Monthly Archives: May, 2001

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...

Waiting on wireless data

Wireless companies in the United States are holding their breath, waiting for the widespread use of wireless data products and services, and-according to a...

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...

GAO: DoD interference program too new to tell

The General Accounting Office said a new procurement program established by the Department of Defense to ensure that new weapons systems do not interfere...

Products

GoBeam Inc.GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based...

Spectrum policy, MVNOs on the `Wireless Agenda’ in Dallas

DALLAS-Among the ever-present winds of Eastern Texas, The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association last week hosted a somewhat intimate Wireless Agenda 2001 conference that...

CTIA expected to move on MSS spectrum petition

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association late Friday petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate spectrum assigned to struggling mobile satellite firms to cellular...

Alcatel, Lucent link?

As the news swirls around Wall Street, analysts think a possible merger between Alcatel Alsthom of France and Lucent Technologies Inc. may not only...

Cable & Wireless to acquire Digital Island

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc has offered to acquire all outstanding shares of Digital Island Inc. at $3.40 per share, which would make Digital Island...

World Briefs

BRAZILTranscrypt International Inc.'s subsidiary, EFJohnson Co., has been awarded a $2 million contract to supply its LTR-Net communication system to the State of Santa...

Chip makers battle for customers

Intel Corp. may be one of the newer chip players in the wireless space, but it already is attracting a green eye from the...

Coltan controversy: Phone component illegally mined, hurts environment, people

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry may be an unwitting accomplice to mass-scale looting of an African mineral used in mobile-phone capacitors, a situation some believe is...

WAVE message: We need apps

LAS VEGAS-For an industry obsessed about the future, to the point where it often forgets to tackle the issues of today, Cingular's Wireless Alliances...

Ikimbo partners with Broadbeam

HERNDON, Va.-Instant communications company Ikimbo Inc. announced a partnership with wireless data software provider Broadbeam Corp. to jointly offer time-sensitive communication products to the...

Handspring signs Hartco distribution pact

TORONTO-Handspring Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with Hartco, which the company said would extend the retail distribution of its line of Visor personal...

Shosteck Group says location-based services may be delayed

WHEATON, Md.-According to a new study by The Shosteck Group, we may not be as ready for location-based services as many would like to...

Tality offers GSM/GPRS handset design solution

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Tality Corp., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems Inc., has developed a GSM/GPRS handset design solution, a platform that Tality said will...

Manx Telecom joins 3G delay list

LONDON-In yet another setback for third-generation technology, Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of British Telecommunications plc, has postponed its mid-May launch of 3G services on...

China opens to cdma2000

With four big CDMA infrastructure contracts ramped up last week by China Unicom, the country's second-largest operator, the Asian nation is on pace to...

Orange to cross-market with cable TV firm

LONDON-U.K. cable company NTL and France Telecom's Orange announced a partnership, whereby Orange will provide mobile-phone services to NTL's 3 million residential customers. A...

EMS acquires CI Wireless

ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. has acquired CI Wireless Inc., a supplier of wireless signal distribution products, including repeaters.With the acquisition, EMS Wireless plans to extend...

Parthus acquires Chicory

DUBLIN, Ireland-Parthus Technologies plc, which designs mobile platform-level technology, said it acquired Chicory Systems Inc. for $41.4 million in cash and stocks, a move...

Wireless ad group releases standards

NEW YORK-The Wireless Advertising Association released the first few parts of its standards and measurements for mobile advertising, which the association hopes will become...

Chances faint for WebLink-Metrocall connection

Just days before embarking on an unprecedented merger under concurrent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, Metrocall Inc. pulled out of its deal with WebLink Wireless...

Players aim to tame wireless data world

NEW YORK-Wireless data is like a diamond in the rough, waiting for ways to smooth out its rough edges into sparkling facets that will...
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