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NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless Inc., a Canada-based maker of wireless data modems, will have commercially available in December its new AirCard CE Cellular Digital Packet Data modem for Windows CE 2.0 …

CHANTILLY, Va.-GTE Corp. created a national wireless stock-trading system, extending the reach of online investment programs from desktops to mobile phones. GTE Wireless Trader allows people to trade stock, receive …

UNITED KINGDOM-Ram Mobile Data U.K. announced it was awarded a three-year contract to provide all nationwide field service communications in the United Kingdom for Lonco Industrial Services Ltd., one of …

HEWLETT PACKARD A complete test solution for installing and maintaining radio-frequency infrastructure systems for Cellular Digital Packet Data and mobile data base station equipment was introduced by Hewlett-Packard Co. at …

AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile devices that are compatible with their …

NORCROSS, Ga.-LXE Inc., a subsidiary of Electromagnetic Sciences Inc., introduced several product enhancements for its wireless data collection systems. The new products include additions to the 2330 handheld computer, a …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group said its new system-on-a-chip process could result in wireless phones that operate for a month without needing recharging. The company announced a .13 micron fabrication …

NEW YORK-JVC Company of America, Wayne, N.J., and PocketScience Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., have teamed up to provide a portable e-mail system that is both complementary to and competitive with …

LONDON-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced 23 companies have joined the organization since May, and it recently expanded and elected new officers to its board of directors. Formed last summer …

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which designs, manufactures and installs wireless local area network systems, bar-code systems and short-range wireless-connectivity products, today announced its support for and full participation in the …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said scientists at its Bell Labs research and development arm have developed a technology that could boost capacity of some wireless links by a multiple of 10 …

The massive popularity of 3Com Corp.’s PalmPilot personal digital assistant has spurred several mobile communications companies to develop wireless solutions for the product. The most recent application is from Mitsubishi …

Sorry Microsoft Corp., but analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts the handheld device market in the future will not be dominated by any single standard. “Microsoft will not dominate this category …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Novatel Wireless Inc. said it started shipping its Sage Wireless IP (Internet Protocol) modem, a self-powered, external wireless modem that provides users a communications device that works with …

Globecomm Systems Inc. said its board of directors authorized a stock repurchase of up to $2 million of its outstanding common stock, representing about 450,000 shares, or about 4.9 percent …

GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Information Mechanics Inc.’s line of wireless data applications for smartphones and other handheld devices. Under the …

NEW YORK-Sirf Technology Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif., company established in 1995, announced agreements last week with Ericsson Inc., Hitachi America Ltd. and Nokia Corp. designed to propel the use …

NEW YORK-For consumers, the important news out of a Motorola Inc. press conference July 21 is the broad suite of new wireless telecommunications devices the industry heavyweight debuted. For other …

At a somewhat lavish press event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Motorola Inc. announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Starfish Software Inc., a leading supplier …

CITEL Citel Inc. unveiled a new line of coaxial surge protectors that provide protection against lightning surges and electrical transients. They use gas tube technology, making them suitable for broadband …

PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it began shipping the Synapse Pager Card, which allows wireless messaging on 3com Corp.’s PalmPilot Organizer. The card-developed by PageMart, 3Com and Motorola Inc.-upgrades all Pilot, …

Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud, which is operating a cellular network in St. Cloud, Minn., under the name Cellular 2000, is ahead of many rural carriers in deploying digital technology …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have …

Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right “look,” industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for marketing the enigmatic technology. The Cellular …

Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology. Motorola’s …