DENVER-Business traveler content provider Trip.com Inc. launched a wireless extension to its Internet site last week, featuring a first-of-its-kind ability to rebook flights from AT&T Wireless PocketNet phones. The service …
NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., has found a way to bend radio signals around buildings, dramatically enlarging its actual footprint without much additional network infrastructure. The fixed wireless carrier has …
BOSTON-Media conglomerates will likely control the content available to wireless devices, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, and wireless carriers’ only hope of competing with them is to …
SCHAMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc., Symbol Technologies Inc., Connect Things Inc. and AirClic Inc. announced a plan to form a new e-commerce company based on scanning bar codes. They have collectively invested …
NEW YORK-Although presumably the driver was not watching PacketVideo’s streaming media on a mobile phone as he drove at 80 mph, the technology passed this test, which an undisclosed Las …
MobilePosition.com is a Swedish company looking to combine lifestyle-focused vertical Internet content with location position technology and mapping functions. Calling itself a microportal, the company is marketing its platform to …
WASHINGTON-As the phone tax repeal and electronic signature bills progressed in Congress last week, two other bills of importance to the wireless industry-uniform sourcing and China trade-remained in limbo. On …
WASHINGTON-Refuting rumors of slowing revenue growth and decreasing membership, the American Mobile Telecommunications Association said last week it is taking over the frequency coordination duties of the American Trucking Association. …
NEW YORK-Despite the well-deserved drubbing of many dot-coms, communications companies, particularly equipment and component suppliers, are well worth investing in, securities analysts said June 14 at The Bear Stearns Companies …
Aether Systems Inc. added yet another tier to its ever-expanding services platform last week by partnering with Critical Path Inc., one of the largest messaging solutions providers in the industry. …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire Wynd Communications Corp., a provider of wireless messaging solutions for the deaf and hard of hearing. GoAmerica in particular named Wynd’s …
Middleware technology provider Nettech Systems Inc. jumped into the wireless application service provider game last week, changing its name to BroadBeam Corp. in the process. The company intends to leverage …
AUSTIN, Texas-When MarketScape Inc. changed its name to Mobilize Inc. in April, it involved more than ordering new business cards for the company. It was a chance for the company …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Signaling and intelligent network services provider Illuminet Holdings Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held prepaid wireless provider National Telemanagement Corp. In connection with the acquisition, Illuminet …
Ignition Corp. reported its first investment in the wireless market-second-round financing for etrieve Inc., a provider of e-mail messaging solutions for mobile customers. “Ignition’s philosophy on venture-capital investing is what …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector and Xybridge Technologies entered a strategic relationship to develop and integrate Xybridge’s Universal Services Suite softswitch solutions for mobility applications with Motorola’s Aspira …
MADRID-British Telecommunications plc and Vodafone AirTouch plc ended their ongoing struggle for control of Spain’s wireless carrier Airtel, with BT agreeing to support Vodafone in acquiring further stakes in Airtel. …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. entered an agreement with Mosley Associates Inc., a privately held manufacturer of digital transmission systems for the telecommunications industry, to sell its Microwave Data Systems division …
TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., an Internet infrastructure software developer for financial services providers, has licensed a Wireless Application Protocol gateway designed by Neomar Inc. and integrated it into its Financial Services …
DALLAS-BellSouth Mobility DCS signed Nortel Networks Corp. to a three-year, $200 million equipment and services agreement to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the southeastern United States. …
