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CrystalVoice Communications, which provides enterprise voice communications software solutions, appointed Harvey White chairman of its board of directors. White most recently was chief executive officer of Leap Wireless.EquantInfrastructure services company Equant said Benoit Merel will become its acting chief financial officer. He replaces Jacques...

GoAmerica may be coming to a stop

The fate of wireless enterprise company GoAmerica Inc. is unclear, and industry watchers have little faith that the company's destiny is a bright one."I don't really know what they bring to the table," said Michael King, senior analyst with Gartner Inc. "I do wonder...

EarthLink to sell 1xRTT laptop modems

ATLANTA-Internet service provider EarthLink said it will sell wireless laptop modems running over a national CDMA 1xRTT network, a move that further expands the ISP's wireless strategy.EarthLink wouldn't say what network it is reselling-either that of Sprint PCS or Verizon Wireless.EarthLink's new EarthLink Wireless...

Redwood woman gets settlement from wireless companies

NEW YORK-Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a redwood tree nicknamed "Luna" for two years to protest old growth forest destruction, has reached an out of court settlement with OmniSky Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the advertising agency TBWA Worldwide Inc. Ms....

Wireless data industry sees consolidation

ATLANTA—Consolidation moves across the wireless data industry continue to hit in waves, this time with three companies announcing sales or mergers.O2wireless Solutions Inc., which offers outsourced telecommunications services, announced it will merge with telecommunications infrastructure provider Baran Group Ltd. Under the merger, which is...

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...

OmniSky to be delisted

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp. said it received notice from Nasdaq that it is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements as a result of the company's inability to file a 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30. OmniSky said its stock will be delisted...

OmniSky late with 3Q report

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp. said it is unable to timely file its quarterly report for the third quarter. The company said it is too busy evaluating "various strategic options, including a reorganization, sale or other form of restructuring under the federal bankruptcy code" to file...

OmniSky looks at bankruptcy options, stock drops sharply

SAN FRANCISCO—OmniSky Corp.'s stock dropped by about 30 percent in trading after the company said it has been unable to raise additional capital and that it is "evaluating the potential benefits of a reorganization, sale or other form of restructuring under the federal bankruptcy...

Class-action filed against OmniSky for IPO

NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp.'s September 2000 initial public offering of 9.1 million shares of common stock at $12 per share has led to a shareholder class-action lawsuit, which was filed late month against OmniSky executives and several of its IPO underwriters.The case is pending in...

OmniSky expands service to multiple devices

NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp., a San Francisco-based wireless Internet service provider, has taken a series of steps recently to expand the number and kinds of devices with which it can communicate.This month, the company began offering support for the Hewlett-Packard Pavilion notebook personal computer and...

Phones showcased at TechXNY PC Expo

NEW YORK-Kyocera Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showcased new wireless phones at the TechXNY PC Expo 2001 last week that are more than conversation pieces.PC-EPhoneIn early July, San Diego-based distributor PC-EPhone Inc. will begin marketing through carriers, electronics retailers and online...

SkyGo, OmniSky enter alliance for advertising

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless advertising company SkyGo Inc. announced an alliance with OmniSky Corp. that could lead to widespread use of wireless advertising over OmniSky's service.Under the deal, OmniSky will refer its content partners to SkyGo, which will offer its wireless marketing services. SkyGo, which is...

Omnisky reports increased revenue

SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp.'s first-quarter results reflected an increase in revenue as well as net loss, though the loss was not as extreme as some analysts earlier predicted.Revenues were up to $5.5 million, more than 300 percent greater than last year. But the company's loss...

OmniSky service available for Compaq iPAQ

SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp.'s wireless service is commercially available for the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC via the Sierra Wireless AirCard 300 wireless modem.OmniSky's solution includes features like the Pocket Internet Explorer browser, the Os OneTap feature, which allows users to save Web information into the...

Companies position to be long-term survivors in WASP space

NEW YORK-Although Sprint PCS announced earlier this year its subscribers with smart phones had reached 1 million, "the number doesn't mean anyone is using them and the smart phones are anything but," said Joe Korb, president of GoAmerica, at the Angelbeat "Internet Untethered" conference...

OmniSky service now on two new devices

LAS VEGAS-OmniSky's service will run on two new devices and will enhance support for corporate e-mail.The company demonstrated its service running on the Kyocera QCP 6035 smart phone for the CDMA network, which it said shows its desire to extend its wireless service to...

Study says new WASPs and WISPs will challenge old carriers

Like the stubborn ache of a mild whiplash, new wireless application service providers (WASPs) and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are chipping away at the territories of established carriers, according to a study released by Friedman, Billings and Ramsey & Co. Inc., a consulting...

Columbitech gears up for U.S. effort

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, one of the world's premier breeding grounds for mobile-phone technology, wireless network security developer Columbitech is gearing up to take on the United States with a wireless virtual private network product that will allow users to access their corporate local...

vVault enhances productivity for mobile business professionals

If professionals need to be productive on the go, vVault thinks it has a platform on which they can walk.A mobile productivity applications provider, the company sets out to provide a technology platform to power network operators, ISPs, telecom carriers and device manufacturers."By coupling...

WebLink stock drops on poor earnings

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc.'s stocks dropped almost 50 percent last week after the company released its fourth-quarter results, which included a huge drops in sales, dire warnings for the year to come and 125 layoffs.WebLink said it lost $3.7 million in earnings for the fourth...

2Roam enters powerhouse deal with Matsushita

Wireless Web site enabler 2Roam Inc. announced several new deals last week, one of which the company hopes will propel it into new and more profitable markets in the Asia-Pacific and European regions."In the last 90 days, 2Roam has really expanded its business," said...

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Yada Yada Inc. has formed an alliance with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide co-branded Minstrel V Wireless Handheld Modems for the Palm V and to supply Minstrel S Wireless Springboard Modems for the Handspring Visor.Certicom, a mobile e-business security firm, has signed a licensing...

OmniSky picks up location technology with NomadIQ buy

OmniSky Corp., a wireless Internet and e-mail services provider, has signed a deal to acquire NomadIQ, which provides location-based applications and services for handheld devices.The agreement allows Omnisky to issue 2.5 million shares of its common stock to NomadIQ's shareholders, including options for employees,...