MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay-The Direccion Nacional de Comunicaciones in Uruguay is drawing up rules for an auction of personal communications services licenses. The government will auction 15-megahertz blocks in the A and …
NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc. announced JP Systems Inc. has agreed to provide its e-mail access to YadaYada customers on Palm OS-based personal digital assistants, according to a deal in which YadaYada …
TOKYO-The Japanese government decided not to use the 5 GHz band for wireless access services in an open field. An advisory body for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications on …
ANNANDALE, Va.-Invertix Corp. garnered $11 million in its second round of private-equity financing and said it plans to use the funds to bolster the deployment of its new flagship offering, …
HERNDON, Va.-InphoMatch, a Web-to-wireless applications developer, and online community site eNeighbors teamed up to provide wireless communications and commerce services to communities connected through eNeighbors.com. The goal is to link …
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Informano Networks announced it added interactivity to The Gallup Organization’s Election 2000 wireless Web site. Informano said users will be able to remotely check Gallup’s site for specific information, …
WASHINGTON-The hearing-impaired community has asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider mandating hearing aid compatibility for digital mobile phones, saying the wireless industry has failed to adequately address the problem. …
ATLANTA-Hotpalm.com and Newton Park Inc. have formed an agreement under which Hotpalm will provide its wireless application service provider services to Newton Park’s real estate, hospitality and e-commerce clients. Newton …
The satellite-based telecommunications market made headlines again last week as Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. released disappointing financial results and bankrupt provider Iridium L.L.C. endorsed a $25 million buyout bid from former …
ATHENS, Greece-The National Telecommunications and Post Commission of Greece announced its intention to grant individual licenses for fixed wireless access networks. The auction for the 15-year licenses is set to …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Gravitate Inc. has partnered with Oven Digital to cooperate on developing location-based wireless Internet gaming based on Gravitate’s Location Precise software platform. Under the agreement, Gravitate will license …
According to Strategy Analytics’ new market report, “U.S. Cellular Handset Market Status,” Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. continue to hold leadership positions in the handset market, while Ericsson continues to …
WASHINGTON-Either the specialized mobile radio industry has ceded the 800 MHz band to Nextel Communications Inc. or there are very few companies willing to take on the giant. Auction results …
LONDON-Ericsson launched its new T20 mobile phone, available in November, which features Swatch Internet time and WAP mobile chat. The company said the Swatch Internet time feature will help customers …
WASHINGTON-As the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal rules. The fine, which was agreed …
If you were to ask most wireless subscribers what they wanted out of their wireless service, you would get a variety of answers that led to one overriding desire-more. If …
NEW TRIPOLI, Pa.-Revenues for semiconductor processing equipment will rise 76 percent this year and another 46 percent next year, according to a new report. The report, published by market research …
NEW YORK-MCI WorldCom Inc. sees an opportunity to transform its wireless resale business into one of full-fledged virtual network operation, said Bernard J. Ebbers, president and chief executive officer. Resale …
TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier’s mobile-phone business. NTT DoCoMo has said repeatedly …
CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Silicon Radio selected the ARM core for the applications programs that run above the existing CSR BlueCore, Bluetooth hardware and firmware in its range of programmable Bluetooth devices. …
