Wireless Services

PALO ALTO, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Vicinity Corp. have partnered to provide AT&T Digital PocketNet users location-based information through Vicinity’s BrandFinder wireless application, the companies announced. PocketNet users can …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-SkyGo unveiled plans for a wireless interactive marketing platform that will be available for licensing to credit card companies, wireless services providers and Internet companies. “Advertisers will need …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is jumping in the wireless Internet pool again, with the introduction of its Digital PocketNet service. Unlike AT&T’s first attempt, an analog cellular service introduced …

DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely “mobilize” Web content for Palm handheld …

WASHINGTON-The House, aided by intense Clinton administration and high-tech lobbying as well as legislative commitments to monitor any import surges and human rights, is expected this week to pass a …

While the big names in the wireless industry usually get most of the credit for providing wireless coverage across the country, it is the smaller players who often make up …

Blame it on the glut of recent mergers and acquisitions. Blame it on the abundance and promise of working at a start-up company. But for these reasons and more, recruiters …

They may be working closer these days, but make no mistake about it, the GSM Association, the CDMA Development Group and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium remain strong competitors. All …

WASHINGTON-A comprehensive proposal by European and Arab states covering third-generation mobile phone spectrum and other issues appeared to be disintegrating late last week at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, …

Unity is something more easily achieved as a goal rather than a reality. Let’s face it: It’s difficult to agree. Ask a husband and wife where they would like to …

WASHINGTON-Popular bipartisan legislation to simplify mobile-phone taxation by state and local authorities ran into trouble last week when a nasty turf fight erupted between the House Commerce Committee and the …

Web sites that offer comparison shopping for wireless phones and services appear to be a dime a dozen these days. Consumers go to these sites because they promise to be …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, reported higher net losses for the first quarter, despite more revenues. Triton said it saw an increase in revenue …

SAN FRANCISCO-When people in Atlanta think of the top two wireless service providers, BellSouth Wireless Services and Sprint PCS come to mind. In Minneapolis, the top two are AT&T Wireless …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services affiliate, launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Oxford, Miss., and Fort Smith, Ark., bringing the total number of markets with SunCom …

CANCUN, Mexico-The big push to interoperate GSM and TDMA standards is well under way, allowing customers using either standard to roam around the world and giving U.S. TDMA operators a …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry’s push to enter the populous Chinese market got a big boost last week as several undecided Democrats and Republicans announced they will vote for permanent normal trade …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. released first-quarter earnings, elected a new chairman and completed both the acquisition of NationPage and initial construction of a nationwide Asynchronous Transfer Mode network. Metrocall’s first quarter …

WASHINGTON-Even with President Clinton’s decision last week to dramatically improve global positioning system accuracy for civilians, vendors that offer a network-based E911 solution say their products are still valid. Meanwhile, …

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

Reuters Group plc and Aether Systems Inc. launched their Sila Communications European wireless data joint venture, created to host, design and manage content and services for wireless customers. Headquartered in …

Bell Atlantic Mobile, Vodafone AirTouch plc and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. had a problem when they were going to merge their U.S. wireless assets into a single company. How do …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-In tone with the wave of competition that has taken Argentina by storm, Nextel has decided to extend its iDEN digital wireless services network, connecting Buenos Aires with …

Although GSM technology has scant market share in Latin America, the 2000 GSM Association Plenary in Santiago, Chile, in late April was the stage for several Latin American GSM announcements. …

DENVER-U S West Inc. reported first-quarter financial results ending March 31 that showed its wireless services added almost 135,000 new subscribers during the quarter and an average revenue per user …