Yearly Archives: 2000

MobileSys product aids data roaming between devices

NEW YORK-MobileSys Inc. commercially debuted today a new global data roaming product that allows encrypted information to be exchanged between corporate enterprises and wireless...

Extend provides Bluetooth kit to Motorola

BOISE, Idaho-Extend Systems Inc. said it will provide Motorola Inc. with a software kit enabling Bluetooth wireless file exchange and synchronization technology in Motorola...

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Solectron Corp. completed its acquisition of Americom Wireless Services, a privately held company specializing in wireless handset repair and refurbishment and outsourced technical customer-support...

New entrants need new strategies to compete with incumbents

BOSTON-Radio spectrum is scarce and becoming concentrated in the hands of fewer and more powerful players, according to a new report by Ovum, an...

Start-up proliferation gives employees upper hand

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...

Federal focus on digital privacy intensifies

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators, lawmakers and consumer groups are ratcheting up pressure for stronger privacy protections for consumers in the Digital Age, a development with major...

USA Today hires Proxicom to develop wireless offering

RESTON, Va.-Proxicom Inc., an e-business consulting and development company, was hired by USA Today to help develop a wireless business strategy targeted at the...

Portugal Telecom creates mobile holding company

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom announced the creation of PT Moveis, a sub-holding company for the carrier's mobile businesses. The sub-holding company will combine all of...

Sprint PCS delivers jokes to Wireless Web customers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Funny.com's entertainment services will be available to Sprint PCS Wireless Web customers directly on their Internet-ready wireless phones.Sprint noted the jokes will...

Toshiba, SanDisk create semiconductor venture

MANASSAS, Va.-Toshiba Corp. and SanDisk Corp. signed an agreement to create a new semiconductor company, FlashVision L.L.C., to produce advanced flash memory using fabrication...

Daniels promotes Brynestad, Tolliver

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a global provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications companies, named Kevin Brynestad and David Tolliver senior vice presidents.Brynestad...

Dobson buys equipment for wireless Internet launch

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported it has purchased equipment and developed a strategic alliance in anticipation of launching wireless Internet services later this year.A...

Dolphin launches emergency service product

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Dolphin Telecommunications Ltd. launched ResponseNet, the first of its Industry Net products, and confirmed that beta trials of the service have been...

EarthLink to test BlackBerry

ATLANTA-EarthLink Inc. has begun a market test of its Airmanager, a wireless service featuring BlackBerry Internet Edition from Research In Motion Ltd.The new service...

Ericsson wins VoiceStream contract

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. awarded the vendor a multi-year contract for equipment and services to expand its Global System for Mobile communications...

Expertech acquires Canadian installation team

BARRIE, Ontario-Expertech Network Installation Inc. acquired the Canadian installation team of the Nortel Networks Global Customer Care Services organization.In addition, the companies have signed...

Investors adopt smart phones, PDAs

BOSTON-Online investors are readily adopting wireless devices such as smart phones, two-way pagers and personal digital assistants to monitor and manage their financial portfolios,...

$411 million of fixed wireless licenses sold

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week raised nearly $411 million as it sold 2,173 licenses for fixed wireless service in the 39 GHz band."Winning...

FrontPorch expands line to include wireless Internet solutions

Front Porch Communications L.L.C., a hardware and software solutions developer for Internet service providers since 1998, expanded its offerings last week to include wireless...

RangeStar raises funds

APTOS, Calif.-RangeStar Wireless raised $25 million in its mezzanine round of funding, which the company said it would use to continue development of its...

Hotpalm.com to provide platform to ComTelco

ATLANTA-Mobile e-commerce solutions provider Hotpalm.com announced a strategic alliance to provide the wireless platform for ComTelco International Inc., a telemanagement, computer telephony integration, hospitality...

Globalstar funds running out

Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said its money will run out in five months unless it gets help. In the meantime, ongoing efforts to establish a...

GoAmerica offers handheld service

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, will provide wireless Internet access for the Handspring Visor handheld computer through its Go.Web service.The service...

Mobilkom Austria to implement GPRS

VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc. and Mobilkom Austria, a Global System for Mobile communications operator in Austria, signed a contract to implement a mobile data General...

Italy considers hybrid UMTS process

MILAN, Italy-The Italian government has proposed to use a two-stage process to award five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses later this year. The proposal...
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