NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc.'s CyberLab NY introduced a program designed to speed growth of the wireless Internet industry by providing market and technical information, development and testing tools and on-site expertise and seminars to help developers build new wireless Internet applications and services.The Developers Network...
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced a wireless Internet trial with about 1,000 mobile phone users in the United Kingdom and Norway. Users will be able to access Microsoft Exchange-based calendaring, address lists, Web content and online information services from their wireless phones.The...
Two years after putting Western Multiplex on the selling block, Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its microwave radio business to Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. of New York and Leeward Technology partners of California.According to the agreement, Glenayre will keep a 5-percent ownership...
Wireless middleware and software provider Aether Systems Inc. filed an initial public offering prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week with the intention of selling 6.9 million shares at $15 a share by next year.The offering will consist of 6 million...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Most cellular operators now recognize that to ensure their businesses continue to experience breakneck growth, they must compete more directly with fixed operators. According to industry analysts, this battle for the telephone user will take place over the provision of voice and...
TOKYO-Softbank, Microsoft and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced they will establish a joint company to provide wireless access line services.According to the announcement, the new joint company will provide the wireless service at a speed of 1 Megabyte per second (Mbps) for individual...
NEW ORLEANS-Standards bodies met with the International Telecommunication Union last week to prepare the detailed specifications of third-generation mobile-phone technology.The ITU is trying to find the best way to work with all standards bodies developing 3G specifications. This follows a recent ITU meeting in...
MADRID, Spain-Nortel Networks was selected by Airtel Movil S.A. to supply a wireless/wireline packet network valued at about $50 million during the next two years. The converged network will be deployed across Spain's 50 provinces, including the islands, and will provide Internet telephony and...
TORONTO, Canada-Web2PCS.com introduced a wireless Internet service called the WAP Search Engine.The company said it allows those using Wireless Application Protocol technology on wireless devices to conduct keyword searches on the Internet form their WAP-enabled mobile device.Searches using the Web2PCS.com engine provides subscribers with...
TOKYO-Softbank, Microsoft Corp. and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced in August they will establish a joint company to provide wireless access line services.According to the announcement, the new joint company will provide the wireless service at a speed of 1 Megabyte per second...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced an initiative to develop wireless Internet Protocol standards under the guidelines of the American National Standards Institute's open standards process.The initiative supports TIA's ongoing efforts to develop standards for wireless Internet and emerging technologies that will apply to...
NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd.Venture capital investments in this sector totaled $1.59 billion during the second quarter of the year, more than triple the amount...
NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom, which bought England's One-2-One last month, considers its 10-percent stake in Sprint Corp. too minuscule a toehold in the burgeoning and beckoning American market, company executives said at a press conference Sept. 9.Make no mistake, the German giant is pleased with...
LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. and AMP Inc. entered into a $95 million contract under which M/A-Com's OpenSky Wireless Internet Protocol network will be deployed for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's statewide public safety digital radio communications system.The network infrastructure will be comprised of several hundred base...
The Wireless Application Protocol made strides in Sweden, Germany and Finland last week, adding to its gaining momentum in Europe.In Germany, Nokia Corp. and Deutsche Bank have agreed to develop new mobile banking services based on the WAP that will allow users to conduct...
Aether Systems Inc. announced it will acquire mobeo Inc., a company that provides financial news and stock updates on wireless devices such as pagers.Formerly called DocuPro Inc., mobeo delivers quotes on more than 150,000 stocks, options, futures, treasury, foreign exchange and other market data...
The Ginger Media Group, owners of U.K.-based Virgin Radio, is collaborating with L.M. Ericsson in early trials of wireless third-generation technology that would allow local or national radio stations to reach global audiences, said Ericsson.The manufacturer's concept is to allow anyone, anywhere in the...
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Technologies Inc. announced it will join L.M. Ericsson's new Wireless Internet Solutions unit to co-market and develop wireless data services specifically targeting the online financial investment community.Under the agreement, Ericsson will deliver wireless data network solutions for a variety of platforms,...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.J.-Ericsson Inc. announced it formed Ericsson Wireless Internet Solutions, a new unit that will marry Ericsson's knowledge in wireless technologies and the Internet, and offer an array of wireless Internet solutions tailored to benefit cellular operators, service providers and enterprises.Separately, GoAmerica...
MANCHESTER, N.H.-Transcept Inc., previously the telecommunications business unit of Sanders, announced last week its inception as an independent, privately held company.Transcept's focus is on offering equipment that helps carries deploy and improve their networks while building fewer towers by using surplus bandwidth on cable,...
Riverbed Technologies Inc. and Spyglass Inc. said they have entered a worldwide licensing agreement under which Riverbed will incorporate Spyglass' Prism technology with its ScoutWare mobile enterprise software.The agreement provides a much-needed entrance into the growing mobile enterprise market for Spyglass."The most significant aspect...
ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.'s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. and global positioning system technology....
PARIS-Nortel Networks said it will deploy a General Packet Radio Service trial in selected areas of Paris for French operator Bouygues Telecom, the companies announced.The trial will demonstrate personalized wireless Internet portals, secure corporate intranet access and other, high-speed mobile data services. Bouygues Telecom...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. gained ground in Japan recently, having signed agreements to incorporate its UP.Link Server Suite in wireless networks there.Two Japanese cellular carriers, DDI Corp. and IDO Corp., launched wireless Internet access services based on the technology, the company said. DDI's service...
