Wireless Internet

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Tessco Technologies Inc. will market and deliver Adaptive Broadband Corp.’s AB-Access fixed wireless broadband product to independent telephone companies, wireless Internet service providers, interexchange local exchange carriers and competitive …

LONDON-British carrier One 2 One has chosen Phone.com Inc.’s UP.Link Server Suite to launch WAP-based wireless Internet services in the United Kingdom. This is the second U.K.-based carrier to launch …

New Zealand Nokia Corp. will integrate its General Packet Radio Service core network solution into Vodafone New Zealand’s network, providing mobile Internet access to Vodafone’s subscribers. Vodafone plans to launch …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced Pay & Talk, a Web-ready digital prepaid wireless service for new customers and those who already own Clearnet PCS phones. Clearnet said all Pay & …

Motorola and Mercedes-Benz have teamed to offer an integrated version of Motorola’s Timeport digital phone in all model-year 2001 Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the companies said. The CDMA phone is equipped with …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. began shipments of its Mobile Station Modem 3300 chipset samples and system software, and its IFR3300 chip, an intermediate frequency-to-baseband receiver enabling integration of a GPS-band radio …

Pathnet Pathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and …

Analog Devices Analog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation …

SHENZHEN, China-Chinese GSM operator China United Telecommunications Corp. launched General Packet Radio Service mobile data on its network in Shenzhen, China, enabled by the core GPRS network solution supplied by …

In an effort to make up for a history of poor communication with application developers, Motorola Inc. held its first Application Developer Conference last week in San Diego. Dubbed the …

One of the knocks against conventional wireless service plans is that customers are charged the same amount for airtime whether they are calling across the street or across their service …

In the next three to eight months, U.S. wireless carriers will upgrade their HDML-based wireless Internet servers to full WAP compliance, meaning they will support WML technology native in both …

TOKYO-Japan’s dominant wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, is in talks with SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. about taking a minority stake in the combined mobile venture between the two U.S. …

In a surprise ending, six groups walked away with Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Germany at a total cost of $45.85 billion, the largest amount raised yet in a …

LOS ANGELES-Driscolle-Wolfe Marketing & Research Consulting plans to conduct a multi-client study on consumer attitudes about wireless Internet services, with emphasis on location-based applications. The study will be a follow-on …

In the months before the wireless Internet wave began to take shape, Infowave Software Inc. introduced a desktop software solution called Symmetry that would forward e-mail messages to wireless devices. …

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile e-commerce applications are expected to be the next driver of wireless Internet services, after e-mail, according to research by IntelliQuest, a marketing research firm. Early adopters will be …

The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the best way to market data and …

BOSTON-Two companies released reports that highlight the potential of wireless Internet access and mobile data communications and their possible effect on the electronic commerce market. “Mobile Electronic Commerce: The New …

I3 Mobile Inc. opened a development center in Dallas focused on WAP, speech recognition, location, m-commerce and advertising applications. The facility will serve as the company’s research and development hub. …

Palm Inc. introduced four new personal digital assistants as part of its fall line of products. They include the Palm m100, the Palm VIIx and two versions of the Palm …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Superconducting wireless systems manufacturer Conductus Inc. signed a purchase agreement with Dobson Communications Corp. for a minimum of 200 Conductus ClearSite systems to be deployed nationwide by Dobson in …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $700 million during the next five years to jointly develop manufacturing technologies for future generations of integrated circuits …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Inc. signed an agreement with Dell Computer Corp. that allows Dell to sell GoAmerica’s range of wireless Internet and communications products and services through …

BSWD BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company …