Whether the issue is a high-stakes spectrum fight key to the New Economy, a free-falling stock market key to the Old Economy or a U.S.-Sino spat key to the global economy, the question for all America is the same: Who's running the country? Is it...
I've seen the future and it is m-commerce. M is for money, isn't it? Money or mobile, same thing, different pronunciation. At Accenture's Global Communications Forum last week in Miami Beach, the promise of m-commerce was underlined over and over by diverse executives in...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said it may impose sanctions on Columbia, Mexico, South Africa and Taiwan for telecom trade violations and accused five European Union nations and Japan of erecting illegal barriers to their telecom markets."Telecommunications trade agreements, particularly in the World Trade...
For the love of Java, three companies with two handsets have come together.Using Sun Microsystems' Java software in Motorola Inc.'s phones over Nextel Communications Inc.'s networks, the three companies are targeting both white collar and blue collar users.The particular wireless phones involved in the...
Globalstar L.P. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $1.1 million and $3.7 million, respectively, however the company continues to see minimal growth in voice traffic and said in its annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission it...
Palm Inc.'s planned acquisition of Extended Systems, a provider of mobile information management solutions, hit a bit of a snag after Palm's stock price plummeted last week to less than $7 per share.The sell-off began after Palm issued a warning concerning earnings, noting revenue...
Instant messaging, the simple act of writing to another person in real time, is a big deal.This fact has been proven by the popularity of America Online Inc.'s instant messaging program, which became a subject of debate during the Federal Communications Commission's hearings on...
In the drive to miniaturize, IBM Corp. is leveraging the strengths of wireless for its desktop technology.Pursuant to that, the company has introduced wireless enhancements to create a cordless, clean-desk environment for the end user.The wireless kit consists of a keyboard, mouse and receiver...
TROY, N.Y.-MapInfo Corp.'s Location Management Platform has been integrated with Alcatel's Intelligent Mobile Location Server to provide a fully scalable E911 solution, the companies said.MapInfo's Location Management Platform adds location capabilities to call processing, which is required of vendors in order to meet the...
NEW YORK -The governor of New York and the leaders of both houses of the state Legislature said last week they will support legislation to prohibit handheld use of wireless phones while driving, except in emergencies.At separate news conferences held April 2 in the...
WASHINGTON-Under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. said they would stop an advertising campaign that could lead consumers to believe HP's personal digital assistants-which are not sold with a wireless modem-come Internet ready.The FTC said the ads,...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has entered a two-year agreement with Kyocera Wireless Corp. to distribute wireless phones and accessories in the United States, Latin America and Asia.CellStar will provide distribution and fulfillment services for Kyocera's line of digital wireless phones and accessories, including the new...
NEW YORK-The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted a patent to Tropian Inc., a fabless semiconductor maker based in Cupertino, Calif., for its method of addressing issues related to radio-frequency switch mode power amplifier designs."Although information is readily available on the design of...
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has agreed to become the first carrier for Digital Angel, which expects to offer the first on-body gauge of vital signs transmitted wirelessly in real time to medical professionals.Since Applied Digital Solutions, Hauppauge, N.Y., announced plans in early November...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-International press reports are stating Europe is divided on the issue of whether to allow European third-generation license winners to have revised fees and terms for the licenses they paid heavily for last year. Germany, which drew about $46 billion from mobile carriers,...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Maptuit Corp., which supplies eGeo services, announced it has deployed a contextually integrated real-time traffic service with route avoidance.The new service, which is available across both wireline and wireless devices, provides users with reports of location, type and severity of traffic incidents, including...
EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE.Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea.Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not amused by the optimism expressed about...
YONKERS, N.Y.-AvantGo Inc., announced its new "Consumer Reports to Go" service, which offers buying advice from selected Consumer Reports on personal digital assistants.The agreement between Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, and AvantGo Inc. will roll out in stages. Initially, AvantGo subscribers and...
LONDON-Vodafone U.K. launched Vizzavi Find & Seek location services on its network. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) service allows users to identify where they are on a map.The service also offers a range of location-based information, such as locations of restaurants, banks, sporting events...
MT. PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. (ISCO), a supplier of interference-management solutions, announced that its previously disclosed settlement of shareholder litigation was approved by the court on March 30, 2001, resulting in the company receiving $15 million, less legal fees.Another previously disclosed proposed settlement of...
JACKSON, Miss.-Air2Lan Inc. said it acquired World Media Inc., a Montgomery, Ala., broadband services provider, and will immediately begin offering services in Montgomery under the Air2Lan name.Air2Lan now serves Jackson, Miss., Houston, New Orleans and Montgomery. The company said it plans to announce six...
NEW YORK-Rare Medium Group Inc. said it will provide Motient Corp. with up to $50 million on a short-term basis by purchasing Motient's stock.Company officials said the move could promote a broader alliance between the two companies."We have had constructive discussions with Motient regarding...
MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA, which develops digital wireless standard modules announced that Sewon Telecom Co. Ltd., a Korean telecommunications company, has placed its second order for WISMO modules, this time for 550,000 units."The WISMO solution allowed us to introduce two new models at the right...
ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. reported it added 86,174 net customers during the first quarter of 2001, with net postpaid additions of 105,240 customers offsetting a 19,066 subscriber decline in its prepaid base. Postpaid churn was approximately 2.4 percent for the quarter with combined churn...
