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...

World Briefs

Czech RepublicAirspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the...

SBC Wireless launches mobile Internet portal service

DALLAS-SBC Wireless introduced through its Pacific Bell Wireless affiliate "My Wireless Window." The new product is a streamlined mobile Internet portal service powered by...

Livemind unveils engine

PASADENA, Calif.-Livemind, a wireless commerce transaction infrastructure and software developer, unveiled its Contextual Commerce Engine, which matches products to personalized content.RestaurantRow is the first...

Handset makers prepare for fuel cells: Methanol fuel to power phones by 2003

NEW YORK-Industry giants and unknown start-ups are heading into the home stretch of the race to make fuel cells commercially viable and available by...

Interactive Intelligence unveils client app for Palm devices

INDIANAPOLIS-Interactive Intelligence Inc. introduced a wireless interaction client application for Palm devices allowing them to access corporate communications systems and other functions.The Wireless Interaction...

Sprint PCS, eCompanies form wireless incubator

Another firm has emerged to help start-up companies find their place in the nascent wireless Internet space.Sprint PCS and eCompanies L.L.C., a firm that...

Sprint PCS partners with Target

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will begin selling its personal communications services phones, including the Samsung SCH-8500 and Motorola V2267, through more than 800 Target...

SCC contracts with UrbanMedia for 911 services

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. reported an agreement to provide data management services to support Emergency 911 access for clients of network manager UrbanMedia.The five-year...

Securicor buys 220 MHz license

KANSAS CITY-Securicor Wireless Inc. acquired a 220 MHz nationwide license from Global Cellular Communications Inc., advancing its goal of creating a national wireless 220...

FCC considers revoking licenses

The Federal Communications Commission has called for a hearing to determine whether it should revoke private wireless licenses of a group of individuals and...

FCC nixes plan to increases fees by $7.3M

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week rescinded its previously announced plan to make wireless carriers pay an additional $7.3 million in regulatory fees."We're very...

Phone makers agree on SAR information

WASHINGTON-The world's top mobile-phone manufacturers have agreed to include radiation data with new phones, a move that comes as suspicion has increased about whether...

OmniSky to hit Nasdaq

WASHINGTON-OmniSky Corp. said its shares have been approved to trade on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol OMNY, originally SKYY.The company recently filed...

C&W looks to sell Optus stake

LONDON-Cable & Wireless is reported to be in talks regarding the sale of its controlling stake in Australian mobile carrier Cable & Wireless Optus,...

Nokia offers chat function

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced a new mobile phone with a special chat function that allows users to share instant text messages with others, be...

Motorola acquires Printrak

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase all of the common stock and common stock equivalents of software supplier Printrak International Inc....

Wireless plays key role in Microsoft.NET strategy

Microsoft Corp. this summer unveiled a sweeping new company strategy and restructuring through its Microsoft.NET initiative-moving away from merely selling software to providing end-to-end...

D.C. Notes: Reality-based wireless

There is a great disconnect in the wireless industry. Whether it's mismanagement, industry hype, flawed law, Wall Street greed-or some combination of the above-is...

Siemens selects SignalSoft technology

BOULDER, Colo.-Siemens AG selected SignalSoft Corp.'s location technology to enhance its deployments of WAP gateways, SignalSoft said."Location is a key component in the wireless...

PCIA urges federal claims court to dismiss Qwest lawsuit

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is urging the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Qwest Corp. rules that require...

Internet not expected to replace traditional distribution

NEW YORK-If Silicon Valley's view is correct, all distribution of products and services will migrate to the Internet and companies will therefore close their...

TIM files suit against Italian government

ROME-Italy's largest wireless operator Telecom Italia Mobile SpA filed a lawsuit against Italy's Communications Authority, arguing it should not have to bid for one...

One-fourth of calls to theft line are communications-related

WASHINGTON-More than one in four of the calls to an identity theft hotline created by the Federal Trade Commission reported that a communications service-including...

iNetNow introduces Web-surfing service

LOS ANGELES-iNetNow Inc. introduced a human-assisted Web-surfing service designed for wireless Internet access device users.The service provides context-based links in WAP environments that connect...
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