Yearly Archives: 2000

SBC picks Logica router, gateway

DALLAS-SBC Wireless said it selected Logica's integrated Message Application Router and SMS Interworking Gateway to expand its wireless data services.SBC plans to roll out...

ATIS group releases E911 standards

WASHINGTON-Standards Committee T1, sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, released two new standards.The Enhanced Wireless 911 Phase II Standard defines the messaging...

Amdocs adds GPRS support to Pacific Bell

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs expanded its Ensemble customer care, billing and order management system installed at Pacific Bell Wireless to provide full support for GPRS services.Amdocs...

Lucent partners with PacketViedo

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaborative development agreement to optimize multimedia solutions on next-generation mobile devices.According to the...

Mvion targets mobile enterprise: Changes name to reflect new direction

In an effort to reinvent itself, KachinaGuide.com, which develops intelligent search and navigation technology, has changed its name to Mvion and is shifting its...

AT&T action needed to raise stock price

NEW YORK-Speculation continued last week as to what actions AT&T Corp. and its wireless business, AT&T Wireless Group, would take to boost their lagging...

AirGate revises 4Q outlook

ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. revised its expectations for the fiscal fourth quarter ending Sept. 30.AirGate expects its net subscriber additions to reach...

Affordable sells WebLink service

Affordable Telecommunications Technology Corp. signed a two-year marketing agreement with WebLink Wireless Inc. Affordable plans to market WebLink's two-way data services and other paging...

ADC, Harris form alliance

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. an-nounced an alliance with Harris Corp.'s Network Support Division under which Harris NSD will become an original equipment manufacturer and systems...

FCC extends rules for 911 compliance

The Federal Communications Commission late Friday substantially changed its implementation rules for enhanced 911 Phase II handset deployment and granted a waiver to VoiceStream...

Evertek to upgrade MMDS network with ADC equipment

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced that Evertek Enterprises, an Internet service provider based in Sioux City, Iowa, plans to upgrade its current two-way multichannel multipoint...

Aether eyes browser-enabled phones

Aether Systems Inc. is known for its custom messaging solutions, wirelessly enabling various types of applications for use on messaging devices and handheld computers.This...

Cincinnati Bell Wireless uses Peregrine fraud solution

SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Systems Inc.'s e-Business Connectivity Group delivered a business-to-business e-commerce solution to Cincinnati Bell Wireless designed to assist Cincinnati Bell and its handset...

Foreign-ownership fireworks

WASHINGTON-Is Deutsche Telekom AG's proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. a case of foreign investment or a protectionist grab of a foreign government? This...

GoAmerica provides service to Metricom network

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. has agreed to provide its wireless Internet service and content to the Metricom Inc. Ricochet network.The agreement calls for GoAmerica to...

eVoice delivers wireline voice mail to multiple devices

Now that most wireless carriers offer the same basic services, they are counting on enhanced services to attract new customers and set them apart...

Congress may address telecom tax, spectrum-cap bills: Foreign ownership, China trade also up for debate

WASHINGTON-With Congress back at work for a fall legislative session that will be cut short by the 2000 presidential election, several key bills of...

FCC OKs Comtech satellite services

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said the Federal Communications Commission granted authority to its subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., to provide satellite-based packet data communications...

Outsourcing boom

As handset makers continue to stretch their resources in the three digital technologies and future 3G technologies, they are finding an increasing need to...

GLV to deploy Airspan equipment

SEATTLE-Wireless access systems company GLV, formed by Long Lines Ltd., Golden West Telecommunications and Venture Wireless Inc., will deploy wireless voice and high-speed Internet...

Mobility solutions featured at DEMOMobile

PASADENA, Calif.-Several companies introduced new mobility solutions at the DEMOMobile show held last week.Unimobile.com released the Unimobile 3.0 private-label platform for text messaging, designed...

Motorola wins Coast Guard contract

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Motorola Inc. a $7.8 million contract to develop a preliminary design for the National Distress and Response System...

Centerseat aims to become wireless ASP

NEW YORK-Centerseat Inc., a content and commerce application service provider, said it has launched wireless extensions to its service to become a wireless ASP.Centerseat...

B-Mobile takes aim at Japan m-commerce

A new company soon expects to offer business-to-business mobile commerce services in Japan using software NTT DoCoMo uses in its wildly popular i-mode Internet...

Chat Pak program updated

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired changed its Chat Pak program design to promote budget management, affordable rates and rollover minutes, the company announced.The Chat Pak...
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