NEW YORK-i3 Mobile Inc., which distributes customized information to wireless devices, and NeoPoint Inc., which does double duty as a handset maker and Internet portal, both plan their debuts as public companies.i3 Mobile, formerly known as Intelligent Information Inc., has distribution agreements with 15...
LONDON-The mobile commerce market could reach $200 billion by 2004, according to a study released by Strategy Analytics.The report predicts an explosion in demand for mobile commerce services during the next five years with technology enabling high-speed wireless networks to provide applications for electronic...
Dobson Communications Corp. plans today to begin a road show in advance of its initial public offering, which is expected to be priced during the first week of February.Dobson, a cellular service provider based in Oklahoma City, filed its registration statement for the offering...
ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group appointed William Loughman chief financial officer. Loughman formerly was executive vice president of finance at Clear.In addition to his management responsibilities overseeing the company's daily financial activities, corporate banking and vendor relationships, Loughman will provide strategic planning to ensure the company's...
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...
INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle, Telstreet.com has partnered with other companies familiar with both the telecom and online industries.Telstreet.com will serve as a national dealer...
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. has swam into 12 additional Southeast markets, bringing a total of 37 markets into the company's service area. As the first member of the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network, Triton entered 27 new markets in 1999, and according to the...
There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones' armor, and it is the vendor's market share in the cdmaOne handset business.While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the world, holding more than 30 percent of the total business, its share in the cdmaOne...
DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its "Voice of Reason" makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier.Reason's new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell phones, pagers, handheld electronic devices and wireless service, including wireless phone airtime rate plans and...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution high speed data products. The agreement will supply AT&T with wireless modems over a 12-month period beginning...
BRASILIA, Brazil-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association presented its views at a public hearing held earlier this month on the allocation of spectrum for personal communications services in Brazil. Anatel, Brazil's telecom regulator, is determining whether new wireless services should be deployed in the 1900...
TORONTO-Industry Canada conducted its first spectrum sale in November, raising CAN$172.5 million (US$116.7 million) in online bidding for licenses in the 24 GHz and 38 GHz bands.In the process, which began in October and followed 118 rounds of bidding, Industry Canada sold six large...
TOKYO-Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country's increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI, IDO and KDD will merge to form Japan's second-largest telecom company after NTT, in part to compete for the...
Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country's increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. will merge to form Japan's second-largest telecom company after Nippon Telegraph and Telephone...
Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered Nov. 18 for the IPO with an expected price range of $15-$17 per share....
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is considering using some of its reserved personal communications services spectrum to solve capacity problems in high-density cellular markets.The Time Division Multiple Access carrier owns hundreds of 10-megahertz PCS licenses that surround its existing markets. AT&T Corp. is expected to...
REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren't inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another.Alain Rossman did exactly this when he created an application environment enabling Internet applications to run on wireless networks using...
WASHINGTON-While industry this holiday season pushes family plans and makes pocket phones attractive to the younger crowd, questions linger in the scientific community about whether children are more vulnerable to possible health risks from phones than adults."No, it (possible increased risk for children from...
In a bid to strengthen its position in the wireless industry and expand its influence overseas, Internet infrastructure provider InfoSpace.com announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless Internet portal Saraide Inc.According to the agreement, InfoSpace.com will issue about 2.4 million shares of...
It appears that since Dan Hesse's appointment as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Corp.'s wireless business three years ago, AT&T has had a tenuous relationship with the man.Financial analysts last week were wondering why the man who had brought AT&T Wireless Services...
Several important wireless markets will be up for grabs during the next year-a result of overlapping wireless markets created by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. with GTE Corp. as well as Bell Atlantic's agreement to merge its wireless assets with those of Vodafone...
DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. announced an agreement to install its Voice Integrated Platform System in the network control center of Midwest Wireless L.L.C., a privately held wireless services provider in Mankato, Minn.Using Preferred Voice's technology, Midwest Wireless will offer Safety Talk hands-free voice dialing services...
NEW YORK-Judging by their investments during the third quarter, venture capitalists can't seem to get enough of technology companies, including those involved in the wireless communications sector."Investments in sector for the first three quarters of 1999 approached the total amount invested in (it...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. released its Net-Q results for the New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., markets.Net-Q is an independent measurement method that gauges coverage, dropped calls, blocked calls, audio quality and systems access for all...
