Yearly Archives: 2001

Iquity lets customers get discounted airtime in exchange for hearing ad spots

NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to...

FunMail supports Nokia image format

PLEASANTON, Calif.-FunMail Inc. said it will support the Picture Messaging format from Nokia Corp. within its wireless messaging system.Under the system, users could simply...

Snaz files Chapter 7 bankruptcy

NEW YORK-Snaz Commerce Solutions, which provided wireless commerce products, said today it was forced to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which involves liquidating all...

GoAmerica, IBM provide wireless portal solution for GE Power

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. and IBM Corp. today announced they are teaming to offer wireless data solutions to GE Power Systems, which supplies power generation...

Bell Canada, Nortel sign expansion contract

TORONTO-Bell Canada and Nortel Networks have signed a deal valued at $117 million to expand Bell Mobility's PCS networks to Alberta and British Columbia,...

Nokia to offer Planet of the Apes screensavers, logos

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. has agreed with Twentieth Century Fox International to offer its mobile-phone users in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom screensavers and...

Iospan, Powerwave enter product development agreement

NEW YORK-Iospan Wireless Inc. and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have joined forces to develop AirBurst-compatible broadband power amplifiers to enhance delivery of non-line-of-site fixed-wireless communications.Powerwave...

KPMG to study smart card use

NEW YORK-KPMG L.L.P. will conduct a survey to measure smart card use in North America, according to an Aug. 6 announcement of The Smart...

Class action filed against Handspring for mishandled IPO

NEW YORK-Handspring's handling of its initial public offering, which sold in June 2000, is under challenge in a class action lawsuit the New York...

Every three wireless subscribers equal one less wireline subscriber, says study author

WASHINGTON-For every three new wireless subscribers there is one less wireline subscriber, said Stephen Pociask, president of TeleNomic Research L.L.C."These phones do the same...

Industry must deal with wireless vice

Just like the beginnings of the wired Internet, content on the wireless Internet is growing by leaps and bounds. Wireless Internet users now can...

Palm creates business apps

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week took a stab at operating system rival Microsoft Corp. in an announcement that Palm...

Carriers begin to feel pinch of economic slowdown

A handful of wireless affiliates and regional cellular operators reported mixed results last week, showing the economic slowdown has not entirely missed wireless operators.Heading...

Varied players must make tough decisions to jumpstart wireless data

According to new reports from two major analyst firms, wireless data will be a huge business in the future, but not before software vendors,...

Mobile popularity hinders PD card industry

LONDON-The huge popularity of mobile phones in Europe has had an adverse effect on the once-necessary prepaid disposable (PD) calling cards, which are used...

PCIA loses another one: Hoggarth to work at NTT’s Washington shop

WASHINGTON-In another blow to the struggling trade association, Rob Hoggarth, senior vice president of government relations for the Personal Communications Industry Association, is leaving...

Industry wades into wireless ad waters

Advertisers, like everyone else, want the biggest bang for their buck.They want to reach as many people as possible without a lot of expense,...

IMC WorldCell offers Iridium service

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, United States—Wireless service provider IMC WorldCell announced it now offers Iridium Satellite phones and service, expanding WorldCell coverage to hard-to-reach places...

Aspiro provides customers access to GlobalDining

TABY, Sweden—Aspiro has agreed to deliver GlobalDining's mobile restaurant directory and reservation network to its customers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.According to...

Telecom Personal to use Lotus technology

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telecom Personal presented a signed agreement with Lotus to enable its cellular clients to access various mobile services based on WAP from...

Israel’s Celltick receives financing

NEW YORK—Celltick Technologies, an Israeli interactive mobile broadcasting solution developer founded in March 2000, received US$10 million in follow-on venture financing it will use...

Saudi Telecommunications awards joint contract to Ericsson, Nokia

LONDON—Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) has announced it has awarded a joint contract to Swedish telecom heavyweight Ericsson and Finnish mobile giant Nokia. Under the...

Saudi Business Machines completes computer project in Middle East

LONDON—Saudi Business Machines (SBM), the general marketing and services representative for IBM WTC in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced it has completed the...

KPMG to study smart card use

NEW YORK—KPMG will conduct a survey to measure smart card use in North America, according to a 6 August announcement of The Smart Card...
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