Yearly Archives: 2001

Air2Web gets USF contract

ATLANTA-The University of South Florida plans to use Air2Web's wireless platform to extend wireless services to students, faculty and staff beginning in January.The University's...

Higher speed alternatives may replace Wi-Fi as standard

While 802.11b, otherwise known as Wi-Fi, has made huge inroads as the wireless local area network technology of choice, many companies providing equipment and...

Telephia to acquire Mspect

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company's short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application...

AOL, Sony partner for home networking

LAS VEGAS-AOL Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp. announced at the Comdex show in Las Vegas that they will explore a range of initiatives...

SBA 3Q results strong, revenues, net loss up

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported strong results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 with revenues of $63 million, an increase from the...

Fraud finds new face in identification theft

NEW YORK-Fraud is following the course of least resistance, trending largely but not exclusively toward subscriber identity theft and away from the use of...

TeleComputing releases PDA solution

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-TeleComputing has released its new Mobile Services Powered by TECOS, a hosted application solution that enables service providers to deploy services that...

Turkey Run

Osama bin Laden and his goons appear to be in retreat. For that alone we should give thanks, though no one will be satisfied...

A locked door

Qualcomm Inc. has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively...

OnStar, Verizon unify bills

DETROIT-OnStar is working with Verizon Wireless to make it cheaper for OnStar Personal Calling customers to forward calls from a handheld Verizon phone to...

Starent Network chosen by Samsung

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Network Corp., a provider of next-generation mobile infrastructure solutions, reported its ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway platform was selected by Samsung Electronics Co....

Nextel launches Ensemble billing platform

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Amdocs customer and billing platform Ensemble, which the carrier expects will improve customer service and reduce customer retention costs....

Working Assets selects Sentori for wireless billing solution

SAN FRANCISCO-Long-distance, credit-card and online services company Working Assets has chosen Sentori Inc. to provide its new wireless billing solution, Sentori 3G, which will...

Verizon chooses Mericom for Oregon tower project

LAKE FOREST, Calif.-Verizon wireless selected Mericom Corp. to expand and enhance Verizon's service in southern Oregon.Mericom, through its Wilsonville, Ore., office, will provide site...

Qualcomm shows UMTS phone

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has successfully demonstrated a wireless voice call via a third-generation UMTS-compliant handset equipped with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' MSM5200 Mobile...

China Telecom buys Mirapoint products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Mirapoint announced China Telecom purchased the company's messaging products and will offer the services to customers in the Guangxi province.The announcement comes just...

U.S. Cellular, Schema sign network agreement

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.-U.S. Cellular Corp. signed a network services agreement with Schema Inc. to deploy Schema's Telecom Resource Management software designed to increase network...

Millicom, Tele2 agree on price for MIC Russian assets

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. and Tele2 AB have agreed on a price of $80 million for Tele2 to purchase MIC's Russian cellular telephony...

Brightstar retains top spot in Latin American outsourcing

MIAMI-Brightstar Corp. announced its third-quarter revenues showed it remains the market share leader in Latin American wireless outsourcing.The company's $161.5 million in revenues was...

Handspring forges deals to bolster business offerings

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. announced a series of deals aimed at fortifying its business offerings. The announcements are the latest...

Qualcomm to give $266M to Vesper

LOS ANGELES-Qualcomm Inc. said it has committed $266 million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless carrier."With a footprint of...

SkyGo adds content providers to ad network

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless marketing company SkyGo Inc. announced five additional content providers have joined the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Network, including CBS MarketWatch.com, ESPN.com, Hoover's...

Comverse brings unified messaging to Portugal

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse has been chosen to provide its unified messaging solution to Portugal's Vodafone, a mobile operator that has 2.6 million cellular customers and...

VoiceStream to acquire MobileStar

BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless said it will acquire the majority of bankrupt MobileStar Network Corp.'s equipment and contracts for an undisclosed sum, although the mobile...

Audiovox releases GPS-enabled phone

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. announced the release of its first GPS-enabled handset, the 9155GPX.The new CDMA tri-mode phone is Web-enabled, equipped with 1XRTT and...
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