communications network. Stratos provided the expedition team with an Inmarsat-M4 terminal,...

Sierra Wireless to use PrairieComm processor

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-Sierra Wireless Inc. will use PrairieComm Inc.'s PCI3800 integrated baseband processor to enable a next-generation TDMA/EDGE wireless modem now in development, allowing...

@Road IPO raises $63 million

NEW YORK-@Road Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based provider of vehicle location information, messaging and dispatch services, went public Sept. 28 with an offering of 7...

FCC to scrutinize open access to Interent

WASHINGTON-In a move with major implications for the future of mobile commerce and the $183 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner...

Carriers face pressure of new technologies, services

NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers worldwide are under significant pressure due to the bandwidth explosion, rising capital expenditures, competition from new players and delays in commercial...

Data services play role in service provider choice

CHICAGO-Almost half of wireless data users feel data services are "very" to "extremely important" when selecting their wireless service provider, according to results from...

Tellabs signs MoU with Nokia

BOLINGBROOK, Ill.-Tellabs and Nokia Networks, the infrastructure division of Nokia Corp., signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic agreement to enhance ATM and...

Teligent launches service in Pittsburgh

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it launched wireless broadband service in Pittsburgh, bringing to 43 the total number of markets it serves.Teligent's smartWave technology offers...

Telefonica to sell share capital

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles informed Spain's National Securities Market Commission of the company's intention to sell a yet-to-be-determined amount of share capital on Spanish and...

Telecom Global Solutions closes first-round financing

IRVING, Texas-Telecommunications network engineering services provider Telecom Global Solutions Holdings Inc. closed on $11 million in first-round Series-A equity financing by Bear Stearns Merchant...

Network synchronization company receives funding

NEW YORK-Solid Information Technology, known for network synchronization software, has received $50 million in second-round private equity investment.Robertson Stephens Inc. served as placement agent...

Tibco deploys Nokia WAP technology

HELSINKI, Finland-Tibco Software Inc., which provides real-time infrastructure software for e-business, is deploying Nokia Corp.'s WAP technology for its Tibco MobileConnect third-generation networks, enabling...

TI to release 3G solution for Handspring

NEW|YORK-Texas Instruments plans to release next year a third-generation wireless solution for independent developers of modules for the Springboard expansion slot on Handspring's Visor...

Tritel launches service in nine markets

JACKSON, Miss.-AT&T Wireless network partner Tritel Inc. launched digital wireless phone service in nine markets under its SunCom and AT&T brand names.The markets include...

Video views wireless Web

CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet.Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution...

Verizon supports Illinois driving-and-dialing legislation

Verizon Wireless turned the industry on its ear last week, announcing plans to support legislation in Illinois that would ban cell-phone use while driving...

Ventera forms m-commerce practice

MCLEAN, Va.-Ventera Corp., an e-business solutions provider, announced it has formed a wireless Internet and mobile commerce practice group.The company already uses WAP technology...

Wireless voice panel discusses spectrum issues

CHICAGO-"Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it," said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer...

MobileLogic platform delivers wireless access to enterprise data

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with...

Mobilestop to announce partnership with Ericsson

CHICAGO-Mobilestop Inc. is expected today to announce a partnership with L.M. Ericsson where the Swedish phone maker will install Mobilestop's products in its phones.The...

Brightpoint to provide prepaid fulfillment in Malta

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint Middle East FZE entered an agreement with Go Mobile, a GSM operator based in Malta, to provide wireless prepaid products...

Motorola scientists demonstrate fuel cell component prototype

TEMPE, Ariz.-Scientists working for Motorola Inc. demonstrated a prototype of a ceramic-based microfluidic fuel delivery system for a miniature direct methanol fuel cell that...

3G will require more sites, more towers: More meetings with locall planning boards

CHICAGO-More antenna sites and towers will be needed as the wireless industry begins to address the data market, said Malcolm Wood, president and chief...

Metricom prepares for launch in 21 major cities by the end of the month

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. is on track to launch its new Ricochet service with data speeds up to 128 kilobits per second in New York...

Milo lives!

On any given day, you can pick up a newspaper and read about killings and suffering abroad due to political unrest; ethnic, religious and...
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