America Online Inc.

DULLES, Va.—Wireless consumers can now purchase wireless products and services through America Online Inc. A new online resource is available for AOL members at AOL Keyword: Wireless and at www.aol.com/wireless. …

WASHINGTON—Cingular Wireless said has donated 1,500 mobile phones and dispatched portable base stations to aid search and rescue operations in connection with terrorist attacks in New York and the nation’s …

Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago with its advanced phone/personal digital assistant …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-WebLink Wireless Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. both announced improvements to their e-mail offerings, adding e-mail heavyweights America Online Inc. and GroupServe. WebLink added AOL’s e-mail program to the …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications mergers made up four of the top 10 largest mergers of all time, according to a list released by the Associated Press following the approval of America Online …

With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry. The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created by Research In Motion Ltd., …

WASHINGTON-In a move with major implications for the future of mobile commerce and the $183 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., the Federal Communications Commission last …

CHICAGO-Partnerships are the key to success in the wireless Internet space, was the resounding theme at last week’s PCIA GlobalXChange convention keynote session. “The wireless Internet is like the proverbial …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and America Online Inc. last week announced their long-expected business alliance. The combination of the largest mobile carrier in Japan and the largest Internet service provider in …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo and America Online Inc. are reported to have reached a basic agreement about forming a joint venture, Yomiuri Shimbun reported last week. NTT DoCoMo denied the report, saying …

The upcoming U.S. spectrum auctions present some interesting times for the wireless industry. Auctions in the past were more predictable, primarily reserved for veteran executives experienced in running wireless networks. …

WASHINGTON-Several instant messaging companies, telecom carriers and Internet service and content providers have formed an organization dedicated to achieving true instant messaging interoperability among competing platforms. The IMUnified coalition said …

Arch Communications Group Inc. launched its two-way messaging service this week, positioning the new service as far away from the old paging paradigm as possible by using the brand Webster …

Whatever you do, don’t tell John Beletic he’s running a paging network. “We spend $580 million building a two-way messaging network and $90 million on the one-way paging network and …

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. will be active in the upcoming government auctions for 1.9 MHz and 700 MHz spectrum, said Steven M. Shindler, executive vice president and chief financial officer. …

Web sites that offer comparison shopping for wireless phones and services appear to be a dime a dozen these days. Consumers go to these sites because they promise to be …

WASHINGTON-With the House up for grabs this fall and a slew of high-tech bills pending before Congress, the high-tech lobby is flexing its muscle on Capitol Hill and shaping the …

As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless …

Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success. First to …

While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with …

WASHINGTON-As wireless e-commerce struggles to establish itself as an industry mainstay, it faces major legal, technical and security challenges like the cyber attacks of last week that temporarily shut down …

DULLES, Va.-The merging of Internet services and wireless communications continued to proliferate with the announcement that America Online Inc. and Casio Computer Co. Ltd. agreed to combine AOL’s e-mail service …

In what is perhaps the most concrete example to date of its commitment to extend Internet services to mobile devices, America Online Inc. last week acquired Tegic Communications Inc. for …

Wireless Internet start-up firm OpenGrid Inc. found itself in the wireless spotlight last week when industry titans Motorola Inc. and Philippe Kahn-chief executive officer of Motorola’s Starfish Software subsidiary-invested in …