Wireless Internet

WASHINGTON-A federal judge last Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp. to be split into two companies, calling the world’s largest computer software maker untrustworthy and a threat to other high-tech sectors. The …

CALGARY, Alberta-Wireless location service provider Cell-Loc Inc. and InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, reported an agreement the companies say will result in the speedy rollout …

ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help …

In the Digital Age, it is no longer good enough to produce a product or service that people want. Today, you must be all things to all people all of …

ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Wireless Internet application service provider GiantBear.com Inc. signed an agreement with Hollywood.com Inc. to serve as the centralized Web-to-wireless application provider for Hollywood.com’s wireless expansion. GiantBear.com said it …

WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as this week-Justice Department lawyers in the …

While wireless operators worldwide have formed joint ventures and made strategic acquisitions and investments, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has remained in Japan, developing wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and bringing …

NASHUA, N.H.-CMG Telecommunications released version 1.2 of its WAP Service Broker, a Wireless Application Protocol portal that includes an online service and user profiling system for carriers to keep track …

As the wireless Internet evolution develops, government should resist the temptation to bury the industry in regulations and instead, let competition for customers shape the market. In France, customer ownership …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Third-generation wireless revenue will increase from $4.3 billion in 2002 to $63 billion in 2007, while wireless infrastructure purchases will grow from $4 billion to $34 billion during the …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it installed new wireless equipment adhering to the new third-generation cdma2000 international standard. Clearnet said it will use the new wireless base …

Formus Communications Inc. filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of its class A common stock. Formus, a wireless broadband carrier, expects to complete the offering by the …

WASHINGTON-When fanfare over the American delegation’s victory in securing global frequency bands for third-generation mobile-phone service subsides, the United States and the wireless industry will face implementation challenges at home …

DALLAS-Western Wireless Corp., a provider of wireless communications services, signed a three-year, $200 million supply agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to support subscriber growth in existing markets, service deployment in …

NEW YORK-WebLink Wireless Inc., Dallas, will target teen-agers and twenty-somethings with a two-way messaging and e-mail service it plans to debut this summer. Subscribers who sign a year-long service contract …

OmniSky OmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company’s new senior vice …

NEW YORK-IBM announced alliances with eight Internet professional services firms to build mobile e-commerce solutions for IBM’s wireless Internet initiatives. IBM said the companies-Agency.com; Answerthink; Luminary Worldwide Corp.; Organic; R/GA; …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. and InfoSpace signed an exclusive agreement to offer InfoSpace’s platform of integrated wireless Internet services to all cellular operators and Internet service providers in Brazil. TIW …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

IPmobile Wireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will …

Nortel Networks increased its presence in the European mobile-phone market last week, garnering a $700 million third-generation equipment contract with BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom and displacing several of …

WENATCHEE, Wash.-Internet service provider network US Online said it will offer GoAmerica Inc.’s wireless Internet content to its 130 network partners, which combined represent more than 500,000 subscribers. US Online …

Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service. Motorola unveiled its Talkabout …

Mexico Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been …