Yearly Archives: 2000

Motorola forms bar code company

SCHAMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc., Symbol Technologies Inc., Connect Things Inc. and AirClic Inc. announced a plan to form a new e-commerce company based on scanning...

Carriers must leverage strengths to compete with conglomerates

BOSTON-Media conglomerates will likely control the content available to wireless devices, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, and wireless carriers' only hope...

Teligent technology enlarges footprint without additional infrastructure

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., has found a way to bend radio signals around buildings, dramatically enlarging its actual footprint without much additional network...

Trip.com delivers wireless rebooking

DENVER-Business traveler content provider Trip.com Inc. launched a wireless extension to its Internet site last week, featuring a first-of-its-kind ability to rebook flights from...

Red-M helps take Bluetooth to the next level

Red-M, a wireless Internet server developer, and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to cooperate on enabling Wireless Application Protocol applications over Bluetooth technology.The idea is...

FCC favors AirCell in carrier disputes

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-In a decision released June 9, the Federal Communications Commission sided with AirCell Inc., an air-to-ground communications system provider for the aviation market,...

Qualcomm stock responds to analysts estimates

Qualcomm Inc. stock rebounded slightly last Friday closing up $4.31 at $65.75 after shedding almost 25-percent the previous two days on analysts cutting earnings...

MobileSys partners with paging firms

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-MobileSys Inc. launched its MobileSys Network last week, and made partnerships with WebLink Wireless Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to expand its...

Informio to offer voice-enabled enterprise app as enhanced service

A new company called Informio was established today, created with the goal of voice-enabling enterprise applications, either hosted at its data center or at...

CDG supports HDR while keeping door open for 1xtreme

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group last week announced support for Qualcomm Inc.'s High Data Rate technology as a third-generation technology, but agreed to leave...

Microsoft, Samsung to cooperate on WinCE-based phones

Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. announced an agreement to jointly create a new line of mobile phones based on Microsoft's Windows CE...

Viewpoint: Unsung hereos

Fires, floods, avalanches, carjackings. Disaster at every turn. This is everyday Americana?Yes, according to CTIA head Tom Wheeler at last week's CTIA's Wireless Foundation...

FCC bypasses ETC status for wireless on tribal lands

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 8 adopted rules and policies aimed at increasing teledensity on tribal lands but did not address requests from...

OracleMobile extends portal to two-way pagers

OracleMobile added support for two-way wireless messaging devices to its OracleMobile.com wireless Internet portal service, which Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. both...

News Briefs

Nearly 41 million people worldwide subscribed to Time Division Multiple Access-Enhanced Data for Global Evolution technology by the end of the first quarter, an...

Chase lawsuit could harm Castle Harlan bid for Iridium

Chase Manhattan Bank filed papers in the U.S. District Court in Delaware June 9 alleging 17 members of Iridium L.L.C. have not met any...

Vendors plan for cdmaOne in China

HONG KONG-U.S. mobile-phone vendors are gearing up for cdmaOne sales in China despite uncertainty whether the technology will be deployed there.While China Unicom told...

CRADA comes under attack

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone research pact between the Food and Drug Administration and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has come under attack by the former chairman...

LHS integrates ConVerge product with Oracle app

ATLANTA-LHS Inc. will integrate its customer acquisition product ConVerge with Oracle Purchasing under Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative, accelerating customer acquisition and managing the operations...

Verizon gets green light

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved the transfer of GTE Corp.'s communications licenses to Bell Atlantic Corp. contingent on 25 conditions, including putting...

Qualcomm licenses Novatel to build CDMA, HDR products

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted Novatel Wireless Inc., a provider of wireless Internet solutions, a worldwide license under Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access patents to...

Lucent snags Verizon contract

Amid a flurry of speculation it might spin off its microelectronics group, Lucent Technologies Inc. won a contract to be the primary network infrastructure...

Xircom to acquire Omnipoint Technologies

Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth...

Sukawaty says goodbye to Sprint

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is...

Geoworks sues Phone.com

Just days before Geoworks Corp. is expected to introduce dramatic changes to the licensing program supporting its patent claim on aspects of Wireless Application...
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