NEW YORK-Snaz Commerce Solutions, which provided wireless commerce products, said today it was forced to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which involves liquidating all the company’s assets. “I am disappointed …
PLEASANTON, Calif.-FunMail Inc. said it will support the Picture Messaging format from Nokia Corp. within its wireless messaging system. Under the system, users could simply type a short message service …
NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to wireless customers interested in getting discounts …
The NextWave Telecom Inc. saga continued last week as the hopeful wireless wholesaler unveiled funding plans to roll out its network, while its potential wireless competitors/customers continued to look for …
Crown Castle International Corp., SpectraSite Holdings Inc. and SBA Communications Corp. reported positive revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, but they did not escape the current telecom shakedown …
NEW YORK-Nortel Networks Corp. and Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. tapped the debt markets for a total of $1.65 billion last week, providing another reminder that telecommunications bond buyers …
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless customers in the Washington, D.C., area were without service early yesterday following a power outage at one of the carrier’s main switching stations in Maryland. Cingular said the …
WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. insisted last week in meetings with industry, federal regulators and the press that it plans to build out its network, and further litigation only delays that …
One man’s asset recovery is another man’s poison. Like a stylized garage sale, wireless equipment manufacturers are auctioning off excess inventories, which are being shipped to needy markets in the …
Finland’s Sonera said it will “take immediate steps to liquidate” Broadband Mobile ASA in Norway, partly because Enitel ASA, its equal partner in the third-generation wireless joint venture, already has …
WASHINGTON-XtremeSpectrum Inc., a hopeful entrant into the ultra-wideband market, has made a proposal that it believes will answer critics’ claims that ultra-wideband technologies will cause harmful interference to the global …
FRANKFURT, Germany-As the company grapples with a slackening economy, Siemens AG may slash 3,000 more jobs to save money in its telecommunications divisions, according to the Wall Street Journal. “This …
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Wireless service provider IMC WorldCell announced it now offers Iridium Satellite phones and service, expanding WorldCell coverage to hard-to-reach places across the globe. Traveling WorldCell customers can rent …
Oracle Corp. has made one more stride into the wireless space. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software vendor announced what it called its e-Business Suite, which will allow users of handheld …
Sprint Corp. announced the pricing structure of its planned $2 billion secondary offering of Sprint PCS shares and equity units, placing 70 million shares of PCS common stock at a …
WASHINGTON-A $148 million class-action lawsuit was filed last week accusing the Federal Communications Commission of breach-of-contract when it failed to redraw lottery applications for seven rural service area licenses when …
Telecom layoffs have climbed above 175,000 since the first of the year. Earnings are down, stocks are down and a turnaround is not expected until well into 2002. It is …
While I believe that m-commerce will someday become mainstream in the United States, I have to admit that my eyes always tend to glaze over a bit when a wireless …
REDMOND, Wash.-DaimlerChrysler chose AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its development partner and wireless provider for the company’s new telematics strategy, AT&T Wireless announced. In addition to the development of a …
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian …
