NEW ORLEANS-At the CA World conference, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced a technology development partnership with Computer Associates International Inc. and cStar Technologies Inc.The partnership is designed to deliver telemetry solutions that combine the nationwide wireless data capabilities of AMSC's Ardis network with cStar's...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Morphics Technology Inc., a privately held company that designs and sells software-programmable/hardware-configurable semiconductor products for the wireless industry, raised $13.5 million in its second round of equity financing.The funds raised through the latest round of financing will be used to complete initial product...
Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices.Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring data, recognizing what information is valuable to its user and then transmitting it to a...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. released second-quarter earnings results for the period ended June 30, reporting a $1.25 loss per share and subscriber additions of 617,000 in its Sprint PCS Group.The loss per share was slightly less than analysts' expectations of $1.28 per share. Sprint...
LOS ANGELES-Wynd Communications Inc. revealed plans to develop a service enhancement of its two-way paging service for the deaf so customers may receive movie listings for open captioned films, usually difficult to find under normal circumstances.The service is being developed in conjunction with Tripod...
TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move expected to bring added encryption security standards to the wireless data transmission technology.Diversinet said it plans to work closely with the WAP Forum's Security Group to develop open security standards based on public...
The supply contract between Research In Motion Ltd. and BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. ends next month and the two companies are already in negotiations to renew the deal.The outcome of these talks is something anxiously awaited by wireless data industry watchers, who see it...
ATLANTA-Southern LINC, a digital wireless communication service of Southern Co., announced it has licensed Phone.com's UP.Link Server.The company intends to use the server to offer wireless data and Internet services on Motorola Inc. integrated Digital Enhanced Network handsets.
Since opening its initial public offering at $16 on July 9, Phone.com Inc.'s stock price recently has been closing in the $70 range, with sales during the day breaking $80.Whether this success will stand the test of time remains to be seen, but for...
Alltel Corp. said it signed an integration agreement with Intecom Systems under which Alltel Information Systems will fully integrate Intecom's applications into its customer-care and billing system to provide converged billing, complete billing analysis and full multimedia reporting functionality to the customers of communications...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Technologies said it will begin direct licensing of its Aether Intelligent Messaging software development and transport environment as part of an initiative to help drive the growth of enterprise wireless data access.Several corporations use AIM by outsourcing their wireless data networks...
ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.'s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. and global positioning system technology....
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. has allied with Sanmina Corp. to build network equipment supporting the ongoing national rollout of Metricom's 128 kilobits-per-+second Ricochet wireless data service.Sanmina will make MicroCell radios-which hang from light poles-and radio components for Metricom's Wired Access Points. Shipping is set...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced its Integrators Alliance Program, offered to system integrators and value-added resellers interested in the wireless data market.The program was created to ensure seamless integration and deployment of the company's Revolv service into Microsoft Exchange-based enterprises worldwide, the company said.The...
U S West Wireless recently completed field tests of Qualcomm Inc.'s High Data Rate product, saying it was impressed with the solution, but didn't indicate plans to deploy the technology commercially.
"We were able to show proof of the concept and that it does provide...
The echoes of MCI WorldCom Inc.'s proposed acquisition of SkyTel Communications Inc. continue to ring loudly throughout the industry, as two other paging companies found themselves linked to telecom carriers last week.In one case, rumors have surfaced that BellSouth Corp. is mulling an acquisition...
SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.com and APiON Ltd. have partnered to conduct Wireless Application Protocol Gateway trials, scheduled to begin this summer.According to the company, the trials will allow Saraide.com to integrate the APiON WAP Gateway into its global infrastructure and thereby make its Internet-based wireless data...
NEW YORK-Consumer perception of Korea Telecom as "slow moving and bureaucratic, but quite good at service provision," has helped, not hindered, its subsidiary Korea Telecom Freetel, said Sang-Chul Lee, president and chief executive officer.The Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services provider, which holds...
Today's satellite-based data and messaging carriers have found the secret to their success is partnering with those they once considered their primary competitors-terrestrial-based wireless data carriers.At first, satellite data carriers figured their greater coverage range would outdo that of terrestrial carriers. While this proved...
REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. closed a $91 million round of private equity financing, the largest private equity amount raised by an equipment manufacturer during first-quarter 1999, according to the MoneyTree survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, said Metawave.Proceeds from the financing will be used to accelerate...
MONTE CARLO, Monaco-Seemingly lost in the breakneck expansion of the cellular industry is a largely forgotten fact-it was cellular operators wanting a common digital voice standard that drove the rapid adoption of GSM, not the technology developers.This market pull appears to be missing from...
The paging industry in North America is making moves that are changing the way the public thinks about paging. It is impacting the way people communicate, and it is opening an entirely new arena for the development and expansion of wireless messaging.The move is...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data Ltd. revealed plans to roll out a new national advertising campaign to support its Interactive Paging Service.The multimillion dollar print and radio campaign revolves around a new concept called "Work@Lifespeed," created by The Sawtooth Group."The Work@Lifespeed concept perfectly captures the...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it reached an agreement with ACS to provide wireless data communication service for automatic teller machine field services technicians.The four-year agreement dictates that AMSC will provide field service application software and wireless connections to ACS personnnel, who service...
