Yearly Archives: 2002

Wireless enterprise market heats up

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—The market for wireless enterprise services continues to heat up today, with several companies positioning themselves to give mobile workers access to...

Axiom acquires Traxsis

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Global positioning system technology manufacturer Axiom Navigation Inc. said it acquired Traxsis, which provides software that locates mobile users.Axoim's GPS engine has...

Lucent introduces two cdma2000 base station systems

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent technologies Inc. said it has introduced two cdma2000 base station systems to enable operators to increase capacity. Verizon Wireless is the...

Infowave signs agreement with Mobile Planet

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Infowave Software reported an agreement with Mobile Planet, a multichannel direct reseller, providing Infowave's Symmetry Pro wireless corporate e-mail software solution to its...

Hong Kong MVNO selects billing software

HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence Ltd. said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator service...

US Unwired reports increased revenues

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. reported 41,070 net personal communications services customer additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, ending the year with 277,036...

Mazingo offers subscription service

SAN FRANCISCO—Multimedia mobile delivery company Mazingo Network is offering a subscription service that allows users to access rich-media content from hundreds of channels.Included in...

Mexican mobile revenues to overtake switched access revenues in 2006

BOSTON—Market research firm Yankee Group said although Mexican mobile subscriber numbers surpassed fixed-line subscribers in 2000, revenues from mobile services will not overtake switched...

Sprint projects subscriber adds

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. said it expects its wireless division to add between 700,000 and 750,000 net subscribers during the first quarter of this...

Qualcomm scores BREW deal

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm's BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games.Under the deal, Walt Disney...

Motorola chooses Centerpost solution for enterprise alerts

CHICAGO—Centerpost Corp. said it has been chosen to provide Motorola Inc. with an enterprise alerting solution that will allow Motorola's IT organization employees to...

IBM introduces mobile workstation

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. introduced the first mobile workstation known as ThinkPad A31p with high-speed graphical performance with wireless technology, security and ease...

UbiNetics launches multimode protocol software

CARY, N.C.—UbiNetics said it has launched a multimode protocol software to smooth migration from GSM/GPRS to wideband CDMA."UbiNetics is currently working with all major...

Western Multiplex rejects DMC Stratex Networks offer

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Western Multiplex Corp. rejected the unsolicited offer made by DMC Stratex Networks Inc. last week to acquire Western Multiplex.The board of directors reaffirmed...

Commnet restructures into two entities

BURR RIDGE, Ill.—Commnet Wireless said its company has been restructured into two separate corporate entities.Commnet Supply L.L.C. will focus on wireless infrastructure distribution and...

Sprint, Nortel trial CDMA smart antenna technology

OTTAWA—Sprint PCS and Nortel Networks completed trials using Nortel's CDMA smart antenna technology, which the company said is designed to provide double the voice...

Aftermarket Technology to sell common stock

WESTMONT, Ill.—Aftermarket Technology Corp. announced it will sell 2.4 million shares of its common stock to an underwriters group led by Morgan Stanley, Merrill...

Cingular introduces new pricing plans

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless introduced new pricing plans eliminating roaming and long-distance charges in the United States. The plans, which are set to take effect this...

Corporate IT spending on wireless apps to grow 94 percent this year

ARLINGTON, Va.—International corporate IT industry spending on wireless applications will reach $680,000, a 94-percent increase from 2001 spending, according to a new report from...

Xtreme Spectrum demos streaming video on UWB

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Xtreme Spectrum Inc. said it demonstrated streaming video applications using ultra-wideband technology.The demonstration used four DVD players broadcasting four different MPEG-2 video...

CommSoft releases CommVergence 8.0

ALBANY, N.Y.—Telecommunications industry billing and customer care systems provider CommSoft Inc. released a new version of its flagship CommVergence product.CommVergence 8.0 allows customers to...

Air2Web, 2Roam acquisition complete

ATLANTA—Air2Web said it closed its acquisition of 2Roam.Under terms of the agreement, Air2Web acquired 2Roam's Wireless Solution, its customer base and retained its co-founder...

VoiceStream adds 667K subscribers in 4Q

BELLEVUE, Wash.—VoiceStream Wireless Corp. released additional information on its fourth quarter and full-year 2001 results showing the carrier added 667,400 net subscribers during the...

Verizon to cut 10,000 jobs this year

NEW YORK—Verizon Communications said it expects to cut the equivalent of 10,000 jobs this year through attrition, less overtime and fewer consultants. The carrier...

I-mode to make European debut in Germany

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the...
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