wireless data

WASHINGTON-The United States will enter the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next month without global or even regional support for its multiband proposal on third-generation mobile-phone service. The situation is …

The hype surrounding the possibilities of wireless Internet services has reached an all-time high following Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last month. But in the wake of this fevered pitch …

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 …

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show. PCIA …

NEW YORK-In a series of transactions, paging carrier Metrocall Inc., Alexandria, Va., has turned over 45-percent control of the company to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Aether Systems Inc., PSINet Inc. …

The Personal Communications Industry Association stands at a huge crossroads, once again trying to reinvent itself. Though it may have had its best fiscal year in history in 1999, PCIA …

JP Systems Inc. announced it will transfer its experience in connectivity solutions for wireless devices to expand into a wireless application service provider model. As a mobile ASP, JP Systems …

NEW YORK-Despite problems the written Chinese language poses for Internet communications, China may nevertheless become the largest wireless data market in the world. China Telecom Hong Kong, which had 38 …

One press article after another has asserted that the European Union’s single standards regime for wireless services has given Europe an enormous “lead” over the United States. These stories, however, …

WASHINGTON-American Online Inc. joined the Wireless Data Forum, a trade association for wireless data and mobile computing. “With the WDF and its members, our goal is to make the wireless …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. placed an order for a branded version of Infowave Software Inc.’s Symmetry software that Rogers will offer to new and existing subscribers using digital …

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 …

BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced two new initiatives at its WAVE developers conference this week-a new branding effort for its two-way messaging service and a plan to become the premier …

Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business …

SAN FRANCISCO-Some of the biggest names in the telecommunications industry announced the formation of the OFDM Forum at the Broadband Wireless Forum in San Francisco. Principal members of the forum, …

BOSTON-Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage Group announced it has added customized news, information services and group messaging capabilities to its Mobile Investor Network two-way pager program. The service uses the BellSouth …

NEW YORK-GTE Corp. is hopeful the Federal Communications Commission will approve its merger with Bell Atlantic Corp. before the 700 MHz spectrum auctions in May so the combined company can …

Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

Financial analysts are beginning to conservatively incorporate potential wireless data revenues into their valuations of wireless carriers, and many are looking to the future, realizing wireless operators should be evaluated …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission 700 MHz auctions in May will be “a significant industry-transforming event and near-term catalyst … in the race toward wireless data,” John Bensche, senior analyst …

NEW YORK-Rural carriers, many of which began as landline providers, already have experienced a long learning curve in service bundling-a current hot topic in the telecommunications industry. No doubt they …

Lightbridge Joseph Tibbetts Jr. resigned from Lightbridge Inc. as the company’s chief financial officer in order to pursue an opportunity in venture capital. U.S. Wireless Data Charles Leone accepted the …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said Thursday that it is eliminating 10 positions as it “recharges its organization to further advance [the] wireless industry.” “In 1999, PCIA had the best …

NEW|ORLEANS-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. said it has purchased the Jambala Mobility Gateway from L.M. Ericsson to complement its Interim Standard-41 to Global System for Mobile communications message conversion, which is …

NEW ORLEANS-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a two-way wireless communications module called @ctiveLink for the Visor handheld computer from Handspring Inc., the first ReFLEX-based two-way wireless data solution for a Palm …