Monthly Archives: February, 2001

Tower industry may follow others on consolidation curve

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...

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...

DT selects Amdocs fraud solution

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...

PCCW to bid for Singapore 3G license

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...

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...

Singapore’s Hutchison Intrapage closes operations

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...

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...

Broadband offerings no pie-in-the-sky dream for satellite providers: Business case will come if they can hang on

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...

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...

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...

Avaya to create program to assist third-party vendors

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Business Briefs

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. announced it launched its Wells Wireless mobile banking service, which is powered by 724 Solutions Inc.'s financial services...

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...

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...

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...
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