Monthly Archives: February, 2001

OnMobile partners with Nuance

FREMONT, Calif.-OnMobile Inc., which provides next-generation wireless Internet solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Nuance, a voice interface software provider.By integrating Nuance's speech recognition...

Alcatel relaunches micro base stations

OXFORD, United Kingdom-French telecom manufacturer Alcatel has relaunched its GSM micro base station concept that it claims will work with PBXs from other developers....

Airflash unveils interactive SMS location service

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Airflash, a wireless location technology developer, unveiled an interactive short message service location service that it claims is the first within the...

Rogers’ ARPU falls, churn increases

TORONTO-Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. posted less-than-spectacular fourth-quarter results with average revenue per user falling from $32.06 during the fourth quarter of 1999 to $30.39...

COM DEV, Alpine PCS partner

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario-COM DEV Wireless, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., and Alpine PCS will partner to conduct initial trials of COM DEV's M/ERGY...

GEO Interactive changes name to Emblaze

NEW YORK-GEO Interactive Media Group announced it will change its name to Emblaze Systems Ltd., which is the name of the company's streaming video...

Carriers aim to pump up minutes with games

According to recent reports, wireless gaming is spreading nearly as fast as computer viruses pretending to be pictures of tennis stars. By 2005, more...

Tecnomen selects TimesTen software

LONDON-TimesTen Performance Software said Tecnomen selected TimesTen's real-time data management software for use in its next-generation intelligent network platform. The software company said Tecnomen...

Relaxing export-control policy may help security

WASHINGTON-The United States' current export-control policy is so stringent that instead of achieving the goal of national security, the policy could in reality be...

Sentica joins gaming venture

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sentica, a wireless convergence company, announced a new pact with entertainment software company Electronic Arts aimed at establishing itself as the delivery...

Nortel wins China Mobile deal

BEIJING-China Mobile Communications awarded Nortel Networks a $130 million contract to expand its GSM network in Shaanxi province. The dual-band digital cellular network will...

Winstar to use LighTrade pooling points

WASHINGTON- Winstar Communications Inc. said it entered a long-term agreement to utilize LighTrade Inc.'s bandwidth pooling points, which switch bandwidth among carriers and service...

Comverse, AT&T Wireless enter contract

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services to provide its unified messaging solution for...

Calendar

Broadband Wireless Forum 2001February 19-21 Shorecliff Communications. Moscone Center, San Francisco. www.scievents.com.Global TeleTech ConferenceFebruary 19-21 UBS Warburg. Hotel Okura, Tokyo. www.ubswarburg.co.jp.Broadband Building & Commerce-WestFebruary...

Relm Wireless renews GSA participation

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Relm Wireless Corp. announced today it renewed its participation with the U.S. General Services Administration for its BK Radio product line.The GSA...

Streaming technologies gather momentum in wireless space

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files,...

Cel-Loc receives government grant

CALGARY, Canada-The Canadian government put up a $142,000 grant to study the feasibility of using technology created by location-services provider Cell-Loc to develop a...

NTT DoCoMo to recall 100,000 i-mode terminals

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading carrier in Japan, is going to recall more than 100,000 cellular terminals that may have some defects in software, the...

World Briefs: Asia

NTT DoCoMo, announced that it set the public offering prices for new shares at $17,500 per share for 400,000 shares. If the additional 60,000...

Ukrainian UMC launches GSM

KIEV, Ukraine-The biggest Ukrainian Mobile Communications carrier announced the launch of a GSM 1800 MHz network in February.Viktor Leonchikov, UMC director for GSM network...

Small screen size shrinks U.S. wireless Internet market

Although U.S. trade negotiator Richard Fisher called the mobile Internet arm candy, the delicacy may have to improve into an eye candy for Americans...

RangeStar introduces embedded 802.11 antenna

SAN JOSE, Calif.-RangeStar Wireless unveiled its latest 802.11 embedded antenna for original equipment manufacturers, designed for integration into compact flash memory and wireless modem...

Cingular Wireless, Cucorp. enter marketing pact

NORTHVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich.-Cingular Wireless entered a marketing agreement with CUcorp., the wholly owned subsidiary of the Michigan Credit Union League, to provide discounted cellular...

Nextel Partners launches service in Laredo, Texas

LAREDO, Texas-Nextel Partners Inc. launched its all-digital wireless network in the greater Laredo, Texas, region. The service extends along the Interstate-35 corridor north from...

Schlumberger aims to fortify smart cart position with Sema bid

Schlumberger Ltd. spent close to $6 billion across three technology acquisitions last week, proof the oil services giant is serious about moving into the...
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