HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks signed a contract to provide a GPRS core system to Dutch telecommunications company Dutchtone N.V. As part of their agreement, Nokia will also provide Connecting@care support for integration of the GPRS core network into the existing service environment."We know that after...
PETAH TIKVA, Israel-InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd., a provider of fixed wireless access solutions, has signed an $11 million contract with Telmex Mexico to deliver wireless local loop solutions.According to the contract, InnoWave's MultiGain Wireless Systems will be deployed by ECI Mexico and will...
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Collective Communication Corp., a Maryland-based software firm that delivers turnkey wireless business solutions, has joined the Sun Developer Connections Program as an application provider member and a solution provider member.The partnership will allow Collective to accelerate development and deployment of its Java-based...
DALLAS-Esoftsolutions Inc., an e-business integrator and solutions provider, adapted the Docent Enterprise Learning Management System platform to support a wireless capability for Gradepoint Inc., a provider of computer training and eLearning.With this wireless capability, Gradepoint hopes to improve communication between the home office and...
NEW YORK-Droplet Inc., an Internet infrastructure company, and Girlzilla Inc., a usability research and design firm, have joined forces to create software development standards for front-office productivity applications that can be delivered wirelessly to mobile workers.Because applications developed with Droplet's Software Developer Kit do...
CANNES, France-Amdocs, a provider of customer-care, billing and order-management, introduced Amdocs 3G, a platform designed to assist carriers as they adapt to third-generation wireless services. According to the company, Amdocs 3G is made up of five integrated application suites with up to 30 applications...
TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., a provider of wireless location-based electronic-commerce solutions, announced it PowerLOC technology division has received a purchase order from RACO Industries of Cincinnati, a company in the bar-coding and data-collection industry, which is expanding its core products into asset management.Through the...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens Business Services announced an alliance with Aerita Inc., a mobile commerce technology company based in the United States. SBS will deliver Aeritas' nonstop mobile check-in and boarding service to its customers in the European travel industry. The service allows airline passengers to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Novatel Wireless, which provides wireless data communication access software, announced commercial availability of their co-branded Merlin CDPD Special Edition for use with Pocket PC devices.The software, which is only slightly larger than a credit card, slides into a Type II...
TOKYO-NEC do Brasil won a contract with Telesp to supply a CDMA-based fixed wireless access system for Sao Paulo, Brazil.The deal is valued at $260 million.The system will allow Telesp to install fixed-line capacity to meet targets set for it by the Brazilian government...
WOODBURY, New York, United States-Comverse said it deployed its voice-controlled mobile messaging service at Blu in Italy. The carrier can now offer its subscribers voice-controlled messaging in addition to call answering services.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Altitude Telecom selected Ericsson's local multipoint distribution system for its broadband wireless network in Normandy, France. Altitude Telecom was awarded two wireless local loop licenses in France last year to provide LMDS services in the 26 GHz band in Haute and Basse Normandie.
Following news of huge job cuts at Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., the Nasdaq tumbled 115.95 points Friday to land at 2,052.78, its lowest close since December 1998.A strong employment report, which could cause the Fed to lighten up on interest-rate cuts, also...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack on proposed budget cuts to telecom programs administered by the departments of commerce and agriculture.Education Secretary Roderick Paige, in testimony...
WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows that UWB devices do not interfere any more than other unlicensed RF-using products."The report documents the results of the measurement...
DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications clients, set an all-time company record in 2000 by completing 115 transactions, totaling more than $22.7 billion.The firm completed 84 mergers and acquisitions. Also included in its performance were 31 corporate...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. ended the year with revenues totaling $42.2 million compared with annual revenues of $53.5 million for 1999 and is evaluating a sale of part or all of the company.The losses are due to a weaker fourth quarter, reflecting lower than...
WASHINGTON-Whether the nation is plagued with daunting deficits or buoyed by gushing surpluses, spectrum auctions remain a lightning rod for controversy as the revenue-generating wireless licensing tool becomes inextricably intertwined in national budget policy.This was inevitable.Spectrum auctions grew out of a 1993 budget bill...
WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the end of the year, reforming an agency that some on Capitol Hill have said cannot be fixed and should be...
The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting, though many industry observers agree more consolation will take place and not everyone will make it to greener pastures.The recent...
WASHINGTON-Congressional opponents of the proposed $30 billion acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by Deutsche Telekom AG have struck again, just weeks after VoiceStream was successful in getting members of its congressional delegation to urge support for the deal."In recent days, a series of comments...
A great political stroke of genius of Team Bush has been the creation of the moderate tone implied by the "compassionate conservative" banner. Why, you'd think George W. would suffer from repetitive-motion injury for all the many times he's mouthed it. But while all...
Motorola Inc.'s miserable journey into the realm of mobile satellite communications with Iridium L.L.C. worsened last week when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in New York ruled that creditors of Iridium could proceed with plans to sue Motorola for $2 billion in damages.Creditors contend...
NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written just once for delivery to any device over any network.Earlier this year, the WMF released Version 1.0 of its Recommended...
