This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes.For the first time ever, shoppers will be able to use their wireless devices to purchase items...
LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year's Fall Comdex show.Various PDA manufacturers and service providers made significant announcements at Comdex. And while wireless was but a footnote for...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-Verizon Wireless announced plans to open a new retail store in Grand Junction, Colo., and launch digital service in the area.This marks Verizon's 15th new retail store in the state and extends the company's digital coverage from Denver to Grand Junction along...
The hunt for spectrum by wireless carriers continued last week as Verizon Wireless, the country's largest operator, offered more than $2 billion for Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications.While the purchase was not surprising-Price has been looking for a buyer...
Attempting to slash its debt load by as much as $14 billion and boost sales, which have fallen by as much as 50 percent this year, British Telecommunications plc announced a companywide restructuring plan that includes plans to sell off up to 25 percent...
Over the past several weeks, Sprint PCS has rolled out several additions to its Wireless Web service designed to target the consumer market, particularly teen users.In the last month, users of Sprint's Wireless Web service have seen new folders added to their launch screens...
Wal-Mart's 1,000 stores nationwide will begin carrying disposable zinc-air cell phone batteries from Electric Fuel Corp. in time for the holiday shopping season.Each battery offers at least six hours of talk time and 60 hours of standby time for analog handsets, based on laboratory...
BOSTON-Nortel Networks said it will conduct a 10-week trial of its new e-mobility Location Communications Service, which is designed for travelers, visitors, college students and new residents and provides location-based information and services wirelessly.The service trial will include maps, find-it services for restaurants and...
NEW YORK-Chase Manhattan Bank announced it will use Tantau Software Inc.'s Wireless Internet Platform in the company's new wireless infrastructure.Chase said it intends to offer wholesale and retail customers the ability to conduct financial transactions via wireless devices. Tantau's solution will allow these users...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic's third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use.The formula has paid quick dividends. In its first four operational months, it signed up more...
After pioneering efforts to bring Bluetooth technology to market, Ericsson dropped plans to launch the T36 cell phone, its first Bluetooth-enabled handset, in an attempt to pull its handset division back toward profitability. The T36, announced in June, was one of two cell phones...
NEW YORK-Imagine your life story and your daily life compressed into a fashion accessory that combines computing and communications into a fashion accessory.Charmed Technologies, Beverly Hills, Calif. a venture-backed Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab spinoff, plans to make the first iteration of this...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has begun carrier trials of its first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone, the Timeport 270, and expects to begin shipping the CDMA handsets by year-end.Depending on "carrier testing regimens," the manufacturer expects to ramp up to full production of the tri-mode PCS, analog...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. acquired the remaining 49 percent of its Brazilian joint venture NG Industrial from partner Gradiente Telecom S.A. for $415 million.The joint venture was established in 1997 to manufacture mobile phones for the Brazilian market under both the Nokia and Gradiente brand...
The wireless industry is hoping to mirror the wireline industry in one aspect: the money-making potential of Internet advertising.But big questions remain. How will consumers react to advertising on their wireless devices? If they do, on which devices will advertising work most effectively?Advertising.com, which provides...
NEW YORK-A 6-percent average summer dip in the price of shares in American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International, Pinnacle Towers Inc., SBA Communications and SpectraSite Communications also reflected "a shift of investors out of telecom into what are perceived to be faster growth areas,"...
The life of a start-up company is as unpredictable as the weather, and sometimes the plotted course turns out to be the wrong path to success.Such was the case with Reason Inc. Just eight months ago, the company launched as Reason Wireless Ware, selling...
Aether Systems Inc. announced USAToday.com as the first customer for the recently introduced AirLoom service, which adapts Web content for wireless distribution.In addition, Aether said it will help USAToday.com develop and deliver customized wireless services in the future, possibly including personalized alerts, enhanced search...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS released the first two new models of Internet-ready phones provided by LG InfoComm as part of the company's $150 million agreement with LG.The TP3000, at 6.2 ounces, includes a 12-line touch screen with a virtual keyboard and a stylus housed...
CHICAGO-Partnerships are the key to success in the wireless Internet space, was the resounding theme at last week's PCIA GlobalXChange convention keynote session."The wireless Internet is like the proverbial wild West or the first blast off into space," Janiece Webb, senior vice president and...
MIAMI-Brightstar Mexico, a subsidiary of Brightstar Corp., was selected as the fulfillment partner for Telular Corp.'s Wireless Local Loop digital initiative supporting Mexican wireless operator Telcel."We are pleased that Telular and Telcel have trusted us with the fulfillment program," said Marcelo Claure, chief executive...
NEW YORK-Asia Cellular Satellite System, Jakarta, Indonesia, announced the commercial debut Sept. 27 of its dual-mode satellite and GSM 900 voice, fax, Internet, paging and data communications.The carrier said it is marketing the service under the brand name BYRU, a derivation of the Indonesian...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. opened an interactive retail Internet portal to sell its My2Way products and services from its Web site.Customers can buy the new Motorola Inc. T-900 pager or other interactive messaging devices at the site, as well as sign up for Motorola service...
While the "in-a-box" concept seems a natural fit for a fast-food chain, the more complex task of setting up wireless service may seem to be asking a bit much from such a simple idea.Equitel Inc., based in Research Triangle, N.C., thinks simple ideas are...
