June 2001

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 to support SMS messages among the …

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 routing, fleet management, asset tracking and …

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 short fiber-optic cable run to …

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. CPS plans to connect the Gravitate …

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 plan allows up to five …

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 serve as chairman of the …

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 properties from Sony/ATV Music publishers. This …

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 promote multimedia messaging service in advance …

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 to personal information management systems anytime, …

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 average revenue per subscriber by charging …

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 from unionizing. “The company has been …

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 financing from five investors, the company …

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 attention to 2004. Not that the …

Portugal Oni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated billing solution. The solution includes …

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 to a new study by Frost …

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 of hazardous waste management through real-time …

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 of RCR Wireless News. JV II, …

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 billion in Telefonica shares. The sale …

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 relax export-control policy. The first report …

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’s UMTS platform.

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 for the United States and Latin …

Motient adds IBM customers RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. said it added 1,400 new customers through its lucrative deal with IBM Corp. IBM will deploy Research In Motion Ltd.’s 857s to its …

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 existing shareholders and employees at the …

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 service, dubbed Cube, is targeted …

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 produce additional data that could bolster …