Monthly Archives: November, 2001

Pinnacle completes $22 M sale of colocation properties in St. Louis

SARASOTA, Fla.—Pinnacle Holdings Inc. closed on the sale of two of its colocation properties located in the central business district of St. Louis, Mo.,...

Cell phones make people feel safer

DALLAS—Most consumers feel safe just owning a cellular phone, according to a recent WebViews survey conducted by Cellular One.In fact, when asked "Does having...

Motient distributes remaining stake in XM Satellite Radio

RESTON, Va.—In a move many industry observers expected, Motient Corp. distributed its remaining stake in XM Satellite Radio to its guarantors, satisfying its outstanding...

HandEra, AvantGo enter partnership

DES MOINES, Iowa—HandEra Inc. will offer the AvantGo Inc. M-Business Server through its 330 handheld computer, the companies announced. The deal also includes sales...

Leap launches new Arkansas market

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Jonesboro, Ark., the fourth market in Arkansas for the carrier's service.In addition, Leap...

Compaq chooses Analog Devices chipset for iPAQ

NORWOOD, Mass.—Compaq Computer Corp. selected Analog Devices' Othello and Softfone GSM/GPRS chipsets for use in its wireless Pack for the iPAQ Pocket PC."The field-proven...

ArialPhone offers holiday rebate

MUNDELEIN, Ill.—ArialPhone Corp. is offering a $100 holiday rebate for its ArialPhone wearable wireless phone.The rebate is available through several retail stores and at...

OmniSky late with 3Q report

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp. said it is unable to timely file its quarterly report for the third quarter. The company said it is too busy...

Visto receives $31M in financing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Mobility software and service provider Visto Corp. said it received $31 million in financing, which was led by new investors WaldenVC and...

Microsoft unveils Tablet PC prototypes

LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp., along with its hardware and software partners, unveiled prototypes for its new computing device, the Tablet PC.The device, which the company...

Bitfone announces merger with Digital Transit

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Wireless software infrastructure provider Bitfone Corp. announced it will merge with Digital Transit, which provides software infrastructure for over-the-air updates of firmware....

Transcept OpenCell system can host 8 tenants

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Transcept Inc. launched OpenCell, a multitenant, multifrequency and multiprotocol system that can simultaneously host up to eight wireless service provider tenants, each functioning...

Canadian carriers join forces for SMS

TORONTO-In a joint announcement, four of Canada's wireless carriers announced they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service use by...

Nextel offers new iDEN handsets

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. introduced two new wireless handsets for its iDEN network designed and manufactured by Motorola Inc., the i90c and i80s. Nextel...

A locked door

Qualcomm Inc. has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively...

Nokia unveils 6360 handset

TORONTO-Nokia Corp. said it has unveiled its Nokia 6360 phone for enterprise users with such features as built-in calendar notebook, calculator, browser, voice-dialing and...

Fraud finds new face in identification theft

NEW YORK-Fraud is following the course of least resistance, trending largely but not exclusively toward subscriber identity theft and away from the use of...

Brightstar retains top spot in Latin American outsourcing

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. announced its third-quarter revenues showed it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing.The company's $161.5 million in revenues was...

Higher speed alternatives may replace Wi-Fi as standard

While 802.11b, otherwise known as Wi-Fi, has made huge inroads as the wireless local area network technology of choice, many companies providing equipment and...

OnStar, Verizon unify bills

DETROIT-OnStar is working with Verizon Wireless to make it cheaper for OnStar Personal Calling customers to forward calls from a handheld Verizon phone to...

Verizon chooses Mericom for Oregon tower project

LAKE FOREST, Calif.-Verizon wireless selected Mericom Corp. to expand and enhance Verizon's service in southern Oregon.Mericom, through its Wilsonville, Ore., office, will provide site...

Telephia to acquire Mspect

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company's short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application...

SBA 3Q results strong, revenues, net loss up

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported strong results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 with revenues of $63 million, an increase from the...

Go Prepaid expands prepaid card line

TORONTO-Go Prepaid Inc. announced it has added Telus' Talk & Surf Card to its line of prepaid card solutions.The Telus Talk & Surf Card...
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