Yearly Archives: 2001

CCI acquires Berkshire Wireless

SAN ANTONIO-Telecommunications infrastructure service provider CCI Telecom Inc. acquired Berkshire Wireless Inc., a wireless facilitates deployment specialist.CCI Telecom President Mike Novak will serve as...

FunMail completes tests

TOKYO-FunMail announced it is a step closer to introducing its animated messaging service after several successful tests between two mobile phones."Our tests are going...

Nextel announces wireless Web alliances

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced alliances with Airput, @Road and ClickSoftware to provide Nextel Wireless Web customers with solutions for real-time, remote management of...

Telecom Namibia prepares for privatization

As the South African telecommunications industry prepared for a meeting to map out the legal future of communications in the country, Telecom Namibia said...

World Briefs

MALAYSIAMotorola Inc. signed a $130 million infrastructure contract with Maxis Communications Bhd to increase Malaysia's network capacity to accommodate more than 3 million subscribers...

Less congestion on telecom freeways

NEW YORK-Borrowing the vernacular of a traffic engineer, a financier compared the current capital market conditions for telecommunications companies to rush-hour congestion, but observed...

Breaking Ma Bell

How it came to pass that AT&T let its cellular licenses slip away during its 1984 divestiture is the stuff of wireless industry urban...

XO Communications reports 181-percent revenue increase

RESTON, Va.- XO Communications Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $253.1 million, a 181-percent increase from the $90.02 million...

ADS forms strategic alliance with AT&T Angel

PALM BEACH, Fla.-Applied Digital Solutions Inc., a single-source provider of e-business solutions, formed a strategic alliance with AT&T Wireless as its wireless carrier of...

Avaya to create program to assist third-party vendors

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Business communications solutions and services provider Avaya announced it will create a Solutions Department Program to help third-party vendors design hardware and...

Lesswire to use NetSilicon connectivity solution

WALTHAM, Mass.-Germany's Lesswire AG will use NetSilicon Inc.'s complete connectivity solution in its LocalNavigator Bluetooth base station. The base station is designed to deliver...

TeleCorp launches service in Des Moines

ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Des Moines, Iowa.The Des Moines market is contiguous to AT&T...

Aether partners with news group to create gateway

VIENNA, Va.-The Newspaper Association of America partnered with Aether Systems Inc. to create a wireless news gateway, which will allow users to access content...

Texas Instruments unveils new chip design

Texas Instruments Inc., ever seeking a new berth for itself in the chip business, has developed a new device to enable handset manufacturers to...

LightSurf develops imaging solutions with wireless capabilities

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-LightSurf Technologies Inc. said it is developing a series of miniaturized, embeddable digital imaging solutions with wireless communications capabilities, the first of...

Widcomm’s BlueGate gives Bluetooth shot in the arm

Bluetooth's wireless networking prospects received a shot in the arm last week with the introduction of Widcomm Inc.'s shoebox-sized BlueGate 1000, a standalone Bluetooth...

Standards debate part of Bluetooth delay

As Bluetooth-enabled products continue their slow introduction into the marketplace, a new study by Frost & Sullivan forecasts global shipments of Bluetooth products to...

The Mighty Quinn

They say that whatever they do, wherever they go, the Clintons leave a path of destruction behind them. And so it is that Bill...

Triton PCS doubles revenues in 4Q

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted increased revenue and net additions during the fourth quarter of 2000 ended Dec. 31.The company's revenue more than...

Business Briefs

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. announced it launched its Wells Wireless mobile banking service, which is powered by 724 Solutions Inc.'s financial services...

Australian government allocates funds for mobile projects

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology announced that more than $2.8 million had been allocated through the $233 million Networking the Nation...

Borland to support iDEN tool kit

Motorola Inc. said Borland, a provider of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools, will provide its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part...

Kasten to secure BlackBerry for Defense contract

STERLING, Va.-BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.'s handheld e-mail computer favored by high-powered executives, will soon move from the boardroom to the battlefield under a...

Survival of the fittest?

Newly named Leader of the Pack FCC Chairman Michael Powell got it right last week when he declared that wireless is the killer app.He's...

Microcell premieres i.Fido wireless data offerings

Nine months after investing an initial $33 million into its mobile Internet services development company Microcell i5 Inc., Canadian wireless operator Microcell Solutions Inc....
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