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When Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced its intention to create a service linking wireless devices to information based behind corporate firewalls, regardless of airlink standards, analysts had only one comment-“show me.” …

German telecom operator Mannesmann AG said it executed its option rights on shares of Italian mobile operator Omnitel, raising its stake in the company by 1.5 percent to 55 percent. …

MONTREAL-BCE Mobile Communications Inc., whose subsidiaries operate under the Bell Mobility name, reported a net loss of $49.9 million for the second quarter ended June 30. The company attributed the …

Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices. Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring …

Alcatel Austria. With Tele.ring for its new GSM 1800 network. Value: US$298 million Ericsson Brazil. With Telecom Italia Mobile to expand its TDMA network. Value: US$100 million China. With China …

TORONTO-You could call it short-term pain for long-term gain. At least that’s what the Canadian wireless carriers must be hoping. They’re rapidly winning new customers, but at a cost to …

HONG KONG-The future of cdmaOne technology was the theme of this year’s CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, and while data services are the future, wireless executives are struggling with …

TORONTO-Bell Mobility announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with NeoPoint Inc., formerly Innovative Global Solution, to introduce the new NeoPoint smart phone to Bell Mobility Digital personal communications services …

WASHINGTON-“Roaming is not yet dead, but it is traveling,” said Gary Bowman, network marketing program director for Bell Mobility Canada, on Wednesday, to a conference on international mobile roaming. In …

SAN DIEGO-Canada’s Bell Mobility announced it will begin formally testing the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture created by Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. The announcement makes …

Unwired Planet Inc. last week filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock in June, and also announced the first …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced it entered the Canadian telecommunications market through an agreement to provide Bell Mobility with the dual-mode/dual-band Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services SCH-1530 phone. …

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced United Kingdom operator Orange plc has begun a targeted deployment of Wildfire’s network voice-activated virtual assistant. Orange said the initial deployment will involve several thousand customers …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. plans to introduce a new series of Code Division Multiple Access phones this week at Wireless ’99 in New Orleans, including the company’s first CDMA tri-mode …

LOS ANGELES-After more than a year of testing, Pacific Bell Wireless announced it will offer the Wildfire electronic personal assistant from Wildfire Communications Inc. to its personal communications services customers …

LOS ANGELES-Nortel Networks said it is conducting live trials of cdmaOne circuit-switched data services with Bell Mobility and other selected customers and in the Nortel Networks Wireless Internet Lab in …

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada soon will begin testing its digital voice paging technology. OnmiVoice’s VoiceOver technology compresses voice messages into packets that can be transmitted …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium last week said they will join forces to collaborate on next-generation technology and to provide a unified …

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada will become the first telecom service provider to offer the Network Wildfire personal assistant service commercially. The limited market launch is expected …

Across most of the world’s regions, carriers and analysts are claiming prepaid cellular a resounding success. Along with calling party pays, it is considered one of the leading contributors to …

The industry’s first cellular phone manufacturer has become another casualty of the highly competitive handset business. Oki Telecom Inc. has ceased manufacturing, sales and marketing all mobile phones in the …

Analysts are indicating now is the time to buy some cheap Canadian wireless stocks, as the mobile phone market finally has rebounded from its 1997 growth slump. BT Alex.Brown Inc. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications Ltd. will develop prototype handsets for widespread testing of SnapTrack’s enhanced 911 solution, which is designed to meet the Federal Communications Commission mandate for …

NEW YORK-Cue Data Corp. formed a strategic alliance with ZipLink L.L.C. of Lowell, Mass., to provide nationwide Internet connectivity featuring seamless integration with Cue Corp.’s nationwide wireless messaging network. Cue …

SnapTrack Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is attracting attention from some industry heavyweights with its Global Positioning System-based method for providing location-based services, including enhanced 911 service. Seven Code …