BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced per-megabyte rate plans for its Express Network data service as an alternate to its originally announced per-minute plans.The new plans,...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Airtuit announced its BlueMoon 4.0 Mobile applications Server and BlueMoon Micro Edition, which allow mobile users to work in both online and offline...
FORT WORTH, Texas—Travelocity.com launched My Messaging, a suite of wireless travel notification tools for travelers.The service, available for free following any Travelocity.com booking, enables...
TABY, Sweden—Allgon announced it will supply base station antennas to Swedish UMTS network operators 3GIS and Hi3G."We won the contracts in hard competition, which...
HANNOVER, Germany—Marco Boerries, developer of Sun Microsystems' StarOffice office suite, unveiled his new company VerdiSoft at CeBit in Hannover this week.Boerries demonstrated VerdiSoft's CrossPoint...
CINCINNATI—InfoSpace launched a new wireless data service with Cincinnati Bell that the company said dramatically simplifies user provisioning of SMS alerts. The new service...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—To be successful, pay-per-use applications need to meet three criteria: an accurate bill, happy customers and happy developers, according to a new...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
RIDGELAND, Miss.—SIGFX L.L.C. announced field trials of its two-way wireless communications systems are now underway at company headquarters in Ridgeland, Miss.The network uses vacant...
SAN DIEGO—Ensemble Communications Inc., supplier of next-generation broadband wireless systems, announced its mobile backhaul solution is now available.The solution consists of the Ensemble's new...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will join 13 BREW application developers and publishers to demonstrate BREW applications at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando."The companies...
ORLANDO—Boingo announced it will enable the Orange County Convention Center with 802.11b broadband Internet access for CTIA Wireless 2002.In addition, CTIA has partnered with...
IRVINE, Calif.—Telmar Network Technology, supplier of new and reuse telecommunications infrastructure and services, said it will exhibit at CTIA Wireless 2002."We offer exceptional value...
ORLANDO—ViaFone will team with EDS and Hewlett-Packard at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando.ViaFone will join HP to show off the Quickstart Mobile Sales Solutions...
CARLSBAD, Calif.—Airbility will showcase its AirForceOne cellular modem module at CTIA Wireless 2002. AirForceOne incorporates all required radio transceiver functions into one module that...
NEW DELHI, India—Thuraya mobile satellite services, being offered by Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), has reached a subscriber...
TOKYO—Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba, two leading electronic manufacturers in Japan, partnered for third-generation (3G) handsets and will begin collaborating next month on the development...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest operator in Japan, will launch its third-generation (3G) service based on cdma2000 on 1 April, the carrier announced.In Japan, NTT DoCoMo...
JOHANNNESBURG, South Africa—South African mobile network operator MTN reported that it suspended its free PC-to-mobile short message service (SMS) on Mtnsms.com following an unsustainable...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite upbeat statements from equipment manufacturers and the organizers, this year's CeBIT exhibition would seem to have been hit with bad news,...