Monthly Archives: June, 2001

Global SMS growth continues

LONDON-More than 50 billion short message service text messages were sent over the world's GSM networks in the first three months of 2001, the...

BeVocal offers voiceXML to carriers as platform

BeVocal, Sunnyvale, Calif., is taking its voice-activated software solutions and technology and making them available to wireless carriers, enabling those carriers to create and...

Cel-Loc files prospectus for subscription rights offering

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. has filed a preliminary prospectus for an offering of subscription rights under a facility that could provide the company proceeds up...

Verizon adds Canada option to SingleRate plan

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Verizon Wireless introduced a new option to its wireless service plans allowing customers to add Canada to their national SingleRate plan for an...

Letters

Cell-phone use is distractingDear Editor: Your article "Subcommittee agrees mobile phones distract, wants more data" addresses the hazards of cell-phone use while driving. As the...

Telstra debuts WAP service on its CDMA network

MELBOURNE-Telstra has made Wireless Application Protocol available on its CDMA digital mobile-phone network.According to director of CDMA at Telstra OnAir, Tim Buckley, Telstra's CDMA...

Cingular to file E911 Phase II waiver within weeks

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless Inc. plans to file a waiver from the enhanced 911 Phase II rules, probably within the next two weeks, said Brian Fontes,...

EFJohnson to make radio units for Nexterna

LINCOLN, Neb.-EFJohnson, a subsidiary of Transcrypt International, will fill a $900,000 order to manufacture integrated radio and control units for Nexterna Inc., a provider...

D.C. Briefs

Sens. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) are expected as early as this week to introduce pro-consumer wireless location privacy legislation, according to...

Tropian to premiere multimode wireless transmitter

Manufacturers realize that making devices smaller and equipped for high-data speed is becoming as important as efficiency across technology lines.Tropian Inc., a semiconductor company...

DT buy of VoiceStream, Powertel officially done

After nearly a year of wrangling, Deutsche Telekom's acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Powertel Inc. closed last week. Both VoiceStream and Powertel will...

Nextel coy about 3G plans: May be scouting better equipemtn deals

Trying to pin down Nextel Communications Inc. into a specific category is not an easy chore. By definition, Nextel is a specialized mobile radio...

Growing pains prevalent in setting up cyber-security warning center

WASHINGTON-A recently released report from congressional auditors shows that an FBI unit created in 1998 to warn of cyber-security threats and infrastructure protection risks...

Key facts

What: Automotive News/RCR Wireless News Wireless Automotive Executive Briefing When: Wednesday, Oct. 17Where: Cobo Center, Detroit, as part of the SAE Digital Car Conference.Costs: $595 for one day...

Commission crib notes

Greetings new Federal Communications Commissioners! As you begin this new journey in your life, charged with making decisions that will affect millions of U.S....

Book on birth of cellular long on laughs

The cellular industry's inception in the United States is made up of thousands of stories of business leaders, technology gurus and ordinary people each...

Glenayre joins VoiceXML Forum

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. joined the VoiceXML Forum at the promoter level.The forum's goal is to promote VoiceXML, a language that allows Internet-based phone...

Vodafone focuses on existing subscribers: Hopes to expand brand worldwide

After a year in which its global customer base increased from 53 million customers to a staggering 83 million customers, U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc...

Carriers test pricing models for m-commerce apps

Major carriers are using third-party hosting services to gauge consumer activities to arrive at pricing models for m-commerce services.The operators, which include AT&T Wireless...

ReCellular to launch online marketplace

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-ReCellular Inc., a trading and refurbishing company, plans to launch an online multi-forum marketplace for wireless equipment. The new site provides four...

Arch completes license sale to Nextel

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Wireless Inc. completed the sale of its 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio licenses to Nextel Communications Inc.The $250 million sale satisfies Arch's...

Motorola reports ReFLEX licenses

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Just a week after paging infrastructure provider Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced its plans to drop out of the business, two more companies...

Unisys, Airborn team on mobile Internet

UXBRIDGE, U.K.-Unisys Ltd. and Airborn, a part of the M-Cell group, are joining to offer mobile Internet service to wireless users.As per the agreement,...

Motorola files lawsuit against Paging America

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. today filed a lawsuit against Paging America for allegedly misleading customers with the promise of a free Motorola pager.Motorola said...

Wireless Knowledge enters alliance with InterKnowlogy

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge Inc. announced an alliance with InterKnowlogy L.L.C., which the company said will complement its professional services by providing additional support for...
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