Monthly Archives: December, 2001

SoftBank changes name to Mobius, funds two wireless companies

SAN FRANCISCO—Following a recent annual meeting, venture capital firm SoftBank Venture Capital announced it will change its name to Mobius Venture Capital, a move...

Handango, Palm form alliance

HURST, Texas—Handango, a wireless software publisher, announced it will exclusively power Palm Inc.'s Software Connection Web site and that the companies intend to conduct...

Webraska to upgrade Orange LBS offerings

MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France—Webraska announced it is going to supply Orange UK with upgrades to Orange's existing multimedia location-based services.The upgraded service will allow users to...

Zingy, Loud Records team for wireless music promotions

NEW YORK—Fans of Wu-Tang Clan and Mobb Deep will get a sneak peak at the groups' new upcoming albums through a partnership between Loud...

Convergys, iPIN team for payment solution

CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and e-Payment technology provider iPIN have joined to offer a new solution covering rating, billing and e-payments.Convergys' Geneva ARM software will be...

Verizon launches digital service in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D.—Verizon Wireless launched digital wireless service in the Bismarck-Mandan area of North Dakota as part of the carrier's $7.7 million investment in the...

Sprint PCS to offer downloadable ringtones

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS said it will offer downloadable ringtones and screen savers to its customers through its Web site or wireless Web service.The...

Samsung to sponsor gadget event at fashion show

DALLAS—Samsung Telecommunications America announced it will sponsor the Gadget Bar at "Fashion For Freedom," a fashion show scheduled for December 6, 2001, in Hollywood,...

CellWand launches taxi service

TORONTO—CellWand Communications has announced the launch of Pound Taxi (#TAXI), a new cellular service that will allow callers to obtain the first available taxi...

FCC to vote next week on UWB

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it will vote next week on whether to authorize ultra-wideband technologies, despite requests from the departments of defense and...

Viag Interkom uses Nokia solution

HELSINKI, Finland—German mobile operator Viag Interkom said it has launched its prepaid service for GPRS, using a Nokia solution for processing charging data for...

Cingular looks to raise $2B in senior note sale

NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless plans to raise $2 billion this week from a private sale of senior secured notes of varying maturity. Proceeds from the...

Ericsson to cut 400 R&D workers

RICHARDSON, Texas—Ericsson AB issued a circular Tuesday in the company notifying the staff that about 400 workers in the research and development division will...

America Movil transfers Brazil holding to Telecom Americas

MEXICO CITY—America Movil, the mobile subsidiary of Mexico's TelMex, announced several transactions that will give it control of several Latin American companies currently held...

Siemens rolls out carrier program for next-generation deployments

BOCA RATON, Fla.—Siemens AG said it rolled out a program called the "We Surpass Partner Program" to help carriers and other service providers deploy...

Oracle introduces server release 2 features

SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle Corp. introduced the wireless and voice features for its Oracle application server release 2, which include enhanced support for voice access to...
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