Monthly Archives: June, 2001

After the frenzy: time now a friend to venture capitalists

NEW YORK-The bad news, according to Jerry Newman, senior managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., "is word of a 50-to-75 percent decline...

T-Mobil to offer GPRS handset this quarter: Samsung, Agere team on phone

In a triangular deal, German-based operator T-Mobil is partnering with Agere Systems to adopt Samsung's General Packet Radio Service class 8-cell phone.The phone, which...

WorldCom creates tracking stock, AT&T Wireless plans independence

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. shareholders approved June 7 the creation of separate tracking stocks, which pursued separate pricing paths at the close of their first...

Diveo wins IBM approval in Latin America

WASHINGTON-Diveo Broadband Networks Inc. announced it is the first dedicated hosting provider in Latin America to receive IBM hosting advantage approval.To qualify for the...

Columbitech demos Bluetooth-GSM roaming

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Columbitech said it demonstrated secure network roaming between a public GSM wireless network and a Bluetooth local wireless hotspot with a handheld device.The...

Acer licenses Palm OS

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Palm Inc. has made further headway in the Asia-Pacific region through an announcement with Acer Inc., under which Acer licensed the Palm Operating...

CTIA’s Wireless Foundation expands Donate-A-Phone with its Return Outreach Initiative

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Foundation, the charitable arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, has expanded its successful Donate-A-Phone program so that carriers and other...

M-Services initiative comes out of the gate running

The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that...

HP, Aether launch management solution

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Hewlett-Packard Co. and Aether Systems Inc. announced the launch of Wireless Management for HP's OpenView, which is a combination of HP's OpenView...

BT Cellnet to use Seven software

LONDON-BT Cellnet will use Seven's mobile software architecture to launch its Connected wireless Internet service.Connected, which is a mobile Internet portal and suite of...

CTC integrates Agilent equipment

MONTE CARLO-Centro de Tecnologia de las Communicaciones S.A. has integrated Agilent Technologies Inc.'s equipment into test solutions designed to help manufacturers meet the industry...

Wireless Knowledge, Kyocera partner on smart-phone apps

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced they are partnering to offer mobile applications for businesses using the Kyocera QCP 6036 smart...

Cellular Specialties to test equipment at public service facility

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Public Service of New Hampshire is offering its General Construction and Maintenance Facility in Hooksett, N.H., to Cellular Specialties Inc. to test the...

MessageMachines partners with Mirapoint

BOSTON-MessageMachines Inc., which provides advanced messaging solutions, and Mirapoint Inc., which provides Internet messaging infrastructure products, have teamed to enhance the messaging and notification...

Verizon may cut 10,000 jobs

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. said it may cut more than 10,000 jobs, the figure the company projected in February as part of its drive...

Late News

NTT DoCoMo applies for stock listings, calls back handsetsNTT DoCoMo Inc. has applied for listings this fall on the New York Stock Exchange and...

Economy keeps manufacturers pinned

The economy cast a pall over the vendor space last week with major equipment makers wallowing in job cuts, negative credit ratings, earnings forecast...

Tower buildout slows as colocation grows

Tower companies tend to fall into a safe and cozy place in the hard driving, fast moving wireless machine, seemingly immune to the pitfalls...

ITU definition of 3G technology:

144 kilobits/second or higher in high mobility (vehicular) traffic;384 kilobits/second for pedestrian traffic;2 Megabits/second or higher for indoor traffic.

Businesses have difficulty managing wireless devices

DENVER - A survey commissioned by wireless device management provider Reason Inc. and conducted by nVision Research of corporations that use wireless devices revealed...

Verizon downplays W-CDMA comments

Verizon Wireless is considering either using wideband-CDMA technology as its third-generation network standard or adding the technology to its CDMA-based network. Company spokespeople assert...

Palm may branch into two firms

Executives for personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week discussed the possibility of splitting the company's operating system business and its device manufacturing...

House panel hears much rhetoric, few answers on E911 deployment

WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee heard testimony last Thursday on what Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) called "the most compelling issue to come before it this...

802.11b business holds promise for vendors

802.11b, otherwise known as WiFi, is growing into one of the most buoyant fountains of money in the wireless industry, challenging big and small...
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