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DALLAS-SBC Wireless said it selected Logica’s integrated Message Application Router and SMS Interworking Gateway to expand its wireless data services. SBC plans to roll out mobile data services in the …

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 …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs expanded its Ensemble customer care, billing and order management system installed at Pacific Bell Wireless to provide full support for GPRS services. Amdocs completed initial deployment of the …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaborative development agreement to optimize multimedia solutions on next-generation mobile devices. According to the agreement, the companies will optimize …

In an effort to reinvent itself, KachinaGuide.com, which develops intelligent search and navigation technology, has changed its name to Mvion and is shifting its focus to the mobile enterprise market. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Motorola Inc. a $7.8 million contract to develop a preliminary design for the National Distress and Response System Modernization Program, an integrated communications and …

NEW YORK-Centerseat Inc., a content and commerce application service provider, said it has launched wireless extensions to its service to become a wireless ASP. Centerseat Wireless content includes entertainment programming …

A new company soon expects to offer business-to-business mobile commerce services in Japan using software NTT DoCoMo uses in its wildly popular i-mode Internet applications for consumers. Redwood City, Calif.-based …

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 …