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Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-MobileSys Inc. launched its MobileSys Network last week, and made partnerships with WebLink Wireless Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to expand its enterprise data solution to wireless networks. …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. is targeting telematics and personal computers in its product debut this week at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Telematics uses wireless and global positioning system …

Certicom, an encryption technology company specializing in solutions for the mobile computing and wireless data markets, has introduced a virtual private network software solution for handheld mobile devices. The Certicom …

Plantronics Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed offering by a stockholder of 1 million shares of Plantronics common stock. …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, challenged with increased use of mobile phones, navigation systems, the Internet and other technologies in vehicles, will hold meetings the next two months on …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-AltaVista Shopping.com introduced AltaVista Shopping Everywhere, a new Internet source for wireless and handheld devices and applications. The site features wireless applications that allow users of Web-enabled phones …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-M2card Inc., a payment solution provider, and Inciscent, a wired-to-wireless application service provider, announced they have formed a strategic alliance to develop wireless transaction services designed to complement …

In an effort to encourage businesses to use palmtop personal computers as mobile access tools to enterprise systems, Palm Inc. released its HotSync Server and Microsoft Exchange Conduit solution. The …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. has agreed to deliver 75,000 Merlin Cellular Digital Packet Data modem modules to Symbol Technologies Inc. Symbol said it plans to incorporate the modems into its …

HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. reported it had shipped more than 10 million DragonBall microprocessor products since its debut in 1995. The DragonBall family is the company’s DigitalDNA solution specifically targeted for …

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-More than 40,000 U.S. physicians are using a Palm Pilot application designed to prevent medication errors, according to ePocrates Inc. The ePocrates network allows physicians with Palm OS-based …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc., a WorldCom Inc. company, has begun offering the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd., branded BlackBerry by SkyTel, to customers nationwide. The service …

OmniSky OmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company’s new senior vice …

NEW YORK-IBM announced alliances with eight Internet professional services firms to build mobile e-commerce solutions for IBM’s wireless Internet initiatives. IBM said the companies-Agency.com; Answerthink; Luminary Worldwide Corp.; Organic; R/GA; …

ATLANTA-XcelleNet Inc., a mobile enterprise management solutions firm, announced strategic technology alliances and partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., the Symbian initiative and Symbol Technologies Inc. in an …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

AUSTIN, Texas-Neomar Inc. said it will use Wireless Transport Layer Security Protocol technology from Certicom to protect transmissions using its WAP browser technology designed for Research In Motion Ltd. devices …

Whatever you do, don’t tell John Beletic he’s running a paging network. “We spend $580 million building a two-way messaging network and $90 million on the one-way paging network and …

AUSTIN, Texas-Extended Systems Inc. released its XTNDConnect RPM remote procedure middleware server for developing wireless and wired applications for real-time access to enterprise data and server processes at the Wireless …

LOS ANGELES-Novatel Wireless Inc. will supply its Minstrel V Wireless Palmtop Modems for CreSenda Wireless’ professional series handheld computers. A strategic partnership agreement between the companies also includes a co-engineering …

SignalSoft Steven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer …

DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely “mobilize” Web content for Palm handheld …

NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp. received 237 orders for its new AlphaServer GS Series by mid morning the first day the company began selling the servers, said Michael Capellas, president and …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, will provide wireless Internet access for the Handspring Visor handheld computer through its Go.Web service. The service will allow individuals and businesses …