Monthly Archives: February, 2001

Triton PCS doubles revenues in 4Q

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted increased revenue and net additions during the fourth quarter of 2000 ended Dec. 31.The company's revenue more than...

The Mighty Quinn

They say that whatever they do, wherever they go, the Clintons leave a path of destruction behind them. And so it is that Bill...

Standards debate part of Bluetooth delay

As Bluetooth-enabled products continue their slow introduction into the marketplace, a new study by Frost & Sullivan forecasts global shipments of Bluetooth products to...

Widcomm’s BlueGate gives Bluetooth shot in the arm

Bluetooth's wireless networking prospects received a shot in the arm last week with the introduction of Widcomm Inc.'s shoebox-sized BlueGate 1000, a standalone Bluetooth...

LightSurf develops imaging solutions with wireless capabilities

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-LightSurf Technologies Inc. said it is developing a series of miniaturized, embeddable digital imaging solutions with wireless communications capabilities, the first of...

Texas Instruments unveils new chip design

Texas Instruments Inc., ever seeking a new berth for itself in the chip business, has developed a new device to enable handset manufacturers to...

Aether partners with news group to create gateway

VIENNA, Va.-The Newspaper Association of America partnered with Aether Systems Inc. to create a wireless news gateway, which will allow users to access content...

TeleCorp launches service in Des Moines

ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Des Moines, Iowa.The Des Moines market is contiguous to AT&T...

Australian government allocates funds for mobile projects

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology announced that more than $2.8 million had been allocated through the $233 million Networking the Nation...

Borland to support iDEN tool kit

Motorola Inc. said Borland, a provider of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools, will provide its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part...

Kasten to secure BlackBerry for Defense contract

STERLING, Va.-BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.'s handheld e-mail computer favored by high-powered executives, will soon move from the boardroom to the battlefield under a...

Pager partnership benefits missing children’s group

NEW YORK-Parents having trouble staying in touch with their children will get some wireless help under a diverse new partnership, which includes a pop...

InHand rolls out fingertip-sized platform

By combining low power, high performance and small size on one platform, InHand Electronics hopes to simplify the making and use of wireless handhelds.The...

Cellport finds positive landscape for its product in negative problem

Boulder, Colo.-based Cellport Systems is taking its universal hands-free system and joining an equally universal movement to get mobile phone users to keep both...

Pocket the wireless Web

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and France Telecom have signed up to test the PocketThis solution, a new way for wireless subscribers to capture information from...

Cell-Loc teams with Nortel for Texas trial

CALGARY, Canada-Location services provider Cell-Loc Inc. announced it will team with Nortel Networks to trial voice-activated, wireless location-sensitive services in Austin, Texas.The trial is...

Lesswire to use NetSilicon connectivity solution

WALTHAM, Mass.-Germany's Lesswire AG will use NetSilicon Inc.'s complete connectivity solution in its LocalNavigator Bluetooth base station. The base station is designed to deliver...

Roaming requirements divide carriers: Carriers wary of federal mandate

WASHINGTON-The battle over automatic roaming crystallized between entrenched carriers and their would-be competitors as parties recently filed reply comments in a proceeding that could...

Oracle upgrades location-based product

E-business software provider Oracle Corp. has launched the second coming of the Oracle 9I Application Server Wireless Edition to extend its grip on the...

Microcell premieres i.Fido wireless data offerings

Nine months after investing an initial $33 million into its mobile Internet services development company Microcell i5 Inc., Canadian wireless operator Microcell Solutions Inc....

Survival of the fittest?

Newly named Leader of the Pack FCC Chairman Michael Powell got it right last week when he declared that wireless is the killer app.He's...

SnapTrack, SignalSoft aim to be location powerhouse

SnapTrack Inc. and SignalSoft Corp. have officially agreed to combine their resources and jointly market and deliver location-based applications and systems.SnapTrack, a subsidiary of...

Qualcomm develops open platform

In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology...

Latest health lawsuit filed in Georgia

WASHINGTON-A Georgia man last week filed lawsuit against mobile-phone giant Nokia Corp. and others, claiming cell phone use caused his brain cancer. The mobile-phone-cancer...

Millicom sells shares

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular SA sold 1.4 million shares from a total of 19.8 million shares it held in NetCom AB, a European telecommunications...
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