WASHINGTON-A Clinton administration telecom grant program under attack by key House Republicans has changed its name and recommitted itself to helping minorities, rural communities and other underserved entities.The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Commerce Department unit that advises the president on telecom policy,...
Research In Motion Ltd. last week received a $25 million investment from Nortel Networks and an order for more than 2,000 BlackBerry handheld devices in the next three months from Intel Corp., leading to a strong surge in the company's stock.The Nortel pact is...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands-diAx, the second-largest Swiss wireless operator, said it will provide wireless Internet service using the Wireless Application Protocol beginning in the first quarter.The company is commercially deploying CMG Telecommunications' WAP Service Broker, location-based services using SignalSoft Corp. technology and an intelligent network...
In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and mobile data services, delivering data, audio, graphics and video to wireless devices.The company expects...
Tegic Communications Inc. signed a global licensing agreement with Voxson, allowing Voxson to integrate the T9 Text Input technology for Chinese and European languages into next-generation wireless phones.Triton Network Systems announced it has signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar deal with Advanced Radio Telecom Corp.,...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Customers of the American Automobile Association of Michigan will have a little more help trying to get where they are going. GetThere.com has announced that AAA Michigan will begin using the company's online travel booking system and wireless technology offering AAA customers...
NEW YORK-In its next-generation, Internet-enabled mobile wireless devices, L.M. Ericsson will use the Open Multimedia Application Platform of Texas Instruments Inc., according to an agreement announced Jan. 10.The OMAP, based on digital signal processor technology, will enable advanced wireless Internet access, including digital audio,...
PITTSBURGH-Bell Atlantic Mobile feels good in the Steel City, attributing much if its recent growth in the Pittsburgh area to the company's recent introduction of wireless Internet access from digital phones."With our Web Access service, consumers now have a simple and inexpensive way of...
Several telecommunications companies hooked up with auto makers to provide in-vehicle wireless capabilities at last week's 2000 Detroit Auto Show. General Motors Corp. is in talks with Bell Atlantic Corp. to put at least 1 million cellular phones in its vehicles this year.The alliance...
This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and handheld computers.Optimism among the analyst community is rampant. Most recently, Strategy Analytics predicted the...
A subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., Brightpoint (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., has completed the sale of its 67-percent interest in a Hong Kong-based accessory company. According to Brightpoint, the sale was part of the company's restructuring plan announced on June 30, 1999.Focus Affiliates Inc. said...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will auction 30 megahertz of spectrum being made available with the transition to digital TV for advanced fixed and mobile wireless services, but is looking for more advice on what to do with the six megahertz of spectrum set aside...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. said Japanese carriers DDI and IDO are launching a Code Division Multiple Access-based packet service called PacketOne for their wireless Internet access services EZweb and EZaccess, both based on Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite.EZweb and EZaccess originally were launched using Japanese...
Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has been able to do to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor.To do that, Kyocera needs to gain a significant share of the market in North America, analysts say. Kyocera has...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the use of mobile communications in Europe continues to grow beyond everyone's wildest expectations, the latest bid of $140 billion by Vodafone AirTouch plc for the Mannesmann empire has caused many a jaw to drop in stunned amazement.This record-breaking bid has...
NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market outlook.Peter M. Donovan, president of Wright Investors' Service Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., sees the big...
The story in the Dec. 13 issue of RCR about Sprint PCS teaming with Amazon.com should have identified Amazon.com's wireless Internet strategy as Amazon.com Anywhere.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. received $15 million in equity financing to support the commercialization of its ClearSite system in the wireless communications and wireless Internet access markets.The funding was received both from existing shareholders Palo Alto Investors, Alloy Ventures Inc. and Bay Area Microcap Fund,...
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. opened its expanded network operations center, which hosts the company's wireless stock trading, Internet and e-mail services, as well as other wireless data applications.The expanded NOC was made necessary primarily to handle the increased demand expected by OmniSky Inc.,...
AustraliaTelecom New Zealand acquired an 80-percent stake in AAPT, Australia's third-largest phone company. AAPT is building LMDS and CDMA networks and resells GSM service.News Corp. said it agreed to invest a further US$127.2 million in One.Tel, increasing its stake to about 25 percent. News...
Siemens and NEC announced a joint venture to develop infrastructure equipment for third-generation systems. The joint venture, in which Siemens will hold 51 percent and NEC will hold 49 percent, is called Mobisphere Ltd. The Reading, United Kingdom-based venture will conduct research and development...
Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has done to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor.Kyocera needs to gain a significant share of the market in North America to accomplish this goal, analysts say. Kyocera has made some...
WASHINGTON-For the wireless industry in 2000, the outlook is LOOK OUT! Wireless and the Internet have found each other. The high-tech Big Bang is not over. Creative forces are still reshaping the digital universe, but patterns are emerging.At the dawn of the new century,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to release auction and service rules that will make 30 megahertz of spectrum available for commercial use, setting aside six megahertz for private wireless use. If this happens, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association intends to sue...
