TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. expanded its mobile-commerce offerings with the release of its Mobile Commerce Services Platform, which the company said will give customers alerts when particular sales occur and simplifies purchases spurred by offline advertisements.The company said its MSP product gives users an "actionable...
RCR Wireless News has added Emily Motsay to its editorial staff as editorial assistant. Motsay graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in May of 2000 with a bachelor's degree in English literature, women's studies and journalism.While attending Ohio Wesleyan, she filled several positions at The...
MUNICH, Germany-Infineon Technologies AG and InterDigital Communications Corp. announced a long-term partnership to develop enabling software for third-generation mobile products.The software they create will be incorporated into Infineon's standard 3G System-on-a-Chip Integrated Circuits for mobile terminals. In addition, InterDigital will design and sell custom...
DALLAS-JP Mobile, a wireless enabling technology provider, and eForce, a provider of e-business solutions, have partnered to market and deploy JP Mobile's SureWave Mobile Service to Fortune 1000 corporations."We view eForce as an important channel for us to sell and deploy our mobile server...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched Mobile Office, a service allowing customers to use their data-capable wireless handsets to dial into their company network or Internet service provider.While the service is included with all of the carrier's digital service plans, Verizon Wireless offers a Mobile Office...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for third-generation wireless systems, managed to win a commitment from Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to work with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
Metricom Inc. continued to tailspin toward insolvency last week as its auditor Arthur Andersen expressed "substantial doubt" about the company's ability to stay afloat in an annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission."Our future cash flow may be insufficient to meet out...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. said it intends to file for bankruptcy and lay off approximately 90 percent of its 200 employees.ART said that due to the continuing distressed capital markets, it has been unable to complete any of the financing alternatives it had...
WASHINGTON-Laska Schoenfelder, state chairman of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and 11-year veteran of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, died March 21 of cancer. She was 63.Schoenfelder was a strong advocate of the telecommunications needs of rural America and many said...
Motorola Inc. has said that the Securities and Exchange Commission made an informal inquiry into the company's possible breach of the fair disclosure regulation.While denying any wrong doing, company spokesman Scott Wyman said he would not characterize it as a probe.He said the inquiry...
In addition to being headquarters to a slew of businesses that have become known worldwide, including Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks, Seattle last week was ground zero for GSM technology as VoiceStream Wireless Corp. hosted the GSM Association's 45th Plenary Meeting.While the meeting is only...
BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Dolphin Telecom plc reported plans to reduce costs and concentrate its efforts and financial resources on its U.K. and French operations. The plans will reduce the Dolphins work force by 600 positions, split equally between employees and contractors, and will primarily affect...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says he is bullish on third-generation wireless services but believes not only is new spectrum needed, but carriers must also make efficient use of the spectrum they currently have."I am one who is bullish about the prospects...
The resurrection of Iridium came full circle last week with the announcement that the company's Tempe, Ariz., gateway is fully operational and voice service now will be available via its 66-satellite network to remote customers all over the world.Iridium Satellite L.L.C. plans to offer...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation to curb unsolicited commercial e-mail, possibly clearing the way for lawmakers to consider a related bill championed by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) that would ban mobile-phone spam.The anti-spam bill, now ripe for House floor action, would...
All BREW lovers are welcome to the party.Software developers and carriers are joining Qualcomm Inc. to propagate the virtues of the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, an open platform introduced by the San Diego-based company in January."It's exciting," said Jeff Ross, director of business...
WASHINGTON-Republicans and Democrats last week officially began the fight for control of America's high-tech agenda, a battle more about broad national economic policies than about key digital issues like privacy, e-commerce taxation, cyber security and third-generation mobile-phone spectrum.President Bush, seeking to shore up support...
WASHINGTON-The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision that said Illinois cities, including Chicago, could not charge wireless carriers rights-of-way fees because they do not use them.The Illinois court is the first in the nation to address the constitutionality of fees imposed on...
Vyyo Inc., which just a few months ago touted its triumph over the crashing stock market and projected first-quarter revenues of $7.9 million, significantly lowered its revenues for the quarter ended March 31 to less than $1 million, citing reduced orders from system integrators...
It's all about connecting.The notion that telecommunications exists to connect people is no longer a simple yet catchy idea, but an obvious cliche that does little to sell communications services. Advertising agencies and wireless companies are looking to connect with consumers on a different...
While mobile commerce won't become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study from The Strategis Group, with about 90 million users generating more than $50 billion in revenues by 2007.The study, "U.S....
WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the Senate communications subcommittee and the Federal Communications Commission are slated to begin briefing Senate staffers about spectrum policy and how it should not be used to make up revenues, said Mike Rawson, telecommunications aide to Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman...
The Senate Republican Conference will begin offering its recess packets and other information wirelessly to the Palm Pilot VIIs used currently by 11 Republican senators. Avantgo powers the service. The Republican Conference estimates that it costs $1,800 per recess to prepare the issue packets...
NEW YORK-Lenders anted up significant capital during the first quarter for the five publicly traded wireless tower companies, even as their share prices declined amid the stock market's general concerns about telecommunications."At a time when companies like PSINet made announcements that their stock is...
