July 2000

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 plan to create applications allowing …

HONG KONG-MagiNet Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. formed an alliance to bring wireless Internet access to laptop users, the companies said. The companies will combine MagiNet’s Laptop Connect broadband wireless …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Response Service Center L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Automobile Association, will use Integrated Data Communications’ voice channel-associated data transport technology for operator-assisted, speech-assisted and Web-enabled location …

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost the capacity of its network to …

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 aimed at bringing greater security …

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 plc and GTE Corp., said …

WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telekom AG, after announcing its intent to buy VoiceStream Wireless Corp. , spent last week trying to kill an appropriations bill rider that could kill the deal and others …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Bolstered by a low 1.7 percent churn rate and an average monthly revenue per subscriber rate of $73, Nextel Partners Inc. reported strong second-quarter financial results. Company revenue increased …

China Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is …

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 system. Union Telephone previously used a …

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 is affiliated with The Interpublic …

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 and Sun StorEdge disk arrays as …

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 S.A. for $4.23 billion. According to …

WASHINGTON-While international attention is focused on Deutsche Telekom AG’s $50.3 billion bid for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and the fireworks it has set off in Congress, merger and acquisition activity in …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to acquire personal communications services operating licenses covering 387,000 potential customers in Eugene, Ore., and Greeley, Colo., from American …

Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications Corp., signed its 500,000th subscriber and reported it added 42,162 net new cellular subscriber during the first six months of …

WASHINGTON-House lawmakers late last week failed to cast a floor vote on appropriations legislation that was to include a repeal of the telephone tax, putting that measure and other wireless-related …

WASHINGTON-Privacy concerns voiced by lawmakers last week about controversial FBI Internet wiretaps have given added visibility to the wireless industry’s dispute with the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission over …

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 Performance Indicators,” allows wireless carriers …

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 system that will increase the accuracy …

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 remote access to their personal computer …

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 for marriage counseling. One reason for …

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 its affiliates. AT&T Wireless offers SMS …

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 businesses is forcing me to …

There is a growing horde of start-ups emerging onto the wireless scene looking to make a play in the still-being-defined wireless Internet space. Looking to take advantage of this raw …