March 2001

WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc. reported its customer base exceeded 1 million customers during the first quarter. The carrier, which was the first PCS carrier to offer …

NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc. announced it will partner with Coola Inc. to provide corporate intranet access to mobile professionals through the YadaYada Wireless Corporate Services Program. Coola’s InterChange platform, which enables …

MADRID, Spain-The controversy over the Spanish government’s plans to impose an annual 160 billion peseta (US$866 million) “supertariff” on spectrum use has taken a new twist. Anna Birules, the minister …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Greek GSM operator Panafon announced three new services for its customers. The services can link customers to the Internet through their mobile GSM phones. The Panafon NetOffice package of …

ATLANTA-Cirronet Inc., which makes wireless broadband products for residential areas, announced it signed a purchasing agreement with Sino U.S. Commercial Group Inc. to distribute Cirronet’s products in China. “The purchasing …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless data communications access solutions, and Tech Data Corp., which provides IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, announced an international distribution agreement. …

LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001. The company signed a technology agreement …

Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-By issuing approximately 1.7 million of its shares, Canadian Wi-LAN Inc. will purchase California-based UC Wireless, furthering its position in the global broadband wireless market. With the purchase, …

Dennis Roberson is sitting at a large, round conference table talking about the mandate he was given three years ago to “fix” Motorola Inc.’s storied research lab. As the conversation …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance, which provides voice Web software, has signed an agreement with Cisco Systems to incorporate its speech recognition and voice authentication software into Cisco’s Architecture for Voice, Video …

Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for Microwave March 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm. 3rd Annual Tower Investment Symposium March 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com. The …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of …

DALLAS-Sendo Plc has chosen Texas Instruments Inc.’s high performance, low power OMAP technology to power its new Z100 Multimedia Smartphone. According to the company, TI’s OMAP architecture will give the …

LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now. International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed …

LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While …

NEW YORK-China Mobile Hong Kong does not need 3G to take advantage of opportunities in a populous country with rising per capita income and low penetration by personal computers and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Metricom Inc. launched its high-speed wireless Internet access service, Ricochet, in Los Angeles, the company said. The company said the move was the largest launch of its service …

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its Local Digital Prepay Phone In A Box in Southern California, allowing customers to purchase airtime on a pay-as-you-go basis. “We recognize that many people would …

NEW YORK-ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd. and New ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. have withdrawn plans for the public sale of securities related to their planned merger. New ICO also has applied …

WASHINGTON-The trade association for state legislators said recently it will try to find “common ground” on the use of wireless devices while driving. “Our goal was to bring the various …

MOSCOW-Russian Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who is known to back European-developed technologies, confirmed that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard is doomed in Russia. “I continue to believe that the standard has …

RESTON, Va.-In its new Performance Plan, CelPlan Technologies, a wireless software and systems consultant, has promised its customers it will provide advanced engineering solutions that improve network capacity-or the customer …

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. announced VectorOne, an integrated hardware and software solution that provides directional information for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ Mobile Station Modem family of integrated circuits, beginning with the MSM3300 solution. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks announced that its board of directors re-elected Jorma Ollila, chief executive officer, to chair the board and also decided Paul J. Collins will continue as vice chairman …