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SEATTLE-Alaska Airlines expanded its wireless offerings, which include mobile flight information and flight schedules, to give customers the ability to check in for flights using a Web-enabled phone or personal …

More than 50 percent of the 39.8 million business travelers in 1999 brought cellular phones with them on their trips, according to the Travel Industry Association of America. Such numbers …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced a “wireless travel concierge” portfolio to its Digital PocketNet wireless Internet service via partnerships with several companies and content providers. Alaska Airlines, Biztravel.com, Delta …

Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services. PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Televigation announced its Snap-to-Map navigation system successfully completed Ericsson’s GPRS Applications Performance Evaluation. The company said the results show its product is ready for deployment on GPRS networks. The …

TOKYO-Japanese vendors are in the final stages of developing third-generation (3G) terminals. Japanese 3G services are scheduled to be launched earlier than any other country in May 2001 by NTT …

CHICAGO-United Airlines moved to dramatically increase the accessibility and ease with which its customers will be able to use wireless devices such as personal digital assistants and wireless-enabled laptop computers, …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

CHICAGO-United Airlines introduced enhancements to United Update, a suite of applications designed to inform travelers with WAP-enabled wireless devices of flight and travel information via United’s wireless Web sites. The …

TOKYO-The number of Japanese PHS subscribers expanded in the December-January time frame, demonstrating that the long-ailing PHS business is starting to revitalize. The number of PHS users in the country …

ZURICH, Switzerland-Swissair said it became the first airline to allow customers to check in for flights using Wireless Application Protocol-based mobile phones. The service, which was developed in conjunction with …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Labs said it has built the world’s thinnest functional transistor using a class of perovskite materials that will enable future transistors to be smaller and faster while consuming …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Following up its widely acclaimed NeoPoint 1000 smart phone, NeoPoint Inc. last week at Wireless I.T. introduced a location-based wireless portal called myAladdin.com. The portal is positioned as …

Transcrypt Transcrypt International Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary launched a new line of mobile and portable radios designed to operate on Motorola Inc.’s Smartnet and SmartZone systems in the 800 …

Wireless carriers are about to get an education, one that San Francisco-based Telephia Inc. believes is long overdue. Founded in February 1998, by Tom Frangione and John Oyler-both with extensive …

ELite Logistic Services Elite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.’s two-way ReFLEX network, the …

Supra Products rounded out its TRACcess family of electronic access devices with the introduction of its TRAC-Cabinet device. TRAC-Cabinet is a general purpose electronic cabinet lock designed to control and …

Xircom Xircom Inc. announced a new product line called CompactCard, which it said extends wireless connectivity for Windows CE handheld computers. CompactCard is a series of Type II CompactFlash cards …

While paging carriers work to upgrade their network technology to fit the advanced messaging paradigm, several also are working to upgrade the services available on their networks, namely content. For …

NEW YORK-The boundaries between internal and external computer networks are disappearing due to the warp-speed incursion of the Internet, raising security concerns within enterprises that want to exploit this promising …

GLOBECOM SYSTEMS Globecomm Systems Inc. announced commercial availability of its Systems Explorer II Portable Satphone, a satellite phone system that uses Integrated Services Digital Network technology. Explorer II is made …

WANDEL & GOLTERMANN RadMan is a personal safety monitor introduced by German company Wandel & Goltermann that measures electric and magnetic fields in any direction. RadMan monitors the limit values …

Everyone in Hollywood has one. Writers have one. Even some pets have one. So isn’t it about time your pager gets one, too? An agent, someone-or something-acts on your behalf, …

NEW YORK-Field-programmable gate arrays are poised to become the next key driver in the trend toward smaller, less expensive, more powerful and more quickly deployable cell sites, according to a …

NEW YORK-The United States Global Positioning System Industry Council, Washington, is opposing a plan, scheduled for a vote this week, that would permit mobile satellite systems to have some of …