wireless data

Now that wireless phone providers have jumped on the Wireless Application Protocol bandwagon, it seems only fitting that the dedicated data network providers should follow suit. And they are, with …

Sprint PCS announced better-than-expected results in customer growth, revenues and cash-flow losses for the first quarter and released some long-awaited information about customers using its wireless Web offering. The nationwide …

Since expanding its business around a mobile application service provider model, JP Systems Inc. recently presided over the launch of a wireless Internet portal in India called Netxcell.com, the first …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. shocked analysts and Wall Street last week with first-quarter financial results that beat everybody’s expectations-even its own. The manufacturer reported first-quarter net income of $1.1 million, or …

Large carriers across the country are painstakenly trying to determine what wireless Internet service offerings will attract customers. Surprisingly, some small and rural carriers are on the same page. Smaller …

PARIS-France Telecom announced several wireless data initiatives, including General Packet Radio Service and Wireless Application Protocol-based services. The carrier announced the first phase of GPRS service will be rolled out …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. and Computer Associates International Inc. have agreed to develop what they called eBusiness applications, combining AMSC’s wireless data network with CA’s Unicenter TNG infrastructure.

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. announced new pricing for the Interactive Paging Service of its MyBiz offering. The new plan offers the two-way messaging solution for $10 a month for …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. is acquiring NetSearch L.L.C., a wireless e-commerce provider, for $25 million in cash at closing and up to an additional $654 million payable over 13 …

About 20 companies have joined a new association created to bring accountability to advertising seen on wireless devices. The Wireless Advertising Industry Association, created to develop standards and address technical, …

As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless …

Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.’s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the …

WASHINGTON-With prospects uncertain for securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference next month in Turkey and apparent concerns about the Clinton administration’s commitment on that score, U.S. wireless …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear …

As my plane left San Jose International Airport for the friendly skies last Monday, I looked down and saw what appeared to be a massive plume of smoke, mushroom-shaped, rising …

Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services …

A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as one entity, committed to achieving common …

Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success. First to …

NEW YORK-Greenhill Capital Partners L.L.C. completed a $10.2 million investment in Berliner Communications Inc., a privately held end-to-end provider of network planning, deployment and maintenance services for wireless communications networks. …

NEW YORK-MobileLogic, New York, established last year to help companies and their mobile workers communicate, has secured $25 million in first-round venture capital from six private equity companies, led by …

ATIS The members of Standards Committee T1, a telecommunications network standards development organization sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, chose leaders for its full committee and six technical …

BOULDER, Colo.-Wireless location services developer SignalSoft Corp. said last week it acquired BFound.com, a Victoria, British Columbia-based company experienced in mobile asset tracking on the Internet. By adding BFound.com’s tracking …

It is a match made in heaven. BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications finally ended weeks of speculation, announcing plans to create a wireless joint venture that will become the second-largest …

NEW YORK-For about $2,000 per square mile, MCI WorldCom Inc. expects to launch multichannel multipoint distribution service systems able to give its fixed wireless customers data access at speeds faster …

Aether Systems Inc. launched a $15 million national television and print advertising and branding campaign last week in support of its growing wireless data systems and services business. The “Wireless …