wireless data

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step toward establishing the documents for standardization. …

SAN FRANCISCO-MobileSoft announced it formed an alliance with GoAmerica Communications Corp. through which MobileSoft will market GoAmerica’s Web@Hand wireless data services on its website. MobileSoft is a provider of software …

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its goal of transforming into an industry-wide …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to expand the sales of advanced wireless …

RESTON, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of Ardis Co.’s wireless data network from Motorola Inc. to American Mobile Satellite Corp., following a $100-million cash and stock …

NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, …

NEW YORK-Look no further than North American borders for the biggest near-term opportunities to provide billing and customer care systems. In recent years, the focus of procurement contract competition has …

Ericsson forms office mobility unit ATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace. Ericsson said the …

ATLANTA-Spyglass Inc. and Fujitsu Software Corp. both have joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, the companies announced at CTIA’s Wireless 98 trade show. Founded by L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp.’s Cellemetry data division announced it signed a joint-license agreement with HighwayMaster Corp.’s HighwayMaster Communications Inc. to share wireless data application patents. Patents for BellSouth’s Cellemetry service and HighwayMaster’s …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. announced they will participate in a trial of Code Division Multiple Access data technologies for information services with Lucent Technologies Inc. and …

CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., said it is developing a new set of mobile unified messaging applications for the Global System for …

Advanced Management Program for Telecom Executives: Leveraging the Value Chain in the Competitive Environment February 22-27 The Division of Executive & Management Development at Southern Methodist University. SMU Cox School …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Future Horizons to market a wireless maintenance management solution to the …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history. …

BOULDER, Co.-CellPort Labs Inc. announced the third-generation version of its in-vehicle wireless data connectivity solution called C/P Connect. The new version of the platform pre-integrates a global positioning system receiver …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-A commercial transportation service that operates a fleet of 500 vehicles in metropolitan New York adopted AT&T PocketNet service as its dispatch and communications platform, announced AT&T Wireless Services …

By focusing on technology strengths and weaknesses, industry veteran Kevin Reynolds believes his newly created consulting firm-PCS Maze Inc.-can safely guide a company through the technical labyrinth that causes so …

BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a …

NEW YORK-Noting there is inadequate data available about the impact of cellular phone use on car crashes, a federal agency nevertheless said cell phone use does play a role in …

Giving the wireless data industry some important momentum to start the new year, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it plans to acquire Motorola Inc.’s Ardis data messaging business, which combined …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Century Cellunet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Telephone Enterprises Inc., will deploy its MicroBurst technology throughout its seven-state territory. MicroBurst is a …

GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network …

Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones. Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi …