Monthly Archives: May, 2001

Compaq’s MultiPort takes wireless computing to next level

While Bluetooth chipsets are expected to be commonplace in wireless handsets in the next few years, Bluetooth's current push in the market is being...

Telia steps in to court TDC

LONDON-Sweden's Telia is now in discussions with TeleDanmark (TDC) about a potential takeover of the Danish carrier, following a breakdown in talks between TDC...

Siemens tests softswitch in U.S.

NEW YORK-Siemens Carrier Networks L.L.C., Boca Raton, Fla., is testing the first iteration of its new SURPASS hiQ softswitch with several American carriers. The...

Motorola developers’ gathering yields contest, initiative to push wireless

Motorola Inc. marked its Smart Networks Developers Forum in New Orleans last week with partnerships and new product initiatives.Far away in Oman, the company...

Brightpoint to sell Sierra software, data modems

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless entered into an agreement with Brightpoint North America L.P. to distribute Sierra Wireless data modems and software products to wireless...

Sprint tears down wall: Alliance with Google will open wireless Web access

Most in the wireless industry are convinced that for wireless Internet access to succeed wireless operators have to tear down their current walled-garden plans...

Telecom policy will shift with control of Senate

WASHINGTON-The new Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to change the tone of telecom policy debate in Congress, but is unlikely to immediately have a major...

Study finds consumers eager for benefits of mobile commerce

While a variety of wireless companies, from vendors to carriers, continue to talk about the benefits mobile commerce will bring, many industry observers agree...

Dam holding back unified messaging about to break

The ability to access anything, any time, any place seems to be every enthusiastic wireless user's ultimate dream. But many seem unaware that the...

Handset glitches more common as technology gets more complex

Glitches are becoming to phones what muscle spasms are to track athletes-confirmation that travel to the next generation of technologies will experience limps along...

VoiceStream turns on Ping Pong SMS service

Short messaging service has found a niche in Europe with the youth market sending billions of short notes to each other during the past...

debitel to resell T-Mobil UMTS

FRANKFURT, Germany-German reseller debitel said it agreed with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile German wireless carrier to market T-Mobil's Universal Mobile Telecommunications System services.The agreement will...

Angelos to drop cancer lawsuit, focus on headset litigation: GAO report asks for more data

WASHINGTON-Sources say Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos will drop an $800 million mobile-phone brain cancer lawsuit but will continue to press ahead with class-action lawsuits...

Supreme Court rules against cellular-phone privacy

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling said last week that restricting the broadcasting or publication of an illegally intercepted cellular-phone conversation violated...

Regional carriers respond to declining paging market

As the nation's largest messaging carriers suffer through a potentially disastrous economic decline, smaller carriers-those that only cover a few states-are also feeling the...

Verizon finds people drive and talk

Wireless phones and driving appear to go together as well as coffee and doughnuts, according to an online consumer poll conducted by Verizon Wireless,...

TCS hopes October 911 date brings location services to forefront

The looming October deadline for carriers to comply with the Federal Communication Commission's Phase II E911 requirements has implications beyond safety. Companies like Annapolis,...

3G can wait, existing networks offer opportunities today

NEW YORK-Third-generation technology is completely unnecessary for taking advantage of data opportunities, which are growing even though widespread consumer adoption may be years away,...

Parthus, STMicroelectronics enter licensing agreement

DUBLIN, Ireland-In a continuation of their business relationship, Parthus Technologies plc announced a licensing agreement with STMicroelectronics for the complete line of Parthus' mobile...

CTIA’s Safety Week features benefits in midst of turmoil

This year, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's National Wireless Safety Week aptly fell in the midst of heated congressional disputes regarding risks cellular...

3G on the couch

Hand wringing over third-generation wireless development has apparently turned dysfunctional. Seems that anxious wireless carriers in the U.K. have taken to hiring psychologists for...

The bleak and the bright: The future of one-way and two-way paging

"Advanced messaging services."It's the catch phrase for the wireless messaging industry today, with most major companies betting everything that services like wireless e-mail access,...

China awards GSM contract

JIANGXI, China-Nokia Corp. signed a $70 million agreement to supply Jiangxi Mobile Communication Corp.'s GSM 900 networks with equipment and services.The deal will allow...

Business Briefs

SnapTrack Inc. will provide its SnapTrack SnapSmart Hybrid Wireless Assisted GPS location server software to Seoul-based wireless infrastructure developer, Neolink Technologies Inc. Neolink will...

Rumsfeld: Keep 1.7 GHz

WASHINGTON-Sources say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has prepared a letter for President Bush that will stop just short of opposing the transfer of military...
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