Monthly Archives: June, 2001
Comverse scores Hong Kong contract
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today scored a major sale, announcing that all six Hong Kong mobile operators will use the company's Intelligent Short Message Service Center...
Xmarc, Airbiquity unveil location-based environment
ROME-Xmarc Inc. and Airbiquity Inc. are unveiling their Airbiquity-Xmarc Location Environment, or axle, a vertical location-based application environment designed to accelerate deployment of GPS-enabled...
Terabeam adds Vault Capital to Seattle customer list
SEATTLE-Terabeam Corp., a provider of high-speed optics telecommunication service, announced that venture-capital firm, Vault Capital, has connected to its network.Vault is connected with a...
Gravitate enters deal with CPS
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Gravitate Inc. has signed an agreement with Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. of Cambridge, England, marking its entry into the European market....
AT&T Wireless offers shared calling plans
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless introduced two calling plans, AT&T Shared Advantage and AT&T Wireless Mobile-to-Mobile Minutes, for local wireless calls made between subscribers.The Shared Advantage...
AT&T names new board members
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless, to be spun off from parent AT&T Corp. July 9, announced eight members of its new board of directors.John Zeglis will...
PWS gets Sony copyrights for ringtones
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Premium Wireless Services Inc., a wireless entertainment and messaging platform provider, has licensed the copyrights to a variety of songs and music...
Multimedia messaging service alliance formed
NEW YORK-A group of seven network infrastructure and software systems developers have joined forces in what they are calling an "initiative" to explain and...
Vodafone collaborates with Microsoft
SEATTLE, Wash.-Wireless carrier Vodafone UK said it is collaborating with software giant Microsoft Corp. to launch the Vodafone OfficeLive which provides corporate customers access...
BILLING: Carriers recognize need for transaction-based billing model
NEW YORK-The tail is wagging the dog when it comes to billing systems capable of meeting the needs of wireless network operators to enhance...
CWA claims Verizon violated labor agreement, alleges workers blocked from unionizing
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America last week accused Verizon Communications Inc. of violating last summer's labor agreement by blocking wireless and information services workers...
RadioFrame receives $11 M in financing
RadioFrame Networks Inc., a Redmond, Wash., provider of indoor wireless voice and data systems, has received $11 million in first- and second-round venture- capital...
OPINION: All politics is national
Having signed a $1.35 trillion tax-cut into law and organized a tee ball game on the South Lawn, President Bush has now turned his...
WORLD BRIEFS
PortugalOni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated...
Wireless advertising depends on 2.5G/3G rollout
The often-promised and highly anticipated success of wireless marketing and advertising will be greatly dependent upon the rollout of 2.5 and third-generation networks, according...
Palm fights hazardous waste
NEW YORK-Breakaway Solutions Inc. and Analine Technologies have teamed up to use the Palm operating system and Palm VII devices to improve the safety...
Corrections
Rogers Wireless Inc.'s ownership was incorrectly stated in the story "Rogers aims to take company back to private status" in the June 18 edition...
Motorola completes Mexican cellular sale with Telefonica
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola said it completed the sale of its investments in four cellular companies in northern Mexico to Telefonica S.A. for more than $1.8...
Congressional investigators examine export-control policy in preparation for legislation
WASHINGTON-Congressional investigators in the General Accounting Office recently issued two reports dealing with export-control policy just as Congress is considering a bill that would...
Nokia, Sonera report GPRS test
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Finnish operator Sonera said they have conducted tests that determined data packets could be transmitted through Sonera GPRS Roaming Exchange on...
Nokia, Brightpoint enter distribution agreement
IRVING, TX-Nokia Corp. has signed a letter of intent with Indianapolis-based Brightpoint to distribute all of the Finnish vendor's original accessories and logistic services...
NEWS
Motient adds IBM customersRESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. said it added 1,400 new customers through its lucrative deal with IBM Corp.IBM will deploy Research In Motion...
NTT DoCoMo to up Taiwan stake, push i-mode services
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it will increase its stake in Taiwan's KG Telecommunications by purchasing a maximum of more than 62.36 million new shares from...
Sprint PCS begins prepaid test marketing
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS said test marketing of a prepaid wireless phone program with wireless Internet access in Northeast Ohio will begin this month.The...
Weiner asks GAO to probe consumer complaints
WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) officially asked the General Accounting Office to probe growing mobile-phone service problems in the United States, a move likely to...