February 2001

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 and voice authentication software into …

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. The success of the micro base …

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 wireless industry. The firm said that, …

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 during the fourth quarter of 2000, …

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 high-speed wireless Internet system in the …

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 technology. “We intend to invest heavily …

According to recent reports, wireless gaming is spreading nearly as fast as computer viruses pretending to be pictures of tennis stars. By 2005, more than 200 million wireless phone users …

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 will gain an increase in the …

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 harming national security, defense experts told …

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 vehicle for all interactive wired and …

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 increase capacity by about 1.5 million …

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 providers in minutes. Through the agreement, …

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 AT&T Wireless’ recently announced third-generation network. …

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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 participation allows federal agencies to …

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

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 traffic monitoring system. The project will …

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 firm announced. The recall will cover …

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 shares are issued at the same …

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 development said that besides Kiev, …

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 to call it sweet. But, so …

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 cards. The company noted the dual-antenna, …

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 service to credit unions across Michigan. …

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 Laredo through Encinal, Cotulla and Pearsall …

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