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GoAmerica becomes SAP Service Partner

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. announced it has become an SAP Service Partner, meaning it will work with SAP customers to facilitate a more seamless rollout of mySAP Mobile Business Applications.Users of mySAP.com, an e-business platform, will be able to extend enterprise applications to mobile employees...

GoAmerica to purchase OutBack Resource Group

NEW YORK—GoAmerica Inc. made yet another major announcement, this time that it is acquiring OutBack Resource Group of San Luis Obispo in order to expand its efforts in Java technology, with an eye toward developing its Go.Web service in Java by the first quarter...

GoAmerica sets up team to assist new subscribers

HACKENSACK, N.J.—Wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. said it is establishing a team to assist new subscribers who migrate to GoAmerica from other wireless data and Internet services providers.A spokeswoman for the company said the move was partly due to the situation at wireless service...

GoAmerica releases wireless data security solution

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. released its Go.Web OnPrem, which the company said is a behind-the-corporate-firewall server solution that provides enterprise customers greater security and control over wireless data. The company also will offer integration services to enterprise customers to facilitate smooth technology implementation."Security is an...

GoAmerica to provide wireless Internet service for Rogers AT&T customers

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. will provide wireless Internet service to all of Canadian wireless carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless's GSM/GPRS subscribers, a move that greatly expands the relationship between the two companies and marks GoAmerica's first move into 2.5-generation network technology.Rogers AT&T, which this summer completed...

GoAmerica reports strong second quarter

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Corporate wireless data provider GoAmerica Inc. released a strong second-quarter earnings report, showing substantial gains in subscribers and revenue but a jump in its losses due to a previously announced increase in roaming costs.The company's net loss was $25 million, due in part...

Late News

Group may prod FCC to probe NextWaveA group of carriers impacted by an appeals court ruling that returns PCS licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc. is considering filing a petition to ask the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether NextWave's ownership complies with foreign-ownership restrictions.GoAmerica...

U.S. firms can lead in wireless data, report says

A major question in the wireless data industry today seems to be: How do you make money?The recent refrain from industry watchers is that wireless data is set to soon explode, both in the United States and worldwide-but exactly how that blast will occur is...

Sony, GoAmerica introduce MYLO wireless service

NEW YORK-Sony Electronics and GoAmerica Inc. introduced a new MYLO wireless service at the PC Expo here June 25 that will provide Internet access for users of CLIE monochrome handheld and VAIO notebook computers."MYLO stands for `My Life Online'. Sony ... will offer mobile...

GoAmerica expands Compaq relationship

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless data and Internet services provider GoAmerica Inc. said it expanded its relationship with Compaq Computer Corp. and will power Compaq's iPAQnet Mobility Solutions for mobile computers over CDPD networks.In November, Compaq selected GoAmerica as the first wireless service provider to support its...

Products

AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...

Nokia ousts Lucent as net income leader for year

NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders.Lucent Technologies Inc., which had previously topped the charts...

Metricom offers PC card for Ricochet network

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In what is perhaps the most significant step since announcing the commercial launch of its Ricochet service in limited markets earlier this summer, Metricom Inc. happily presented CTIA's Wireless I.T. attendees here with the first wireless PC card supporting its new network.The...

GoAmerica partners with Dell Computer

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Inc. signed an agreement with Dell Computer Corp. that allows Dell to sell GoAmerica's range of wireless Internet and communications products and services through its Dellware line of third-party software, peripherals and accessories.The agreement will give Dell customers...

Wireless content firms find initial success with IPOs

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 emerge was i3 Mobile Inc., formerly Intelligent Information Inc. The company aggregates Internet-based content like...