TORONTO, Ontario, Canada-Rogers Cantel Inc. announced plans to introduce an all-in-one messaging service Feb. 1 in Canada, using the Inter@ctive 950 pager from Research in Motion Ltd.The Cantel AT&T Interactive Messaging service will allow users to send and respond to messages between the RIM...
Paging Latin AmericaFebruary 2-3IBC UK Conferences Ltd. Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami. (+44) 171-453-5495.CTIA Wireless '99February 8-10Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842.Post-CTIA '99February 10-12Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (210) 344-6660.Radiofrequency SafetyInternational...
NEW YORK-Muriel Siebert & Co. introduced the Siebert MobileBroker, a wireless financial service that allows users to trade stocks, receive reports, get stock quotes and alerts, and send and receive e-mail.The solution uses BellSouth Wireless Data L.P.'s network and the Inter@ctive 950 paging device...
SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Inc. said it has begun production shipping its integrated fifth-generation Code Division Multiple Access chipset and system software for use in cdmaOne handsets.The chipset and software solution provides wireless data rates as high as 86.4 kilobits per second, said Qualcomm....
Just as paging carriers look to two-way paging as a means of differentiation into the next millennium, so do paging manufacturers.In the past, a one-way pager was pretty much the same all over. Even the new lines of 1.5-way, or guaranteed messaging, pagers based...
After years of slowly gathering the needed partnerships with cellular operators across the country, Cellemetry L.L.C. today can offer its cellular control channel transmission technology across more than 90 percent of the country.In mid-December, the company signed with Houston Cellular, adding much of Texas...
Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a wireless e-mail solution, called BlackBerry, designed to allow Microsoft Exchange users mobile access to their desktop e-mail.BlackBerry is an end-to-end solution that combines the Inter@ctive 950 pager from RIM with e-mail/organizer software, a PC docking cradle, desktop software,...
WASHINGTON, D.C.,-The Wireless Data Forum announced it is developing an electronic-commerce program in conjunction with Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, to be called the Wireless E-Commerce Initiative.The initiative will focus on two areas-aiding the wireless industry in using the Internet to sell existing products...
WASHINGTON-A federal court of appeals on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's spectrum cap. The decision comes as the FCC is examining whether to remove the restriction that limits carriers to 45 megahertz in a given geographic area.BellSouth Wireless Inc. had challenged the spectrum...
BOSTON-Fidelity Investments announced its InstantBroker wireless stock alert and e-trading service will use BellSouth Wireless Data L.P.'s network for data transmission.As part of the agreement, Fidelity has exclusive use of BellSouth's RAMpowertool, which features encryption technology from Certicom Corp. for secure trading using the...
Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. is offering high-speed Internet services to businesses in the Phoenix metropolitan area. More than 25 companies in the Phoenix area have signed contracts with ART. The offering combines a high-speed connection to the Internet or company intranet with enhanced services...
ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C. said it extended its wireless data capabilities to rural areas in Louisiana, Texas and Virginia.Cellemetry signed agreements with three cellular carriers, including MobileTel Inc., a wireline carrier in the Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes in southern Louisiana; XIT Cellular, which covers 7,500 square...
Sierra Wireless said it has brought together 17 other companies in an alliance formed to work together to offer more complete solutions so the general public will adopt wireless data devices more quickly.The WirelessReady Alliance is an invitation-only collaborative venture of hardware vendors, software...
BOSTON-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it will provide an end-to-end sales force automation outsource solution that bundles hardware and software products from several companies.It includes Practical Sales Tools' UnwiredContact Web-based customer management and tracking system, Sharp Electronics' Mobilon Pro PV-5000 Handheld...
Palm Computing Inc., an affiliate of 3Com Corp., introduced the Palm VII personal digital assistant at the Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., featuring out-of-the-box wireless connectivity to the Internet, World Wide Web and instant two-way personal communications.Through various partnerships...
Get ready, the wireless world as we know it is going to change-again.When we look back at 1998 in wireless to see which announcements impacted the industry, it may very well be the recent alliances in wireless data were the yeast that caused the...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-AvantGo Inc. and Puma Technology Inc. announced plans to jointly deliver a wireless data initiative they hope will result in open and uniform connection from enterprise information and applications to Palm Computing, Windows CE and other mobile computer and communications devices.The Mobile...
SAN FRANCISCO-Bellcore announced its AirBoss microbrowser will feature Information Mechanics' WebTek wireless data application as its first commercial application.The AirBoss microbrowser, which supports Handheld Device Markup Language, allows dispatchers and field employees to exchange information via two-way pagers, cellular phones and other mobile devices,...
SpainThe government of Spain reportedly may award its fourth mobile phone license to a consortium made up of two formerly separate consortia-Lince and Uni2. Both companies submitted failed bids during Spain's third tender for a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz license earlier...
Sophia Communications Inc., Miami, plans to use its new 220 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses "to offer its customers unprecedented coverage and building penetration with significantly less network capital than competing wireless technologies," said Jim Dombrouski, vice president of technology operations.Sophia is a development-stage...
NEW YORK-John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer of SkyTel Communications Inc., said a BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. advertisement that's been running in the Wall Street Journal, as well as in other newspapers, is misleading but nevertheless welcome.The ad compares SkyTel's messaging service,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week officially proposed rules that could lead to the end of spectrum caps. Additionally, the FCC announced rules to relocate incumbents in the 2 GHz spectrum band that has been allocated to mobile satellite services.Both decisions could have dramatic...
LOS ANGELES-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it will begin phased introduction of high-speed wireless data capabilities over its existing cdmaOne network in 1999.The next-generation wireless services are based on cdma2000 third-generation enhancements provided by Lucent Technologies Inc."With Lucent as our technology partner, we intend to...
SEATTLE-Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. made good on their promise to converge the computing and wireless industries when they announced the formation of WirelessKnowledge L.L.C. last week, a joint venture many say will revolutionize the wireless data industry.WirelessKnowledge aims to provide an airlink-independent end-to-end...
