February 2001

Editor’s Note: Posted on Quantum Group, Inc.’s Web site, www.mergeusa.com, is an outspoken and somewhat controversial article on consolidating industries. It is an article that predicts general doom and misery …

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 …

ST. LOUIS-Deutsche Telekom selected Amdocs to implement a fraud management solution for local, long-distance and international traffic, as a value-added service for DT’s entire customer base. Amdocs said its Fraud …

SINGAPORE-Pacific Century CyberWorks Executive Chairman Richard Li announced in Davos, Switzerland, that his company expects to bid for a third-generation mobile-phone network license in Singapore. He said, “Singapore is such …

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 …

SINGAPORE-Singapore’s smallest paging operator, Hutchison Intrapage, has quit the sector four years after it began operations. The shareholders-Hong Kong’s Hutchison Telecommunications (40 percent), Intraco (30 percent) and its subsidiary Teledata …

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, …

NEW YORK-Although some satellite companies, like Globalstar L.P. and Iridium, have stumbled badly while chasing mobile telephony, provision of broadband communications remains a meaningful business opportunity for these extraterrestrial carriers, …

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 location-based and personalization segments of the …

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 wireless access point for original equipment …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Business communications solutions and services provider Avaya announced it will create a Solutions Department Program to help third-party vendors design hardware and software applications for Avaya’s communications products. …

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

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 not alone. Each week, there …

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 new agreement among the U.S. Department …

Motorola Inc. said Borland, a provider of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools, will provide its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part of the Motorola iDEN Subscriber Group’s …

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 (NTN) program for 25 terrestrial mobile …

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. announced it launched its Wells Wireless mobile banking service, which is powered by 724 Solutions Inc.’s financial services platform. Wells Fargo customers will have …

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 doubled from $51.9 million during …

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

As Bluetooth-enabled products continue their slow introduction into the marketplace, a new study by Frost & Sullivan forecasts global shipments of Bluetooth products to reach more than 11 million units …

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 which is a miniature digital camera …

Texas Instruments Inc., ever seeking a new berth for itself in the chip business, has developed a new device to enable handset manufacturers to build smaller systems with fewer components …

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 from multiple participating newspapers, in an …

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 Wireless’ St. Louis and Kansas …

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 remote wireless connectivity of Ethernet-attached devices …