2001

PLANO, Texas—A new study shows short message service chatting, embraced by European youth as the new cool way to communicate, is now quickly becoming a mainstay among adults age 35 …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.—Cingular Wireless signed an agreement with TruePosition Inc. in which TruePosition’s Wireless Location System will be deployed in Cingular’s network as the carrier’s enhanced 911 solution, the …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company’s flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market. Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia …

NEW DELHI, India—Motorola Inc. said it has won a $178 million contract to supply GSM mobile equipment to India’s state-owned carrier BSNL for 1.4 million subscribers. “It’s for turnkey deployment …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Sensoria Corp. launched the Sensoria Telematics Environment, a standards-based telematics platform that allows drivers to share music wirelessly between their PC and their car, obtain current weather information, …

WASHINGTON—A New York bankruptcy court denied the Federal Communications Commission’s request to postpone NextWave Telecom Inc.’s motion to schedule a confirmation hearing in its plans to emerge from bankruptcy, which …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with My Docs Online, a provider of remote file access and wireless messaging solutions, allowing Nextel subscribers to store, access, view, e-mail, print …

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.—Schema Inc. announced it has signed a nationwide contract with an unnamed U.S. TDMA carrier to optimize and increase the carrier’s spectrum capacity. According to Schema, trials in …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Wireless Internet software company WiredPocket released its new WP.AutoMapping version 1.1, which the company said is a fast and easy Web-to-wireless conversion tool for content providers and corporations. …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—NewsTakes Inc. released a new product for packet-based wireless network operators and wired Internet companies that NewsTakes said allows users to control how they view and—more importantly—pay for …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. introduced its First Fan Buzz service, allowing customers to have news from top college sports programs sent to their wireless phones or two-way pagers. The information, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—BitFlash extended its screen-scraping technology to include Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device, a move the company said gives BlackBerry users the ability to view visually rich e-mail …

WASHINGTON—The State Department, responding to alleged transfer of sensitive missile technology from China to Pakistan, said it will not issue licenses to U.S. firms that want to launch satellites on …

SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working over LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …

WASHINGTON—The Bush administration tomorrow plans to ask Congress for legislation that would postpone next year’s scheduled auction of third-generation mobile phone licenses for two years. However, Nancy Victory, head of …

LA JOLLA, Calif.—Wireless solutions provider Vaultus released a client-server wireless software solution for providing enterprise mobile work forces with always-available access to mission-critical data. “Experience with our many corporate customers …

MACCLESFIELD, England—Mobile Internet infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said BT Cellnet launched its developer program on BT’s Expidas Web site, a move Geoworks said will allow mobile solution developers to rapidly …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. released its Unified Messaging product version 3.0, which is part of the company’s overall Messaging Services strategy. The company said its Messaging Services will allow …

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it joined the Unified Communications Consortium. The group’s goal is to further the growth of the global unified communications market for public services and enterprise systems …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. named James Taiclet president and chief operating officer. Taiclet previously worked for Honeywell International where he was president of Honeywell Aerospace Services. He replaces Doug Wiest, who …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—In preparation for next week’s GlobalXChange 2001 show, the Personal Communications Industry Association is announcing keynote speakers and discussion leaders. Author and consultant Don Tapscott is slated to give …

DALLAS-L.M. Ericsson said it has agreed to combine Texas Instruments’ semiconductors with its mobile platforms in a memorandum of understanding. “TI’s wireless digital signal processor and analog products and proven …

INDIANAPOLIS—TeleCorp Communications Inc. signed a deal with Brightpoint North America L.P. to provide integrated logistics services, including packaging and inventory maintenance, management and distribution to TeleCorp’s agents, dealers, retail stores …

MANKATO, Minn.—Nextel Partners launched wireless service in Mankato, Minn., expanding the carrier’s coverage in the state, which includes Duluth, Rochester and Winona.

LONDON—Mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo selected PacketVideo Corp.’s mobile multimedia player software as an application for its Z100 GPRS Smartphone, enabling users to access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and …