wireless data

Arch Wireless Inc. and Paging Network Inc. announced the completion of their merger Friday, creating the largest paging carrier in North America and adding a significant two-way wireless data player …

Qualcomm Inc.’s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its “Buy” rating of the company’s stock, which has seen …

WASHINGTON-Neoworld Inc., a newcomer with a back-to-the-future wireless strategy, represents a new breed of dispatch operator forced by massive consolidation and other industry trends to exploit market niches with economic …

Qualcomm released its fourth-quarter financial results ending Sept. 30 after the stock market closed last Thursday, showing a 10-percent increase in net income for the quarter compared with the fourth …

NEW YORK-Mobileum, a Pleasanton, Calif., start-up, has filed for nine patents and received $45 million in first-round venture funding for its system to simplify communications between corporate enterprises and their …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Israel is determined not to be shaken from its pristine position of having one of the highest cellular penetration rates in the Middle East by the current unrest …

Canada Bell Mobility began offering two-way wireless data service in October in Ontario and Quebec, with plans to extend service nationwide by the end of the year. United States A …

Not one operator around the world has rolled out third-generation services yet, but discussion of fourth-generation technology is already under way. An industry that began offering a basic communications tool …

TORONTO-Now that the C$6.6 billion (US$4.3 billion) Telus deal to acquire Clearnet Communications has been finalized, engineering issues are starting to surface. The challenge? How to combine the wireless operations …

WASHINGTON-As the nation prepares for a sea change that will come when a new president is elected, the wireless industry’s main trade association experienced some major changes recently and prepared …

MONTREAL-WMLBrowser.org, an open source development project developing a WML browser that will work with Linux environments, is supporting the Research In Motion Ltd. Blackberry device, according to 5Nine, a Linux …

Aether Systems Inc. is celebrating its one-year anniversary as a public company, capping a busy year of acquisitions, investments and partnerships that have positioned the firm at the center of …

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered …

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. has begun providing its trademarked Synapse to bridge the divide between rural farmers and their city customers. The pilot program, involving wireless point-of-sale terminals at …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Here we go again. After 10 years of asking the question, we finally have an answer. “Everybody has been asking when wireless data is going to come,” said …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Aeris.net introduced a new service option called VBurst, an overlay to the firm’s existing MicroBurst service, using the cellular control channel for packet data services. While MicroBurst is …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query …

Aether Systems Inc. added to its growing portfolio of investments through a strategic partnership with MicroStrategy Inc., parent company of Strategy.com. Under the deal, Aether and MicroStrategy will develop a …

NEW YORK-The CreataLink 2XT wireless data transceiver has garnered positive corporate reception and connections since its debut in late summer, said Scott H. Davis, director of telemetry for the Motorola …

TORONTO-Canada’s Bell Mobility began offering two-way wireless data service in Ontario and Quebec, with plans to extend service to the rest of the country by the end of the year. …

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 …

PITTSBURGH-Metrocall Inc. has renewed its contract with RSL COM U.S.A. for various communications services under a one-year, $1.2 million contract. RSL has provided long-distance, data and toll-free services for Metrocall’s …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-China’s Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. launched a General Packet Radio Service pre-commercial network, supplied by L.M. Ericsson, designed to offer wireless data communications services to customers in the …

LONDON-Informix Software Inc., an independent operating business of Informix Corp., is joining the Symbian Technology Partner program, allowing Informix to develop enabling technologies and engage in co-marketing activities promoting Symbian’s …

SEOUL, Korea-SK Telecom has begun commercial service of the first cdma2000 1XRTT wireless data and voice network. 3Com Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. supplied the equipment. In the initial …