Yearly Archives: 1999

TRITON ANNOUNCES LAUNCH CITIES

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. completed the first phase of its buildout by launching digital wireless service in Richmond, Va., and Hickory-Lenoir, N.C. The company...

NEWS BRIEFS

Fresh from his turnaround performance leading MobileMedia Communications Inc. out of bankruptcy, former president and chief executive officer Ron Grawert has been named CEO...

CORSAIR PROVIDES PHONEPRINT SOLUTION TO MOBILETEL

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. will deploy its PhonePrint fraud-prevention system for MobileTel Inc., a B-band cellular operator in southern Louisiana, announced Corsair.Corsair will...

HOUSE TELECOM SUBCOMMITTEE PASSES NEW ENCRYPTION BILL

WASHINGTON-Despite threats that legislation to relax export controls on encryption technology will hand over that technology to terrorists and weaken American national security, encryption...

KENNARD UNVEILS TAX PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard last week unveiled a new tax certificate program to attract more women, minorities and small businesses into wireless...

EDS INTRODUCES E-BUSINESS SYSTEM

PLANO, Texas-EDS introduced a service offering that will enable Internet service providers, phone companies and others to brand, sell and bill for the latest...

PHONE.COM RINGS UP SUCCESSFUL IPO

Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, entered the public realm with a bang last Friday with an initial public offering that proved exceptionally successful in...

GENERAL MAGIC PREMIERES MYTALK

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. introduced myTalk, a free ad-supported Internet service allowing users to manage their e-mail using the phone and spoken word commands.The...

GOAMERICA TESTS BARCODE SHOPPING

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it is beta testing a service that will allow mobile users to comparison-shop wirelessly, by scanning product barcodes and...

GORE HERALDS HIGH-TECH TAX CUTS

WASHINGTON-Vice President Gore last week promised high-tech tax cuts and increased information technology research funding as part of his official announced candidacy for president."I...

GEOWORKS ADOPTS AD-BASED BUSINESS MODEL

Geoworks Corp., adding yet another new business focus, has embarked on a crusade to elevate the wireless environment to the broadcast advertising status of...

NORTEL PRESIDENT TO LEAVE FIRM

TORONTO-Nortel Networks' President Dave House plans to leave the company by the end of August.House joined Nortel as part of the company's acquisition of...

MITSUBISHI COMPLETES MOBILE TERMINAL FIELD TRIALS

NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Materials Corp. recently completed field trials of a new system designed to provide Internet access to vehicular and other mobile terminals.Mitsubishi said...

LATE NEWS

Scandinavian Softline to license WAPHELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavian Softline Technology has agreed to license Nokia Corp.'s Wireless Application Protocol technology to deliver value-added data solutions for...

CARRIERS STRUGGLE WITH DATA PRICES

HONG KONG-The future of cdmaOne technology was the theme of this year's CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, and while data services are the...

FCC TO HOLD HEARINGS ON CONNECTING RURAL AREAS TO ‘NET

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to hold field hearings in rural America on the best ways to connect those areas of the country to...

SARAIDE.COM GROWS WITH PURCHASE, ERICSSON INFUSION

Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe...

SHOPKO TO SELL MOBILECOMM PAGING

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-ShopKo Stores Inc. plan to sell MobileComm branded paging products in its 158 stores beginning in September, under an agreement with Arch Communications...

QUALCOMM SMART PHONE USED FOR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access digital pdQ smart phone can offer the Palm Computing platform and support full-time access to the Internet,...

SURVEY PREDICTS HIGH TELECOM REVENUE GROWTH

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Telecommunications industry wholesale revenues will more than double during the next five years, according to a preliminary survey of the industry conducted by...

SWISSCOM MARKETS PREPAID

WASHINGTON-Swisscom, Switzerland's primary telephone company, is marketing its international prepaid roaming solution to service providers in North America. The service is based on the...

AARON SAYS U.S. TO PRESS EU ON HARMONIZATION

WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm...

NEC TO USE TEGIC SOLUTION

SEATTLE- Tegic Communications, a company that specializes in text entry solutions for wireless devices, signed a licensing agreement with NEC Corp., which allows NEC...

TIA GROUP WORKS ON NETWORK/HANDSET LOCATION SOLUTION

WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for...

SPRINT TO OFFER NOKIA WEB PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will offer both dual-mode and single-mode Web-capable handsets from Nokia Corp., according to a contract the two signed that could...
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