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DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. has added its vast array of content and services to OmniSky Corp.’s wireless Internet access solution, allowing OmniSky users to access AOL wireless content and services …

SEATTLE-Wireless access systems company GLV, formed by Long Lines Ltd., Golden West Telecommunications and Venture Wireless Inc., will deploy wireless voice and high-speed Internet access equipment supplied by Airspan Networks …

NEW YORK-Speculation continued last week as to what actions AT&T Corp. and its wireless business, AT&T Wireless Group, would take to boost their lagging stock prices. AT&T reportedly will discuss …

Aether Systems Inc. is known for its custom messaging solutions, wirelessly enabling various types of applications for use on messaging devices and handheld computers. This week, the company is hoping …

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. revised its expectations for the fiscal fourth quarter ending Sept. 30. AirGate expects its net subscriber additions to reach 30,000, or 75 percent higher …

WASHINGTON-Standards Committee T1, sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, released two new standards. The Enhanced Wireless 911 Phase II Standard defines the messaging required to support information transfer …

Over and over again, we’ve been told that compelling content is the key to surviving in the wireless Internet game. A global start-up firm called Quios Inc. this week introduced …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. an-nounced an alliance with Harris Corp.’s Network Support Division under which Harris NSD will become an original equipment manufacturer and systems integrator for ADC’s Metrica family of …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced that Evertek Enterprises, an Internet service provider based in Sioux City, Iowa, plans to upgrade its current two-way multichannel multipoint distribution service system using ADC’s Axity …

As handset makers continue to stretch their resources in the three digital technologies and future 3G technologies, they are finding an increasing need to outsource a portion of the business. …

SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Systems Inc.’s e-Business Connectivity Group delivered a business-to-business e-commerce solution to Cincinnati Bell Wireless designed to assist Cincinnati Bell and its handset suppliers in preventing cell-phone fraud. Peregrine …

WASHINGTON-Is Deutsche Telekom AG’s proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. a case of foreign investment or a protectionist grab of a foreign government? This was the question examined last Thursday …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. has agreed to provide its wireless Internet service and content to the Metricom Inc. Ricochet network. The agreement calls for GoAmerica to integrate its Go.Web encryption and …

The Federal Communications Commission late Friday substantially changed its implementation rules for enhanced 911 Phase II handset deployment and granted a waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. that will permit it …

Now that most wireless carriers offer the same basic services, they are counting on enhanced services to attract new customers and set them apart from the crowd. In support of …

WASHINGTON-With Congress back at work for a fall legislative session that will be cut short by the 2000 presidential election, several key bills of interest to the wireless industry remain …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said the Federal Communications Commission granted authority to its subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., to provide satellite-based packet data communications services in the United States on …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it won a contract, valued at more than $30 million, with Ireland’s Eircell for a mobile network upgrade. The contract involves upgrading the base station system for …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired changed its Chat Pak program design to promote budget management, affordable rates and rollover minutes, the company announced. The Chat Pak program gives customers the opportunity …

PASADENA, Calif.-Several companies introduced new mobility solutions at the DEMOMobile show held last week. Unimobile.com released the Unimobile 3.0 private-label platform for text messaging, designed for wireless carriers, dot-coms or …

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-Evoke Communications Inc. launched a mobile Web-conferencing service that allows wireless-enabled Palm V and Palm VII users to initiate and control a Web conference from their handheld device. The …

Affordable Telecommunications Technology Corp. signed a two-year marketing agreement with WebLink Wireless Inc. Affordable plans to market WebLink’s two-way data services and other paging services to customers through its 11 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Vodafone Hungary plans to use Nokia Corp.’s InSite Base Station solution to provide indoor coverage and capacity solutions to its new headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. The agreement includes equipment …

Working in cooperation with the state of Michigan, Iselin, N.J.-based AAT Communications Corp. is implementing a program under which AAT will build, collocate and manage all wireless towers on state-owned …

BEIJING-The Tianjin, China, municipal government announced approval of Motorola Inc.’s planned $1.9 billion investment for semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications facilities in China. Motorola said the investment will be focused on …