Monthly Archives: November, 2000
CEA forms group to study RF home networking obstacles
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association's Home Networking Committee formed a Discovery Group on RF home networking open to all interested technology developers and potential...
Brazil has 20.9 million cellular lines
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant"nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also...
Cisco buys Radiata for 802.11a resources
In a move that the company said would strengthen its New World strategy and its ability to deliver next-generation wireless networks using the IEEE...
BarPoint extends shopping services to mobile users
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-BarPoint.com Inc. announced it is extending its mobile shopping and information service to digital phone users through a short messaging system version...
Psion to use ReturnsPort.com for inventory management
Psion USA, a manufacturer of personal productivity handheld computers, has agreed to use ReturnsPort.com's full suite of services to track and manage the comings...
buy.com, AT&T partner for sales
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Just in time for the busy holiday season, buy.com and AT&T Wireless Services announced a partnership to offer buy.com's online store to...
Florida license ownership in dispute
WASHINGTON-While the world awaits the final outcome of the seemingly endless process in Florida to pick the president of the United States, members of...
DOJ/FBI: Punch list is cost effective
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice is pointing to contracts it signed with four manufacturers to show it is cost-effective for telecom carriers to add additional...
BellSouth Wireless Data to use Geoworks’ AirBoss
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.'s AirBoss technology.The deal will...
Wireless ready to cash in on online shopping boom this holiday
This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on...
Statement from Disney
"Since issues were first raised about the safety of cellular telephones when held to the ear, we have been examining the available scientific research...
US Unwired offers Freedom Plan
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. announced its new Freedom Plan, which gives callers an unlimited amount of calling minutes if they are inside their...
AlterEgo offers scalable platform for apps development
The wireless Internet's influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when...
ReFlex brings broadband wireless to apartment communities
Last mile is ReFlex Communications Inc.'s breath of life.Thanks to the Seattle-based company, multifamily communities have been enjoying high-speed broadband wireless Internet services in...
Alltel earnings estimate in line with expectations
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. forecast its fully diluted fourth-quarter earnings from current businesses would range between 60 cents and 63 cents per share, with...
Empower to introduce WAP Gateway using Java
LONDON-Empower INteractive Group Ltd. said it will introduce a Java-based WAP Gateway to the open source community this week, following a trial with an...
AT&T Wireless Group tops profit growth
NEW YORK-The major players' rankings reflect the dynamic environment of telecommunications as some stalwarts held their ground, some newcomers joined the group, while still...
Air2Web partners with Mascot
ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. and Mascot Systems Ltd. announced a partnership to allow Mascot to develop wireless application solutions using Air2Web's wireless platform.Mascot will also have...
Collocation proposal sound, but not adopted
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Staff of the federal Advisory Commission on Historic Preservation said a wireless industry proposal on collocation of wireless facilities is sound, but did...
GoAmerica service now on HP Jornada
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said its Go.Web service is now available on Hewlett-Packard Jornada 540 Pocket PC devices.The solution includes the Minstrel 540 wireless modem...
D.C. Briefs
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the comment period for the merger of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., Powertel Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG to Dec....
Commissioner accuses feds of subverting relocation process
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth last week leveled perhaps his strongest criticism yet against fellow telecom regulators and the Clinton administration, accusing both of...
Death-row ads cause firestorm
WASHINGTON-CellularOne Group, one of the nation's top mobile-phone service brands, has created a firestorm of controversy by refusing to pull a TV commercial that...
CTIA spells out location guides for FCC
The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association moved to set the standard for location-based services privacy principles by laying out its own guidelines to the...
Verizon buys Calif./Nev. property
Verizon Wireless bought up the last bits of the Sacramento Valley L.P., which covers about 3.8 million people in Northern California and Nevada and...