wireless data

ORLANDO, Fla.-Put four analysts up on a podium, ask them what they think and while their answers don’t always agree on specifics, their big picture themes often seem similar. That’s …

DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. announced the completion of its new dispatch system that uses wireless technology to send technicians to customer sites. The new system, called Dispatch.Mgr, is a computerized wireless …

The use of mobile data products by police departments has gained such rapid acceptance across the country this year that it may be emerging as the most popular current application …

WASHINGTON-The predicted growth areas for wireless services will not be dominated by voice, according to a Commerce Department 1998 outlook report. Rather, current and prospective carriers will try to develop …

WOOD BRIDGE, N.J.-Ram Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it will join with Microsoft Corp. to familiarize programmers with applications development for the Windows CE platform by distributing some 25,000 compact …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. opened its wireless data service center for wireless network operators. The center provides carriers with a single source for marketing end-to-end wireless data solutions over their …

Hoping to cash in on the expected integration of wireless voice and data applications, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based General Magic Inc. has been striving to complete a service that will do just …

Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Ameritech Cellular Services will deploy Aeris’ MicroBurst technology for short-burst data applications in Ameritech’s cellular territory. The wireless data messaging solution enables mobile telemetry services …

The wireless data industry has long been considered the most optimistic bunch in the world of wireless. Each year, it seemed, was going to be “the year” the technology would …

NOVEMBER 10-11 Channel Development for Wireless Distribution and Retail, by AIC Conferences. The Hotel Monaco, San Francisco. (800) 409-4AIC. 10-12 Intele-CardNews Expo of the Americas: A Global Partnership, by Intele-CardNews. …

Pre-Paid Solutions said it introduced a new debit conversion technology for the prepaid cellular market. The technology will be available this month under the name Pre-Cell Technology and Pre-Cell Chip. …

SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS ’97. In this muggy Emerald City, they found …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Worldwide Data Solutions Division announced an agreement that will allow its VersiTAC Integrated Wireless Data Solution to incorporate AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’ nationwide cellular digital packet data …

SEATTLE-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed a licensing agreement with Unwired Planet Inc. at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Wireless APPS ’97 conference last week. The agreement will add the …

CellPort Labs Inc. introduced its second-generation communications server platform for wireless data applications in intelligent vehicle communications. Formerly called Mobile Web, the renamed C/P Connect server platform is “an embedded, …

BellSouth Corp. announced it will buy Ram Broadcasting Corp., thereby gaining complete control of Ram Mobile Data USA’s wireless data network, which the two companies co-own. Under a definitive agreement …

Could this be the year for wireless data? Although proponents of wireless data are no doubt tired of being asked that question, some announcements this week certainly have to cause …

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. announced it has licensed its Spyglass Prism content conversion technology to Nokia Telecommunications. The Prism technology answers needs of wireless users browsing the Web, said Spyglass. It …

Could this be “the” year? The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, with the CDPD Forum and Andrew Seybold’s Outlook, will hold the Wireless APPS ’97 Convention and Exhibition Product Showcase this …

OCTOBER 27-28 Telecommunications Law and Regulation Fundamentals: Your Roadmap to Opportunities, Options and Obstacles in this New Era, by Government Institutes. Arlington, Va. (301) 921-2345. 27-28 Wireless Local Loop-Asean ’97 …

OCTOBER 20-21 Wireless Business Telephone Systems Seminar, by Alexander Resources. Dallas. (800) 948-8225. 20-22 Discovering the Value of LMDS, by Shorecliff Communications International and RCR Publications Inc. ANA Hotel, San …

NEW YORK-Vulcan Ventures Inc., the investment organization chaired by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, announced Oct. 14 it would increase its stake in Metricom Inc., a wireless data and …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Flash Comm Inc. formed a strategic alliance with DBA Systems Inc. to manufacture its first-generation communications and tracking products, which initially will focus on the commercial transportation market. Flash …

NEW YORK-Expanding an offering available to corporate customers for the last year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced its PocketNet service, which allows Internet access from analog cellular phones, …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-TAL Wireless Networks Inc., formerly American Phoenix Group Inc., filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. The …