2002

ORLANDO—SkyGo Inc. and VeriSign Inc. announced today at CTIA Wireless 2002 the integration of SkyGo’s new SkyCode service with VeriSign’s wireless resolution platform. With VeriSign’s resolution technology, SkyCode allows marketers …

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL—The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport now is equipped with a neutral-host wireless network system, giving travelers with laptops or handheld devices outfitted with a Wi-Fi network card the ability …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates L.L.P. announced a class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on behalf …

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia and AT&T Wireless said they have completed their joint MoU to develop and test advanced enhancements supporting the evolution of an All-IP network. “The finalization of this agreement …

ORLANDO—Amdocs unveiled ClarifyCRM, its new end-to-end solution that offers integrated customer relationship management and billing applications to service providers, this week at CTIA Wireless 2002. Amdocs said the new CRM …

ORLANDO—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association wrapped up CTIA Wireless 2002 today with a final keynote address by Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev encouraged companies to …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel this morning said it will buy all of CenturyTel’s wireless properties for $1.65 billion cash. Alltel said the deal will bring it more than 700,000 new customers …

ORLANDO, Fla.—CSI Wireless Inc. launched its new GT300 Geo-Telephone, which combines location sensing and GPS positioning capability with dual-band TDMA/AMPS technology. CSI is targeting the GT300 at vehicle rental companies, …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Acterna released its AirAudit Call Verification System for GPRS, a product Acterna says is the industry’s first centrally managed, distributed solution for service verification on GPRS networks. The system …

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Conexant Systems Inc. introduced a new family of power amplifier modules targeting current and next-generation wireless infrastructure transmitter applications. The CX65100 series is designed to meet the performance, …

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association issued a series of guidelines to raise awareness of and spur debate about privacy issues involved in location-based targeting at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 …

ORLANDO—Motorola Inc. announced Cingular Wireless will be the first North American carrier for the Motorola V70 handset at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 tradeshow. The V70 has a rotating cover …

ORLANDO—AT&T Wireless made several announcements to bolster its presence at CTIA Wireless 2002. The carrier announced it will install Adaptive Multirate Vocorder (AMR) technology that could more than double the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced its plans to construct an experimental system for fourth-generation packet wireless communications that will feature transmission speeds exceeding 100 mega-bits per second (Mbps) downlinks and 20Mbps …

LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track: A dividend of 37 cents for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than …

RESTON, Va.—Motient Corp. announced WhereToLive.com, which offers a Web-based productivity platform to the real estate industry, will resell wireless handhelds fortified with Motient’s eLink service. Through the collaboration, realtors will …

BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems announced its XTNDConnect Server software will be packaged with Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Jornada 560 series PDAs and 928 Wireless Digital Assistants. With the XTNDConnect Server, mobile devices can …

ORLANDO, Fla.—The Yankee Group and Sentori Inc. announced an emerging niche within the MVNO wireless market space during a press conference at CTIA Wireless 2002 earlier this week. The new …

ORLANDO, Fla.—Air2Web announced its Mobile Internet Platform now supports the BREW application platform and that the company will demonstrate wireless e-mail, as well as several other applications, developed on the …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.—Audiovox Corp. announced last week it revised its previously released results for fiscal year 2001 and has recorded an additional net charge or $1.2 million relating to its wireless …

HAMAMATSU CITY, Shizuoka—Yamaha Corp. announced it will provide a 16-note polyphonic cellular ring tone download service to German carrier E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG—coinciding with E-Plus’s launch of i-mode …

LOS ANGELES—NetConnX Technologies said it has offered a team of IT experts to assist the newly formed Afghanistan government in technology infrastructure setup. The company said it will use its …

REDMOND, Wash.—Metawave Communications Corp. is terminating its SpotLight GSM product line, closing its Taiwan facilities and reducing headcount in China and the United States by 42 percent. In connection with …

GERMANTOWN, Md.—Dynamic Telecommunications Inc. unveiled its 3G PN Scanning Receiver, designed for the OEM drive-test receiver market. According DTI, the receiver is compact in size, has low power usage and …

CLAREMONT, Calif.—Wireless software developer WolfeTech Development Corp. announced its PocketGenie application is now available on SkyTel two-way paging devices. PocketGenie offers users access to more than 200 real-time information services …