2001

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless lost 11 cell sites in the attacks on Tuesday in New York and at the Pentagon but service has generally been restored except in lower Manhattan by the …

WASHINGTON—Nextel Communications Inc. said it donated 1,500 mobile phones to public safety and law enforcement officials in New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston in the aftermath of terrorist strikes Tuesday …

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today said the communications industry is doing a heroic effort to keep the nation’s wireless, TV and wireline systems operating. “I am deeply saddened by the …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Steven D. “Jake” Jacoby, chief operating officer and executive vice president of wireless messaging company Metrocall Inc., was on board American Airlines Flight 77 yesterday, on his way to …

SAN DIEGO—Zucotto Wireless Inc. recently announced its has licensed Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) technology for its XPRESSOcore processor family. With the license, Zucotto said it will …

DALLAS—JP Mobile has released the newest version of its SureWave Mobile Server, which delivers wireless e-mail and corporate applications to enterprises. According to JP Mobile, the enhanced version incorporates device-side …

WASHINGTON—Karen Kincaid, 40, a lawyer with the law firm of Wiley, Rein and Fielding, was on the airplane that was flown into the Pentagon, the law firm told the Washington …

SAN FRANCISCO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced early this week that it will meet its third-quarter subscriber addition target of 700,000 to 750,000. The company also is on schedule with its …

NEW YORK—Following the September 11 tragedy at the New York World Trade Center, coordinators of the Wireless World 2001 trade show, which was scheduled to take place there September 24, …

Cingular said its network continues to operate normally, with approximately a 20-percent increase in attempted calls nationwide. There are no blockages or network outages. Cingular is working to increase network …

SAN DIEGO—This year’s Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless I.T. & Internet show will begin today and continue as scheduled until further notice.

DENVER—All U.S. financial markets have been closed following the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

LOS ANGELES—The Personal Communications Industry Association’s annual trade show, which should have begun today, has been cancelled. There are no plans to reschedule.

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. filed for bankruptcy in the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware last week, claiming more than $22.2 million in debt with about $17.7 …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch commercial service of its third-generation FOMA wireless service Oct. 1 in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, with expanded coverage expected by early next …

Vyyo Inc. reduced its work force by approximately 75 percent to less than 50 employees due to “uncertainty in the fixed wireless market and deteriorating economic conditions,” according to John …

WCities Location-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users’ cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company’s chief executive officer, with …

DALLAS-Digital infrastructure solutions provider CompuCom Systems Inc. released a new wireless evaluation program aimed at helping businesses understand the value of wireless. The company said its evaluation program, working on …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said Wisconsin-based motor carrier County Transit Inc. purchased its MobileMax2 wireless communications system, which Aether said will help County Transit enhance communications between drivers and …

BEIJING, China-China’s state Development Planning Commission said it has approved 19 firms to make CDMA handsets to cater to part of its 120.6 million cellular phone subscribers. Some of the …

Berliner Communications Inc. Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. She will …

The incompatible requirements for Value Added Service creation and wireless network development will drive the very separation of the wireless brand operation from the network itself. Within three years the …

Even as vendors grab news pages with reports of successful live calls over their third-generation networks, one piece is often left out: behind every live call is a test. And …

LONDON-Gaming company Arena Technik Ltd. announced a buy-out agreement with Gameplay plc, under which it acquired all technology assets and software associated with gaming service Wireplay. Arenatek executives plan to …

The acclaimed but expensive Ricochet high-speed wireless data network built by Metricom Inc. may be getting a second chance courtesy of Aerie Networks, a privately held, Denver-based fiber-optic broadband start …