TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless has inked a deal to provide wireless data services for Purolator Courier, Canada's largest courier company.Under the deal, Purolator will use Rogers AT&T Wireless technology and its network to allow dispatch, field and delivery workers, along with supervisors, to synchronize and...
CALGARY—Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector plans to purchase and/or license Wi-Lan Inc.'s high-speed wireless data communications equipment and resell Wi-Lan's products through the sector's sales channels, the companies announced.Wi-Lan offers its BWS 3000 series point-to-multipoint wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology...
TORONTO—Rogers AT&T Wireless signed an agreement with Canadian delivery company Purolator Courier Ltd. to use the carrier's GSM/GPRS network to provide an end-to-end wireless data solution enabling access to shipping information for Purolator customers across Canada.Purolator said it has deployed more than 6,000 Symbol...
SAN DIEGO—Advanced mobile device maker PC-EPhone Inc. announced it will form a joint venture with Whitelite Communications Ltd., a division of Process Control & Automation Systems, to sell its devices under the Whitelite brand name.PC-EPhone also announced a new bridge loan facility with PCAS...
RESTON, Va.—Seeking to further solidify its place in the wireless data market, Nextel Communications Inc. released a new wireless modem for laptops, as well as a new data compression technology the company said will speed wireless data transmissions by up to five times the...
CALGARY—Wi-Lan Incorporated shares soared 20.9 percent after the Calgary-based maker of wireless data communications equipment said it will meet revenue targets for 2002. Its stock was up 42 Canadian cents to C$2.43 (US$1.55) a share on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday.The company reported...
NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced a major sale to Portugal wireless carrier Optimus for its full multimedia messaging product line.Optimus will use CMG's Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, Wireless Service Broker, Prepaid mCharger and Business Tools products.Optimus has been working with CMG since...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Echoing the guarded optimism expressed by several other wireless data companies, Aether Systems Inc. reported sluggish first-quarter sales but hope for the coming months."The positive trends beginning to develop are reason for optimism, albeit cautious amid an economic environment that remains slow...
OTTAWA, Ontario—SiGe Semiconductor announced its RangeCharger-based PA2423MB power amplifier has been chosen by W-Link for use with it's Class 1 Bluetooth products.SiGe's power amplifier strengthens signal integrity in W-Link's Bluetooth products to improve the performance of wireless data exchange and network and Internet access...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Geoworks Corp. said Nasdaq approved the company's request to have its common stock traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market starting in May.Geoworks recently shifted its focus from selling wireless data services to corporations to selling software and design services to mobile device makers.
FORT LEE, N.J.—ReefEdge Inc. released its ReefEdge Service Provider Solution (SPS), a solution that allows service providers to offer broadband wireless data services to mobile corporate users."The ReefEdge SPS offers service providers the unique capability of creating a new type of broadband wireless network...
LOS ANGELES—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to bolster the content available on its mMode wireless data service through a new deal with PriceGrabber, which will offer a shopping comparison application."We're always looking to provide additional value to our customers—and PriceGrabber clearly delivers," said Andy...
RESTON, Va.—Wireless data network operator Motient Corp. pulled off what could be considered a magic trick, considering the current economic situation and the dire troubles faced by other wireless data companies. The carrier will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the aid of an...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones introduced the new Verizon Wireless VX1 a small, lightweight, tri-mode digital wireless phone. The new phone, designed by LG Mobile Phones, includes voice and data capabilities and can work with a laptop as a modem to access...
CHICAGO—Cambia Networks, which provided high-end data networking infrastructure products for wireless carriers, shut down late last month.Cambia officials could not immediately be reached for comment.The company launched in August 2000 with $11 million in venture funding from Benchmark Capital, Skymoon Ventures and Eagle Technology...
BERKELEY, Calif.—Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (IC Mobile) has joined with wireless data software and services provider Idetic Inc. to offer next-generation mobile Internet services.Siemens IC Mobile is licensing the Idetic Far Reach technology and plans to integrate it into its mobile Internet product...
TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology by early next year.The carrier joins the likes of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and NTT DoCoMo by supporting Java technology, which many analysts agree is becoming one of...
SAN DIEGO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GSM/GPRS network in San Diego including the rollout of its recently introduced mMode wireless data service.The carrier said customers should expect data speeds of around 30 kilobits per second when accessing the network through a wireless handset...
ROME—The market for messaging services continues to lead the development of the worldwide wireless data industry, as shown by several news announcements.First, the GSM Association released figures showing the massive and continuing success of short message services throughout the world. According to the group,...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 percent as part of a major shakeup that officials said will enable it to...
WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 percent as part of a major shakeup that officials said will enable it to focus on...
TORONTO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd.'s new GPRS BlackBerry wireless e-mail/mobile phone device is now available throughout Canada through the company's deal with Rogers AT&T Wireless."This advanced wireless communications tool is a strong addition to our suite of leading-edge GSM/GPRS wireless data products and services,"...
FREMONT, Calif.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported the availability of @Road's iLM2710 Internet Location Manager with Nextel's iO1000 embedded wireless data modem. The companies said the offering will provide businesses with critical information as well as monitoring and messaging data enabling enhanced reporting and scheduling features.
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Merchants now have a variety of new options to choose from in order to conduct business when they are away from their cash register.Wireless Internet application and service provider InfoSpace Inc. released its new AirPay payment processing system, which the company said allows...
