Yearly Archives: 2001

Hot summer nights

It's going to be a hot summer. First off, there is "this summer's hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider," featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M....

Dam holding back unified messaging about to break

The ability to access anything, any time, any place seems to be every enthusiastic wireless user's ultimate dream. But many seem unaware that the...

3G on the couch

Hand wringing over third-generation wireless development has apparently turned dysfunctional. Seems that anxious wireless carriers in the U.K. have taken to hiring psychologists for...

D.C. Briefs

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, justice, state and the judiciary subcommittee last week to ask for...

Motient to resell DMD service

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. announced today a reseller agreement with Dynamic Mobile Data in which DMD's MobileDispatch software will be offered as a packaged solution...

Regional carriers respond to declining paging market

As the nation's largest messaging carriers suffer through a potentially disastrous economic decline, smaller carriers-those that only cover a few states-are also feeling the...

Convergys signs AT&T Wireless contract

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp., a provider of integrated billing and customer care services, signed a two-year contract with AT&T Wireless to provide integrated contact center services...

Amdocs raises $500M in funds

NEW YORK-Amdocs Ltd., a St. Louis-based provider of telecommunications billing and related services and software, raised $500 million through the private placement of seven-year...

Telia steps in to court TDC

LONDON-Sweden's Telia is now in discussions with TeleDanmark (TDC) about a potential takeover of the Danish carrier, following a breakdown in talks between TDC...

Motorola developers’ gathering yields contest, initiative to push wireless

Motorola Inc. marked its Smart Networks Developers Forum in New Orleans last week with partnerships and new product initiatives.Far away in Oman, the company...

Compaq’s MultiPort takes wireless computing to next level

While Bluetooth chipsets are expected to be commonplace in wireless handsets in the next few years, Bluetooth's current push in the market is being...

Adaptive Broadband blames paperwork for delisting

Although many companies have been negatively impacted by recent troubling financial times, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Adaptive Broadband Corp. noticeably has taken a hit, capped by...

Building standards one step at a time

Highlighting the complex fashion in arriving at standards for the wireless industry, Paul Mankiewich, the chief technology officer of Lucent Technologies Inc., joked that...

Supreme Court rules against cellular-phone privacy

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling said last week that restricting the broadcasting or publication of an illegally intercepted cellular-phone conversation violated...

TCS hopes October 911 date brings location services to forefront

The looming October deadline for carriers to comply with the Federal Communication Commission's Phase II E911 requirements has implications beyond safety. Companies like Annapolis,...

WebLink files Chapter 11

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc., one of the nation's largest messaging carriers with more than 2 million customers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week in...

Study finds consumers eager for benefits of mobile commerce

While a variety of wireless companies, from vendors to carriers, continue to talk about the benefits mobile commerce will bring, many industry observers agree...

IBM, Cisco, Microsoft sew together wireless with wireline strengths

As wireless technologies wax stronger in the market, established wireline corporations such as IBM Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. are learning to leverage...

Telecom policy will shift with control of Senate

WASHINGTON-The new Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to change the tone of telecom policy debate in Congress, but is unlikely to immediately have a major...

VoiceStream turns on Ping Pong SMS service

Short messaging service has found a niche in Europe with the youth market sending billions of short notes to each other during the past...

Bill to ban dialing and driving may stall

WASHINGTON-If you are a congressman driving one Friday evening to Connecticut while holding a mobile phone in your hand, and your wife exclaims suddenly...

Angelos to drop cancer lawsuit, focus on headset litigation: GAO report asks for more data

WASHINGTON-Sources say Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos will drop an $800 million mobile-phone brain cancer lawsuit but will continue to press ahead with class-action lawsuits...

Verizon finds people drive and talk

Wireless phones and driving appear to go together as well as coffee and doughnuts, according to an online consumer poll conducted by Verizon Wireless,...

e-tenna uses military technology to develop cheaper, more efficient handset antennas

Drawing on the money, people and time that is available to the military, e-tenna Corp. in Laurel, Md., developed antenna technology that it says...

Glenayre quits paging

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced a massive restructuring plan last week that includes cutting 55 percent of its work force-a full 700 positions-and completely dismantling...
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