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HANNOVER, Germany—Marco Boerries, developer of Sun Microsystems’ StarOffice office suite, unveiled his new company VerdiSoft at CeBit in Hannover this week. Boerries demonstrated VerdiSoft’s CrossPoint Server software that will allow …

CALGARY—The OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) Forum, an association promoting one global OFDM standard for cost-effective, high-speed wireless networks, announced the addition of several new members. Fujitsu PC and Wipro …

HANNOVER, Germany—More than 100 million customers across 27 countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, South Africa and Israel enjoy GSM high-speed data service, including international roaming. The networks use high-speed circuit …

WASHINGTON—Dr. George Carlo, the epidemiologist who caused an uproar two years ago after publicizing findings of genetic damage from low-level radio-frequency radiation, is launching a Web-based registry next week that …

HANNOVER, Germany—Commil Ltd. said it will present plans for its Cellarion Bluetooth network system at next week’s CeBIT 2002 show in San Francisco. The system will use access points and …

SAN FRANCISCO—M-Systems will display its flash disk technology at next week’s CeBIT embedded systems trade show. The company’s flash disk products include DiskOnKey, DiskOnChip, FFD and its latest offering, Mobile …

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) plans to hold its next quarterly general meeting in Orlando on March 19 in conjunction with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2002 …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) announced it has changed the date of its annual Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) and it will now be held …

WASHINGTON—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association held the first meeting of its Wireless Internet Caucus Leadership Council last week. The council said it will address hurdles facing the U.S. market …

ARLINGTON, Va.—William T. Esrey, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) Information luncheon presentation at Supercomm in Atlanta …

FREMONT, Calif.—Embedded software and server solution provider Access Systems America has joined the CDMA Development Group (CDG). “We have been closely working with the CDG to define next-generation data service …

TOKYO—Three Japanese carriers and three industry associations are going to set up an organization to evaluate mobile Internet content on 28 February. The organization, called Mobile Content Evaluation System Association, …

NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Digit Wireless has joined the Personal Communications Industry Association’s Global Initiative.Digit Wireless, founded in 2000 by former Apple Computer executive David Levy just introduced its first product, the Fastap …

SAN FRANCISCO—Java-based wireless application server software provider Aligo Inc. announced it added Applied Systems Analysis & Processing Inc. and Caribou Lake Software to its Mobile Application Systems Integrators group. Applied …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has joined the TDD Coalition, an organization formed to promote third-generation Time Division Duplex (TDD) technology. “There is growing interest in TDD …

BOSTON—The Salt Forum, a group of companies working to create an independent markup language for speech-enabling applications, announced 18 additional contributors have joined to further the group’s goal. Compaq, Glenayre …

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Susan E. Monahan has been chosen as director of GSM North America (GSMNA), the North American regional interest group of the GSM Association. “Sue brings considerable GSM experience …

PARK CITY, Utah—Independent movie enthusiasts at the Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 10-20, will be treated to a variety of cutting-edge wireless technologies, including wireless access to movie showtimes, customizable …

LONDON—The GSM Association announced GSM-CDMA inter-standard international roaming has been achieved between its Global Roaming Forum (GGRF), Korean CDMA operator Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF) and French GSM 1800 network operator …

WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association laid off five people on Wednesday, reducing its staff to 47 people after a similar reduction of nine people last October. While PCIA is “extremely …

SAN FRANCISCO—CMP Media’s Game Developer’s Conference announced it will offer an expanded wireless and mobile games curriculum, including a Wireless Game Summit hosted by wireless industry veteran Andrew Seybold. The …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United Telecom Council announced Nancy J. Victory, assistant secretary of commerce, will give the keynote address at UTC Telecom 2002 this June in Las Vegas. Victory plays a …

NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing together 35 industry experts to address three …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium says it has dissolved its operations, having concluded its five-year program in support of TDMA, WIN and EDGE technologies. A yet-unnamed group will carry …