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NEW ORLEANS-The world’s largest automaker, General Motors, said it will make OnStar a standard feature on all of its vehicles in the United States and Canada by 2007. The move …

Sprint Corp. reported that Ford Motor Co. has selected the telecommunications company to be the preferred wireless provider of Bluetooth phones and services for Ford’s Mobile-Ease Hands-Free Communication System. The …

Chet Huber is selling safety, security and peace of mind. And, he says, people are buying. Huber, president of General Motors’ telematics company OnStar Corp., offers up plenty of evidence …

LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. will provide Texas’ Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network with its IntelliVector Emergency Roadside Medical Messaging Service (ERMMS), an enhanced mobile safety solution for area police. The …

HOUSTON—Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network of Houston is teaming with Ford Motor Co. to show off its emergency rescue telematics system at the National Emergency Number Association annual conference …

BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems Inc. laid off about 80 employees and plans to exit the hands-free car kit manufacturing business. Company spokeswoman Lori Pidick told The Denver Post that all the …

Cellport Systems and Ford Motor Co. have teamed to offer the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command hands-free docking station and adapter in select 2002-model Ford vehicles late this summer, Cellport …

Oracle Corp. and Wingcast said they have formed a strategic alliance to develop new wireless telematics applications and services. As part of the alliance, Oracle and Wingcast immediately expect to …

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information …

Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear …

Telematics services, despite their slow start, are on the cusp of becoming standard features on millions of cars, but the kinds of services that will emerge as the most beneficial …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, growing increasingly concerned about the use of mobile phones and other high-tech gadgets in vehicles, plans to expand its review of driver distractions to …

Several telecommunications companies hooked up with auto makers to provide in-vehicle wireless capabilities at last week’s 2000 Detroit Auto Show. General Motors Corp. is in talks with Bell Atlantic Corp. …

Portals have a hidden agenda to capture the wireless e-commerce market. Carriers had better beware. Greek mythology chronicles the fall of the once-prosperous city of Troy, misled by the promise …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is charging that private wireless receives a subsidy because it does not pay for its licenses. The enhanced specialized mobile radio operator made the remarks in reply …

SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Protection One Mobile Services Group in a transaction valued at about $28 million. Both companies provide telematics services. Protection One Mobile currently is …