Monthly Archives: July, 2002

Plateau raises money for Ronald McDonald House

CLOVIS, N.M.-Plateau Wireless announced it is working to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities.Plateau plans to donate 10 dollars to one of the...

Turkcell launches MMS

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish cellular operator Turkcell commercially launched its multimedia messaging service allowing subscribers to add images and sounds to basic text messages.Pricing for the...

Sendmail releases Mobile Message Server

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Sendmail Inc. released the new version of its Mobile Message Server, which the company said gives services providers and enterprises a comprehensive mobile...

Parascript releases final beta version of riteMail

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Pen&Internet division of Parascript announced the final beta release of its riteMail electronic ink e-mail software and service for wireless platforms. According...

Shenandoah reports increased revenue

EDINBURG, Va.-Sprint PCS affiliate and rural telecommunications provider Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. reported $19.1 million in wireless revenue for the second quarter, an increase from...

Canadian wireless use to more than double in four years

TORONTO-The number of Canadians using mobile phones is expected to more than double during the next four years, with the biggest growth spurt in...

Face2Face to show wireless streaming animation

SUMMIT, N.J.-Software developer Face2face Animation announced it will demonstrate its new wireless streaming animation player, based on the new MPEG-4 standard, at the SIGGRAPH...

Belgium’s Base implements Aircom software

LONDON-U.S. supplier Aircom International said Belgium's Base has implemented its radio network configuration tool called Datasafe.During an initial phase, the tool will mainly identify...

Centennial reports drop in customer adds, wireless revenues climb

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 24,200 net subscribers in its Caribbean and U.S. operations during its fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31,...

Cingular expands BCGI prepaid offering

WOBURN, Mass.-Cingular Wireless signed a multi-year contract with Boston Communications Group Inc. to expand its implementation of BCGI's prepaid wireless service offering in all...

Nextel reports $123 million net income

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported one of its best quarters ever highlighted by its first ever positive net income of $123 million compared with...

XtremeSpectrum demos Trinity chipset

SAN FRANCISCO-XtremeSpectrum Inc. said it demonstrated the "wire-like" video quality of its ultra-wideband Trinity chipset using the MPEG2 video format to stream content to...

DoCoMo launches Netherlands consulting firm

TOKYO-In support of the launch of its I-mode service in Europe, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will establish a consulting firm in the Netherlands....

WaterCove, Telcordia team up for prepaid solution

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-WaterCove Networks and Telcordia Technologies have teamed to create a CAMEL (Customized Applications for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic) Phase 3 solution that delivers...

WDS opens service center

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless Data Services (WDS) opened a service center in Kirkland, Wash., to further serve its North and South American customers. "Since 1994, we've...

Strigl again calls for the C-block re-auction to be voided

BOISE, Idaho-One way to solve the capital crisis facing wireless companies today would be for the Federal Communications Commission to void the re-auction of...

Mercury chosen as consultant for SDR

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Mercury Computer Systems said it has been chosen by the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) Joint Program Office (JPO) to serve...

Kyocera names Speaks CEO

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced Howard "Skip" Speaks will serve as its new chief executive officer, an addition to his existing role as the...

Powell derides consumer electronics’ response to DTV transition

WASHINGTON-A response by the Consumer Electronic Association regarding the pace of the digital TV transition was met with derision by Michael Powell, chairman of...

DoCoMo launches digital library on Web

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced the launch of the DoCoMo Digital Library on its Web site in commemoration of the company's tenth anniversary of operation.The library,...

Lawmakers urge FCC to waive UWB rules to allow ground-penetrating radar

WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of members of the House Commerce Committee urged the Federal Communications Commission to waive the ultrawideband rules with respect to ground-penetrating...

FCC dismisses PCIA siting petition

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition from the Personal Communications Industry Association that called for a siting rulemaking.The petition was filed in July...

PDA makers win first round in patent dispute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In the latest round of patent disputes, a district court in Delaware ruled in favor of personal digital assistant makers Handspring Inc....

Schmid could go lower on MobilCom stake

FRANKFURT, Germany-Gerhard Schmid, former chief executive of German company MobilCom, is likely to lower the price at which he would agree to sell his...
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