BANGALORE, India—PrairieComm Inc., a software supplier to mobile handset makers, has launched a software center in India in which it plans to invest up to $10 million in three years. …
WASHINGTON—A new report calls on the U.S. government to make an additional 200 megahertz of spectrum available to the marketplace by 2010 to foster the development of high-speed, wireless broadband …
CINCINNATI—TeleCorp PCS signed a contract with Convergys Corp. to use its Atlys end-to-end billing and customer care products in TeleCorp’s service bureau environment. The contract replaces an agreement signed in …
PALO ALTO, Calif.—The mobile-commerce industry gained yet another standards body, the PayCircle consortium, which is aimed at creating interfaces that will allow all m-commerce applications to work with various proprietary …
TORONTO—Motorola Inc. launched the company’s new V101 personal communicator in an exclusive deal with Rogers AT&T Wireless in Canada. The carrier will offer the device, which features phone and text …
INDIANAPOLIS—Fortune Diversified Industries Inc. (FDVI) has acquired the telecommunications unit of DicksonHughes Group (DHG), a move through which FDVI expects to add $3 million to $4 million to its annual …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Hutchison Telecom, Telstra and Optus are among the companies in talks with Lucent Technologies Inc. to buy parts of One.Tel Network, which has collapsed. Last May the company …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Internet giant Yahoo announced it is working to bring the wireless Internet to the nation’s oldest form of mass transit—the train. Under a deal between Yahoo and Amtrak, three …
ST. LOUIS—Amdocs Ltd. reported first-quarter earnings after the trading close January 22 of $4.3 million, or 2 cents per share, on revenues of $422.6 million. For its 2002 first quarter, …
NEW YORK—Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will offer its customers wireless instant messaging services, including the ability to create buddy lists and communicate with desktop users, through a deal with …
BEND, Ore.—Edge Wireless L.L.C. announced it is offering its customers Airbiquity Inc.’s global positioning system accessory, which is compatible with Nokia handsets, in an effort to comply with Phase II …
PLANO, Texas—MetaSolv Inc. announced it will purchase for $35 million in cash portions of Nortel Networks’ service commerce operation support system business. The transaction includes software assets of Architel Systems, …
NEW YORK-Lightbridge Inc., Burlington, Mass., said it has gained gain the rights to develop and use “advanced modeling technology” from Computer Science Innovations Inc., Melbourne, Fla., that will enhance its …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. posted revenues of $93.4 million for the second quarter, better than some analyst estimates, but its third-quarter outlook gave rise to worry. …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. signed a $234 million, five-year IT outsourcing agreement with EDS to manage Nextel’s corporate data center, database administration, helpdesk, desktop services and other technical functions. As …
SAN JOSE—Mentor Graphics Corp. and NewLogic are making Bluetooth integration easier through a marketing agreement that lets system-on-chip designers license Bluetooth silicon intellectual property from the Mentor Graphics Inventra Intellectual …
TORONTO—Bell Canada introduced its VoiceNet voice recognition service allowing its customers to have their e-mail messages and other Sympatico-Lycos Web content read to them through the use of voice commands. …
NEW YORK—The Sprint PCS Clear Wireless Workplace added a new feature January 22 that will allow enterprise customers to integrate their landline and wireless phones for a monthly fee of …
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG bucked industry trends by reporting a first quarter net profit of $478.8 million against a loss of $971 million in the previous quarter. “The level of net …
LOS GATOS, Calif.—Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and a longtime leader in the computer industry, announced he is jumping into wireless with a new company called Wheels of Zeus. …
