Yearly Archives: 2001

Rapid growth ahead for Japanese wireless Internet

TOKYO-The value of wireless Internet transactions in Japan will grow from $336 million in 2000 to more than $5 billion in 2005, according to...

Bell Canada extends relationship with Amdocs

MONTREAL-Bell Canada and Amdocs, a telecommunications customer care and billing company, announced they will extend their relationship to offer Bell's customers a single bill,...

NTT DoCoMo to add Internet services to PHS system

TOKYO-Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it was adding Internet services to its second-tier personal handyphone system, in an attempt to cut into...

Floor manufacturer gets into RF business

NEW YORK-Armstrong World Industries Inc., Lancaster, Pa., has produced conventional looking, pop-out ceiling tiles that hide radio-frequency antennas in their upward facing sides."Providing in-building...

Psion, Motorola part ways

Motorola Inc.'s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe's biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting...

Brazil suspends wireless auction

SAO PAULO, Brazil(AP)-Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel said Friday it had suspended next week's planned auction for the first three of nine new licenses due...

Nextel shareholders react to auction delay

News of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to delay the auction of 700 MHz spectrum from March to September, caused a slight panic for...

Whitlock, Voice Technologies partner on speech apps

RICHMOND, Va.-Web strategy and development company Whitlock ebs announced a strategic partnership with Voice Technologies Inc., a company focused on voice/speech technologies.The companies said...

Forest Service orders Relm radios

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-The Klamath National Forest ordered about $316,000 in mobile radios from wireless land mobile radio company Relm Wireless Corp.Relm said the latest...

Metawave reports spread of smart antennas

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. announced its smart antenna technology has been deployed in 13 of the top 20 wireless markets, as ranked by RCR...

Metro One buys Enthusiam

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. announced today it will acquire Enthusiasm Technologies Inc., a developer of Web-based data extraction and processing technology, for about...

Qualcomm expands UCT license

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it expanded United Computer and Telecommunications Inc.'s CDMA license to include the design and marketing of third-generation CDMA-cdma2000, cdma2000 1xEV,...

e2 acquires Infoinmotion

DALLAS-e2 Communications, a developer of e-mail marketing and customer relationship management solutions, acquired wireless technology developer Infoinmotion.Infoinmotion develops and markets wireless network access services.e2...

Securicor enters Latin America with distribution deal

NEW YORK-Marking the company's move into Latin America, Securicor Wireless Inc. announced it signed a distribution deal with Marketronics Corp., which operates in Buenos...

Powell focuses on operations

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell initially expects to focus on the internal workings of the commission rather than on regulatory initiatives, according to an aide."I...

Furchtgott-Roth to exit FCC

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is losing its most conservative member, although Harold Furchtgott-Roth does not expect his departure to leave the the newly named...

SnapTrack, SignalSoft aim to be location powerhouse

SnapTrack Inc. and SignalSoft Corp. have officially agreed to combine their resources and jointly market and deliver location-based applications and systems.SnapTrack, a subsidiary of...

Qualcomm develops open platform

In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology...

Latest health lawsuit filed in Georgia

WASHINGTON-A Georgia man last week filed lawsuit against mobile-phone giant Nokia Corp. and others, claiming cell phone use caused his brain cancer. The mobile-phone-cancer...

BulletIN.net signs contract with China Systems

ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, a provider of two-way wireless Internet connectivity for wireless carriers, announced it will deliver its wireless messaging products to China Systems Corp.'s network...

Report shows Sprint PCS gaining market share

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Sprint PCS increased its share of the consumer wireless telephone service market, according to a report on consumer wireless phone service by...

NTT prepares for share issue

TOKYO-Japan's largest wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., is expected to set prices for the sale of new shares early next week, according to Reuters....

Finnish government launches TETRA

HELSINKI, Finland-After nearly two years of work, Finland's Ministry of Interior launched its fully working Virve network based on the Terrestrial Trunked Radio System...

Verizon launches Mobile Messenger, flat-rate plan

SALT LAKE CITY-Verizon Wireless introduced it Mobile Messenger two-way text-messaging service to customers in Salt Lake City.Verizon Wireless explained there was no need for...

Sigma to support Ericsson’s Bluetooth handset

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson signed an agreement with Sigma for sales and support of the trial version of Ericsson's R520 handset, the company's first GPRS telephones...
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