Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe and received a $5.5 million investment from L.M. Ericsson.The week also marked the first time the company's various satellite offices...
HONG KONG-The future of cdmaOne technology was the theme of this year's CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, and while data services are the future, wireless executives are struggling with how to price and package services."Everyone uses the lack of a killer application as...
Microsoft Corp. launched its MSN Mobile service, a wireless extension of its MSN.com Internet portal that allows customers to receive their information services on pagers, cell phones and other wireless devices.To make this possible, Microsoft May 20 acquired OmniBrowse Inc., a wireless data company...
ATLANTA-Southern LINC, the digital wireless communications services arm of energy company Southern Co., announced plans to offer a suite of wireless data and Internet services beginning this fall.Southern LINC, which offers service using integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology, is beta testing the wireless data...
Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, has been tied to several announcements in the weeks preceding its impending initial public offering that have served to elevate the company to new levels of recognition.Most recently, Phone.com has been mentioned in conjunction with Sprint PCS and Nextel...
NEW YORK-The C-block auction for personal communications services radio-frequency licenses "was the only thing I presided over that was seen as a catastrophe," Reed E. Hundt, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman, said last week."There are some other catastrophes that haven't yet come to light,"...
Qualcomm Inc. announced Nashville-based Star Transportation Inc. replaced its multimode, satellite and land-based communication system with Qualcomm's OmniTracs satellite-based information-management system. Star already has installed more than 430 OmniTracs units, said Qualcomm. OmniTracs is a mobile communications and tracking system that provides real-time messaging...
When Congress passed Section 309(j) of the Communications Act and the government developed rules to implement this law, the goal was to increase diversity in telecommunications by providing opportunities for small businesses, women and minorities.Diversity in telecommunications is beneficial because it provides opportunities for...
NEW YORK-By July, Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. plans to launch service under the Cellular One brand in Bermuda, a tax-haven country with the third-highest per-capita income in the world and average monthly cellular phone bills of $89.The holding company, based in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin...
BETHESDA, Md.-Mobeo Inc. announced it signed a software license agreement with Comstar Inc., under which Comstar may market the mobeo 1.0 interactive stock quote service.Comstar said it will sell the stock information service to existing and new customers in the New York metropolitan market,...
SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. announced several cooperative activities focused on supporting the Wireless Application Protocol at its third annual Wireless Data Conference.Companies cooperating with Nokia in the effort include Excite@Home, InfoSpace, Intelligent Information Inc., JP Systems, Macromedia, MapQuest, Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch and Visto Corp.
After MCI WorldCom Inc. made news with its plans to acquire paging carrier SkyTel Communications Inc., the first question on everyone's mind was, "Why?"In a recently released update, Strategy Analytics said it believes "the acquisition ... represents an attempt by MCI WorldCom to appease...
Sprint PCS believes it has a strong enough wireless footprint to begin aggressively targeting business users.Analysts didn't expect the company to heavily pursue this segment until next year, but Sprint PCS cites a national network that is well positioned to accommodate demanding users and...
NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless, a Canadian provider of wireless data communications equipment, went public May 17 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Scotia McLeod Inc., Toronto, was lead underwriter for the initial offering of 4.5 million common shares, priced at $14.25 each.Sierra Wireless, headquartered in Richmond,...
MONTREAL-Dolphin Telecom plc said it completed the first trans-Atlantic third-generation wireless call using a wideband-Code Division Multiple Access network in Canada and Dolphin's Trans European Trunked Radio network in the United Kingdom.Sven Borgstrom, chief technology officer of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Dolphin's parent company,...
In recent months, several alliances and partnerships have been formed among paging carriers that traditionally have been fierce competitors. But both analysts and carriers say this new teamwork in no way diminishes the competitive spirit among the industry players, but rather is a unified...
Microsoft Corp. gave some legitimacy to the wireless Internet access arena last week with its $600 million investment in Nextel Communications Inc. and an agreement that gives Nextel customers access to customized Internet-based services via the Microsoft Network portal.Analysts predict a number of wireless...
NEW YORK-All eyes are on Omnipoint Corp., which one investment banker has likened to a poster child for personal communications services.What will be the final chapter in Omnipoint's search for a strategic partner, and how soon will it be written? How might this conclusion...
MONTEREY, Calif.-Wireless data industry leaders met in Monterey, Calif., earlier this month to discuss further actions needed to capitalize on the momentum the long-fledgling market has been able to create recently.At a welcoming reception, Starfish Software President and Chief Executive Officer Philippe Kahn was...
SAN DIEGO-Canada's Bell Mobility announced it will begin formally testing the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture created by Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc.The announcement makes Bell Mobility the first carrier to begin testing Revolv, the first service offering from Wireless...
In the May 10 issue of RCR, the device used with American Mobile Satellite Corp.'s new eLink service should have been identified as the RIM 850 from Research In Motion Ltd.RIM makes both the 950 Interactive Pager and the 850, essentially the same device...
The buzz phrase of the wireless data industry this year is Internet portal, and AvantGo Inc. hopes to capitalize on this attention by introducing a free interactive Internet service called AvantGo.com.The service compiles a set of popular Internet sites where users may go for...
MONTEREY, Calif.-Ending months of speculation and veiled tension, Microsoft Corp. last week officially announced it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move many see as effectively ending a microbrowser war in the making.The announcement spurred a collective sigh of relief among industry players...
Leveraging its parent company's strength as a landline and Internet service provider, U S West Wireless said it expects to roll out commercial mobile text-based Internet access during the fourth quarter."Our service will be different than what our wireless competitors are deploying," said Jamey...
