Yearly Archives: 2001

Qualcomm ships MSM5100

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has begun production shipment of its MSM5100 third-generation cdma2000 1x chipset and system software."The MSM5100 chipset and system software...

Tandberg offers video conferencing solution

OSLO, Norway—Tandberg, a video conferencing solution provider, introduced the Tandberg 1000, a video conferencing system capable of running on a wireless local area network.The...

Critical Path updates restructuring progress

SAN FRANCISCO—Communication and messaging company Critical Path Inc. said its restructuring plan, initially announced in April, has been substantially completed and is successful."The progress...

SMS services to deliver huge market potential

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—Two new studies show a huge market potential around the world for messaging services, and, according to Probe Research, U.S. wireless carriers...

KG Telecom to begin i-mode-like services next year

TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The...

Europolitan Vodafone customers get ring tones

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Using PipeBeach's VoiceXML platform, Europolitan Vodafone's customers are now able to download and listen to ring tones simply by using their voice.Europolitan Vodafone...

Ericsson to deliver Mobitex system to Sky Networks

BEIJING, China—Ericsson AB says it has signed a deal to deliver Mobitex system to Chinese operator Sky Networks Communication Group Co. Ltd. here and...

Ovum looks at data mobility market

SAN JOSE, Calif.—There is a potential market of 20 million users and annual revenues of $350 million for data mobility services, according to a...

VoiceStream selects SignalSoft for E911

BOULDER, Colo.—SignalSoft Corp. announced VoiceStream Wireless Corp. licensed SignalSoft's Location Centre product, as well as its W911 product for GSM networks, to comply with...

Air2Web closed venture-capital financing

ATLANTA—Atlanta-based Air2Web, whose Mobile Internet Platform lets companies extend enterprise applications to any wireless device, has closed a $20 million round of venture-capital financing...

Motorola announces more layoffs

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Motorola Inc. says it will lay off 7,000 more workers as it announced a third-quarter loss of $1.4 billion, its third consecutive...

Sprint to sell phones at Costco stores

KANSAS CITY—Sprint PCS Group announced its phones and services will be sold at Costco Wholesale Corp. stores beginning Nov. 1.Sprint PCS said it will...

Actiontec ships 802.11b adapters

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Actiontec Electronics Inc. announced shipment of three 802.11b Wireless Adapters that it said can be used in private homes or with office networks.The...

iTech introduces new battery adapter

SAN DIEGO—iTech announced its new NiCd/NiMH battery adapter compatible with the Motorola Saber MX1000, MX2000 and MX3000 radio batteries.The adapter uses a radio bayonet-type...

ActiveBatch supports Blackberry

HOBOKEN, N.J.—Advanced Systems Concepts released its ActiveBatch Wireless Client interface, which the company said improves remote server and application management support using Research In...

Airbiquity announces GPS product customers

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.—Airbiquity Inc. said it is distributing its GPS Accessory to i-Planet Wireless, Entrust Connections and Sky Cop.Aradiant, formerly The National Dispatch Center...

BWIF says 3G unacceptable for fixed wireless services

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—A comparison study from The Broadband Wireless Internet Forum looking at adapting current third-generation technologies based on CDMA as a possible alternative transmission...

Geoworks to cut staff by 45 percent

ALAMEDA, Calif.—Following the trend of many other wireless data companies in recent weeks, mobile data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said it will cut its...

InfoSpace, Verizon team for baseball service

BELLEVUE, Wash.—InfoSpace Inc. has teamed with Verizon Wireless to allow baseball fans to follow this year's playoffs on their digital wireless phones.Verizon Wireless subscribers...

EarthLink, Neomar enter licensing agreement

SAN FRANCISCO—Internet service provider giant EarthLink licensed wireless enterprise software developer Neomar's Carrier Class Gateway, which the ISP plans to use in its forthcoming...

Environmental inspectors to use wireless data

PHILADELPHIA—ALC Environmental announced its plans to provide its environmental inspectors with wireless data capture and reporting systems.Numoda Corp. will provide ALC inspectors with a...

Lucent switch delivers converged solutions

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced a multiservice switch to enable service providers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications to businesses...

BellSouth offers e-mail on Motorola Talkabout T900

ATLANTA—BellSouth announced it is offering its wireless e-mail service for the Motorola Talkabout T900, a two-way messaging device capable of communicating with any other...

LGC Wireless gets venture capital funds

SAN JOSE, Calif.—LGC Wireless announced it has been awarded $19.3 million in venture capital funding.The investment was led by Allegis Capital, who will now...

Aether announces product sale to Oester

OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc., proving it can still sell in a tight economic environment, announced yet another wireless data sale, this time to...
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