Monthly Archives: July, 2000

Comverse to integrate Sun servers

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Networks Systems and Sun Microsystems Inc. signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar agreement that calls for Comverse to integrate Sun's Netra 1400 servers...

Commtouch to add wireless option to existing platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Outsourced e-mail and messaging solutions provider Commtouch and GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, reported they will collaborate in adding wireless...

Cell-Loc announces e-coupon service

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc.'s TimesThree and SUMedia.com Inc. unveiled e-couponing as a component of the L411 service that TimesThree demonstrated at its wireless location network...

Business Briefs

Network engineering consultant Belenos Inc. raised $20 million in second-round venture financing, led by Investcorp Ventures Technology Fund I L.P. and First Union Capital...

Viewpoint: Uncomfortable shoes

Sen. Ernest Hollings has opened a can of wireless worms.Hollings' efforts to block foreign-government-owned companies from taking too large a stake in U.S. telecom...

Cellular carriers lobby for spectrum

WASHINGTON-Cellular carriers have mounted an all-out assault on the Federal Communications Commission to get more spectrum."Spectrum is the `life blood' of wireless services. But...

Governments develop deferential GPS, increase accuracy

WASHINGTON-A coalition of government agencies including the Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration and the Air Force are in the process of building a...

PCIA, CTIA wireless data show dates conflict in 2001

WASHINGTON-The argument over which trade association should represent the wireless data industry could peak next September when two large trade shows overlap.The Cellular Telecommunications...

Aether invests in VeriStar

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced it has invested $5.6 million in VeriStar Corp., which has developed a service that allows customers to make...

Union Telephone gains first customer on Corsair

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. reported that Wyoming-based Union Telephone signed up its first customer for Corsair's PrePay Open, an infrastructure-independent wireless prepaid billing...

Pegaso picks Ericsson to expand CDMA network

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson won a $200 million contract from Pegaso for Code Division Multiple Access equipment and services to expand Pegaso's personal communications services...

Zentropy opens European offices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Zentropy Partners opened offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Geneva to expand its digital consulting and development practices for WAP and m-commerce technologies.Zentropy Partners...

DT justifies price for VoiceStream

Deutsche Telekom AG executives found themselves justifying the price the German company paid for Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. as it detailed the new deal to...

Dream House prepares to test AnyWhereMobile

NEW YORK-Dream House Software Inc., Orinda, Calif., expects to begin beta testing in August of its new AnyWhereMobile Internet Service, designed to give subscribers...

American Tower snags AT&T deal

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it will provide turnkey services for at least 1,500 sites in five regions for the AT&T Digital Broadband network.Under an...

Gemplus embeds Diversinet tech in SIM cards

TORONTO-Mobile-commerce security firm Diversinet Corp. said Gemplus has embedded its public key infrastructure security technology in its GemXplore Trust SIM cards.The joint solution is...

Convergys wins Verizon contract

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. signed a five-year contract for billing and customer-care systems with Verizon Wireless.Convergys, which has pre-existing relationships with Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch...

Micros Systems, Aether partner

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it will help Micros Systems Inc. wirelessly enable its information technology solutions for the hospitality industry.The two first...

Poland closes sale of TPSA stake

WARSAW, Poland-The Minister of the Polish State Treasury closed an agreement with a France Telecom consortium to sell a 35-percent stake in Telekomunikacja Polska...

Glenayre earnings up, but messaging sales decline

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported second-quarter net earnings of $1.4 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $61.3 million,...

Versatel withdrawal ends Dutch UMTS auction

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Versatel Telecom International N.V. said it ceased bidding in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction, ending the award process of five...

WAP vs. iMode: A battle of execution

The mainstream media's honeymoon with WAP technology ended long ago, but the relationship has deteriorated so much lately that the entire affair seems ready...

Companies try to track pulse of industry

Two companies have introduced performance indicator product offerings to help carriers keep tabs on the competition.Arthur Andersen claims its "Wireless Benchmarking Tool for Key...

Aether revenues grow to $2.3M

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. released second- quarter operating results, with a net loss of $89.9 million, or $2.36 per share, compared with a...

AT&T to offer two-way SMS this year

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer two-way short messaging service later this year, giving the carrier a more seamless data offering with...
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