Monthly Archives: October, 2001

KPN mobile chief to step down

LONDON—Diederik Karsten, chief executive of KPN's mobile-phone division intends to leave the company next month, according to a report by The Financial Times.Board director...

Actiontec ships 802.11b adapters

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Actiontec Electronics Inc. announced shipment of three 802.11b Wireless Adapters that it said can be used in private homes or with office networks.The...

Air2Web closed venture-capital financing

ATLANTA—Atlanta-based Air2Web, whose Mobile Internet Platform lets companies extend enterprise applications to any wireless device, has closed a $20 million round of venture-capital financing...

Geoworks to cut staff by 45 percent

ALAMEDA, Calif.—Following the trend of many other wireless data companies in recent weeks, mobile data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said it will cut its...

Airbiquity announces GPS product customers

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.—Airbiquity Inc. said it is distributing its GPS Accessory to i-Planet Wireless, Entrust Connections and Sky Cop.Aradiant, formerly The National Dispatch Center...

Motorola announces more layoffs

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Motorola Inc. says it will lay off 7,000 more workers as it announced a third-quarter loss of $1.4 billion, its third consecutive...

BWIF says 3G unacceptable for fixed wireless services

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—A comparison study from The Broadband Wireless Internet Forum looking at adapting current third-generation technologies based on CDMA as a possible alternative transmission...

ActiveBatch supports Blackberry

HOBOKEN, N.J.—Advanced Systems Concepts released its ActiveBatch Wireless Client interface, which the company said improves remote server and application management support using Research In...

Lucent switch delivers converged solutions

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced a multiservice switch to enable service providers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications to businesses...

BellSouth offers e-mail on Motorola Talkabout T900

ATLANTA—BellSouth announced it is offering its wireless e-mail service for the Motorola Talkabout T900, a two-way messaging device capable of communicating with any other...

LGC Wireless gets venture capital funds

SAN JOSE, Calif.—LGC Wireless announced it has been awarded $19.3 million in venture capital funding.The investment was led by Allegis Capital, who will now...

Environmental inspectors to use wireless data

PHILADELPHIA—ALC Environmental announced its plans to provide its environmental inspectors with wireless data capture and reporting systems.Numoda Corp. will provide ALC inspectors with a...

AMTA offers meeting for two-way radio dealers

MIAMI—The American Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) announced its plans to host an organizing meeting for independent two-way radio dealers at the upcoming AMTEX conference...

InfoSpace, Verizon team for baseball service

BELLEVUE, Wash.—InfoSpace Inc. has teamed with Verizon Wireless to allow baseball fans to follow this year's playoffs on their digital wireless phones.Verizon Wireless subscribers...

EarthLink, Neomar enter licensing agreement

SAN FRANCISCO—Internet service provider giant EarthLink licensed wireless enterprise software developer Neomar's Carrier Class Gateway, which the ISP plans to use in its forthcoming...

Aether announces product sale to Oester

OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc., proving it can still sell in a tight economic environment, announced yet another wireless data sale, this time to...

Bell Labs develops global roaming solution

NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said Oct. 9 they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless...

European awareness of ASPs high, but most not likely to implement services

LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan...

Qualcomm says cdma2000 1x designs being implemented

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says customers around the world are implementing more than 43 designs of its cdma2000 1x handsets and personal computer cards based...

Arch study finds demand for ReFLEX networks

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Wireless Inc. announced the results of a study of ReFLEX network technology, which found that there is demand for ReFLEX networks and...

Concourse to install system at Detroit airport

DETROIT—Concourse Communications Group will work with the Wayne County Department of Airports to design, install and operate a Commercial Wireless Telecommunications Access System (CWTAS)...

Tangis launches software apps for mobile workers

SEATTLE—Tangis Corp. has launched two new software applications for mobile workers.The Tangis In-Motion User Interface extends computing resources to mobile workers, while Tangis In-Motion...

Aether, Certicom team on security solution

OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc. and wireless security company Certicom announced they will team to upgrade Aether's PocketBlue mobile government application to Advanced Encryption...

Motorola signs China Mobile GPRS contract

BEIJING—Motorola said it has signed a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) end-to-end contract to expand China Mobile networks for an undisclosed amount in seven...

Nokia to build out New Delhi network

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia said Birla Tata AT&T, the fourth GSM operator in New Delhi, India, chose Nokia's GSM infrastructure equipment and services. Nokia will supply...
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