Yearly Archives: 2001

Industry, privacy advocates call for privacy rulemaking: Consumers, advertisers urge restraint

WASHINGTON-Privacy advocates and the wireless industry urged the Federal Communications Commission recently to initiate a rulemaking designed to create wireless location privacy rules, while...

Wireless Knowledge software simplifies application creation process

Wireless Knowledge Inc. has developed Echo, software that simplifies the process of creating and mobilizing wireless Internet applications that can be accessed on phones,...

Prepaid diplomacy

With last week's resolution of the standoff with China, U.S.-Sino relations again will be put under the microscope. Hardliners on Capitol Hill, angered and...

Roller-coaster ride

The stock market is up. The Dow is back over 10,000, but no one really knows why. Ignore it.The stock market, especially technology stocks,...

MobileStar plans network expansion

RICHARDSON, Texas-Wireless broadband Internet service provider MobileStar Network Corp. announced it will expand its wireless network to more than 2,000 additional sites by the...

Public safety tries to make 911 connection with carriers through Project LOCATE

WASHINGTON-A public-safety initiative to bring all those involved in enhanced 911 implementation together got off to a rocky start last week when many of...

AeroComm attacks wireless market with three-pronged approach

With a three-pronged onslaught at the wireless market, AeroComm Inc. is trying to move its image up a notch.The company, which is a wireless...

Major tech players enter the wireless game late, but strong

The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave.In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications...

Study outlines guides for wireless transitions

BOSTON-A recent study by AMR Research pointed out that as businesses rush to develop and implement wireless technology, the need for solid infrastructures to...

Carriers continue 3G plans using existing spectrum

The federal government recently has been looking at freeing up spectrum in the 1710-1850 MHz band, currently being used by the Department of Defense,...

BreezeCom, Floware plan to merge

TEL AVIV, Israel-Point-to-multipoint broadband wireless equipment providers BreezeCom Ltd. and Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. announced they plan to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction.Under terms...

Handspring meets analyst expectations

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. released its third quarter earnings report, meeting analysts' expectations and drawing $123.8 million.The company's earnings for...

GoAmerica expands Compaq relationship

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless data and Internet services provider GoAmerica Inc. said it expanded its relationship with Compaq Computer Corp. and will power Compaq's iPAQnet Mobility...

Wireless goes to school

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and...

Senate and House clash on auction dates: Bush budget slashes NTIA funding

WASHINGTON-House and Senate budget leaders are at odds over President Bush's plan to delay auctions of valuable broadcast spectrum, a dispute that arises at...

ADC reorganizes

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it is reorganizing to better meet its operational and financial objectives.Rick Roscitt was appointed the company's new chairman and chief...

Telecommunications industry questions payments for FCC consultant

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is questioning whether the nearly half-million dollars it has paid to a nonprofit consultant to the government on numbering issues is...

Alltel partners

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. partnered with LookSmart, a provider of Web directories, to offer a wireless Internet search and directory feature for its Web-Unwired...

Late News

China undecided on technology selectionOnly months after the Chinese Ministry of Information signed a memorandum of understanding to allow the country's second-largest company, China...

Motorola sends message of hope after reporting first loss in 16 years

Motorola Inc. mixed memory with some cheer in its first-quarter results last week as it reported its first loss in 16 years amid hopes...

Calif. studies cell-users’ rights: State PUC may not have authority to implement return policy

WASHINGTON-In a development with national implications for a wireless industry increasingly hit with complaints about service quality and billing problems, a California telecom regulator...

Handset market battle revs up

As the economy slackens and competition revs up, the handset market may set the stage for a battle between big names and their smaller...

Allgon to supply UMTS subsystem

TABY, Sweden-Allgon Systems has been appointed by an unnamed global system supplier to develop and globally supply UMTS base-station subsystems.Allgon will supply integrated filter...

Nokia to supply TETRA network in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and the Shanghai Machinery Complete Equipment (Group) Corp. will provide the city of Tianjin, China, with an 800 MHz TETRA mobile...

KPN, Interpay complete WAP financial transaction

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of...
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