Sierra Wireless

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS introduced its Wireless Web for Business starter kits for its customers, including Internet-ready phones, service plans, corporate data access software, connectivity devices and customer support for …

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 …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Streaming video is a technology that is often mentioned in conjunction with third-generation (3G) networks, but users may see its possibilities sooner than 3G network rollouts. Streaming media is …

LAS VEGAS-Executives from Brightpoint, RadioShack, Sierra Wireless and TeleCorp PCS were presented with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s President’s Awards this week at CTIA Wireless 2001. Brightpoint and its …

Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

AWR Applied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brian Tobin, Canada’s Minister of Industry officially announced a $9.9 million repayable investment in Sierra Wireless by Technology Partnerships Canada. The TPC investment is to be used for …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless, which manufactures wireless data modems, announced Channel Connections, a new program that supplies channel partners hoping to increase sales in wireless data products and services with …

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. announced it launched its Wells Wireless mobile banking service, which is powered by 724 Solutions Inc.’s financial services platform. Wells Fargo customers will have …

NEW YORK-Bell Mobility, Toronto, plans a series of initiatives this year to expand its data and Internet services and move toward third-generation wireless, Pierre Blouin, president and chief executive officer …

VANCOUVER-Nortel Networks entered an agreement to work with Sierra Wireless Inc. to develop wireless modems based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and General Packet Radio System. The companies did …

Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services. PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video …

As part of its recently released Wireless Web for Business initiative, Sprint PCS unveiled its Wireless Web Modem, a portable solution designed for business customers to wirelessly access the Internet …

BILLERICA, Mass.-Kinetic Computer Corp. and Sierra Wireless Inc. have taken wireless fleet management systems one step further by introducing Internet access to eTRUCK, Kinetic’s fleet management service. Kinetic embedded Sierra’s …

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 …

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 …

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices. Only technology …

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. is on track to launch its new Ricochet service with data speeds up to 128 kilobits per second in New York and several other cities markets by …

Almost exactly one year after becoming the first wireless carrier to introduce wireless Internet service to customers, Sprint PCS has introduced a new program to its Wireless Web service that …

SAN DIEGO-In “Mission Impossible” fashion, Metricom Inc. ended years of buildout and anticipation by finally launching the first market for its Ricochet 128 kilobits per second wireless data network in …

Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers. Targeted specifically at large-volume corporate customer …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced nine new member companies, including Telecom New Zealand, Cadence Design Systems Inc., Illinois Superconductor Corp., PrairieComm, Schlumberger, ScoreBoard Inc., Sierra Wireless Inc., SigmaOne …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless SRL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless Inc., entered into a joint development agreement with Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd. and a supply agreement with …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced its subsidiary Sierra Wireless SRL has agreed to help integrate radio components from Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd. into its wireless data products. In …