wireless data

Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a deal worth $86 million. The agreement …

Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced a closed sale of common stock to institutional investors, a move the company said would generate $23.2 million. The company said $6.7 million …

“What Simpay is all about is opening up the mobile Internet space beyond the carrier’s branded portal,” said Jim Wadsworth, Simpay’s chief marketing officer. Described as a mobile-commerce company, Simpay’s …

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. announced a closed sale of common stock to several institutional investors, a move the company said would generate a total of $23.2 million. …

Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported a strategic partnership with RE/MAX International providing RE/MAX affiliates in the United States with access to the carrier’s EDGE wireless data service though laptops …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said Verizon Wireless has licensed its Infinys rating and billing software called Geneva. The software will be implemented by the two companies and integrated within Verizon’s systems portfolio, …

PRAGUE-Nortel Networks has been chosen to supply Czech Republic-based wireless service provider Eurotel Praha with a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network that will operate in the 450 MHz radio spectrum. The network …

San Francisco’s Moscone Center meeting and exhibition facility is quickly becoming a haven of high-tech wireless communications technology. The 2 million square-foot facility, developed and owned by the City and …

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s board of directors adopted a proposal to restructure the company’s board, committees and councils. The restructure calls for a two-year transition from a board …

SUSSEX, United Kingdom-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will use games testing company Babel Media for its new Java Verified wireless application program. Babel will test Java applications to ensure they …

When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. reported solid fourth-quarter results with a return to profitability and a hopeful outlook, but investors seemed relatively unmoved and sent the company’s stock down slightly after …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-CDMA 1xEV-DO carrier Monet Mobile Networks Inc. said it will shut down its network April 2. The wireless Internet carrier covers eight cites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-BellSouth Corp. said it will launch its first major public Wi-Fi deployment in Charlotte, N.C., providing its customers with free access to high-speed wireless data at public locations concentrated …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-New research shows Vodafone’s Live! wireless data service and NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode service are both poised for growth outside of Japan. According to research and consulting firm Analysys …

CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry’s announcement of signing up its 1 billionth …

Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola Inc. Openwave also announced an acquisition it …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-P-Cube Inc. announced 3 Italy (Hutchison) and Israel’s Pelephone have become the first mobile network operators to select P-Cube’s Service Control Platform and Encharge solution for traffic analysis, control …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell two new BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices for its GSM/GPRS network, devices that bolster Cingular’s longtime support of Research In Motion Ltd.’s products. Cingular …

CANNES, France-Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola Inc. Openwave also announced an acquisition …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone follows the release of two …

SAN DIEGO-As mobile-phone news continues to roll in, LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its second GSM carrier partner with the release of the G4011 clamshell phone for AT&T Wireless Services …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it has been awarded a patent for its “Prepaid Real-Time Web-Based Reporting” solution. The solution allows prepaid wireless subscribers to obtain billing and usage information …