Yearly Archives: 2001

NeoPoint shuts down

Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago...

Bluetooth News

Cambridge Silicon Radio introduced its MicroSira and CompactSira development tools for integrating Bluetooth functionality into a range of personal computer and personal digital assistant...

Cell-Loc signs MoU with IQ2

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it has singed a memorandum of understanding with IQ2 Communications Corp., a management and service company that specializes in software...

U.S. urged to step in on Korean 3G license

WASHINGTON-With Korea moving closer to awarding a controversial third-generation mobile-phone license that was set aside for cdma2000 technology last year, the White House is...

Teligent stock delisted

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said its securities were delisted from the Nasdaq National Market at the opening of business today. The decision, made jointly by...

iVB extends prepaid pact with BT Cellnet

DALLAS-iVB Network Solutions, a division of InterVoice-Brite, has extended its contract with BT Cellnet to provide a prepaid mobile-phone service for U.K. customers.The 18-month...

Industry Canada releases 2.4 GHz spectrum policies

OTTAWA-Industry Canada released a spectrum use policy that will supply a number of radio applications, products and services in the 2.4 GHz frequency range....

Bill meant to punish Baby Bells might hurt wireless

WASHINGTON-It is a little hard to tell-and opinions differ-but it appears a bill to give the Federal Communications Commission additional authority to fine local...

Java gains juice

Monopoly claims on Microsoft Corp. might go out the window in the wireless space as major vendors, developers and operators expect to leverage both...

Certicom to encrypt handheld devices

Mobile security company Certicom today released its movianCrypt, which the company touted as the industry's most efficient, transparent data encryptor for Palm Inc.'s handhelds.The...

Global wireless: Carriers continue to strike up international alliances

Deutsche Telekom's recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone...

Swedish study links phones to cancer

WASHINGTON-A new Swedish study links analog cell-phone use to brain tumors, a major scientific development that comes as lawmakers prepare to introduce legislation that...

SuperComm 2001 echoes recent message: get back to basics

Their words were cautious yet wise, and at times peppered with remorse, but as Cingular Wireless Chief Executive Officer Stephen Carter and Verizon Wireless...

Popular partnerships: Vendors team to reinforce strengths, shore up weaknesses

Major hardware and software vendors are teaming up to reinforce their strengths and shore up their weaknesses as the wireless industry marches to the...

New players not scared off by sluggish PDA market

"Come on in, there's room for everybody!"That's apparently the call a variety of companies hear when it comes to the personal digital assistant market....

Wireless bill could fuel 3G spectrum fight

WASHINGTON-An upcoming House bill could diminish the Pentagon's role in deciding the terms and conditions governing the transfer of Department of Defense spectrum to...

Germany relaxes UMTS network buildout rules

FRANKFURT, Germany-In a win for new entrants in Germany's mobile market, RegTP, the German telecom regulator, said it would allow the country's six Universal...

D.C. Briefs

The commercial wireless division of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau allowed the Friends of the Earth and the Forest Conservation Council to withdraw a...

Palm debuts Bluetooth card for PDAs

While many Bluetooth companies have made small-stake announcements at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, computing heavyweight Palm Inc. stepped up to the high-rollers...

Affiliates take advantage of brand relationship while serving individual market needs

The use of affiliates to manage and operate local markets is common in the wireless industry. While the larger carriers use affiliates to help...

Calling Dr. Carlo

Dr. George Carlo has missed his true calling. Carlo, who led the six-year, $28 million effort to study any potential links between wireless phone...

Thanks for balanced paging coverage

As predictable as ants at a picnic, the summer of 2001 finds the mainstream press proclaiming the death of the paging industry. This time...

Iridium ships 1000 secure phones, announces availability of data services

LEESBURG, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. began shipping last week an order of 1,000 phones pursuant to a contract signed with the Defense Information Systems Agency...

Telematics provider establishes consulting service

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-Telematics service provider WirelessCar has established WirelessCar Consulting, a global telematics consulting service designed to provide knowledge, advice and specialized training in all...

Federal appeals court denies SBT in fight with FCC, Nextel

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday denied Small Business in Telecommunications' often-quixotic attempt to turn back the...
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