MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. has deployed and received customer acceptance for what it said is one of the first U.S. wireless GPRS systems.AirNet's AdaptaCell base stations and its AirSite Backhaul Free base stations are included in the GPRS system AirNet is supplying to MBO...
HILSBORO, Ore.-Wireless e-mail company Etrieve Inc. announced an enhancement to its current service and a new deal with Dell Computer Corp.Under its agreement with Dell, Etrieve's e-mail service will be offered through Dell's Mobile Office Server, allowing users to hear or read e-mail, calendar...
Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new math. Carriers and vendors are walking a tightrope trying to find the proper balance between offering exciting new services and...
NEW YORK-Vaultus, a mobile platform company, announced it closed $32 million in second-round financing, bringing the total invested in the company to more than $57 million.The top investor in this round was First Union Capital Partners. Other investors included Research in Motion Ltd., Ventures,...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Mobileum Inc., which provides wireless and mobile-commerce solutions, announced it has joined the Openwave Developer Alliance Program.The Openwave Developer Alliance Program aims to promote the concept of wireless information access and to coordinate the exchange of ideas and information among is members.The companies...
SEATTLE-Cingular Wireless launched its brand in the Seattle and Spokane, Wash., markets, replacing GTE Wireless. The company also introduced GSM coverage in the area.Cingular said it has contacted current GTE customers about the switch and is offering to provide them with new GSM phones...
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. completed two transactions in which it exchanged class A common stock for the minority interests in its Sprint PCS operating subsidiaries, Louisiana Unwired L.L.C. and Texas Unwired."These transactions eliminate all of US Unwired's minority interests and increase the population...
HELSINKI, Finland- Nokia Corp. has selected subcontractors to supply its 3G equipment around the world.The subcontractors are Skanska Telecom networks and Flextronics Network Services in Sweden; Boke and Walterfang GmbH and Pfleiderer AG in Germany; Landis Public Networks B.V., Electro Zwijsen-Mourik B.V. and Electron...
Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, one of the world's premier breeding grounds for mobile-phone technology, wireless network security developer Columbitech is gearing up to take on the United States with a wireless virtual private network product that will allow users to access their corporate local...
WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission considers proposals to select a nationwide number-pooling administrator, two leading contenders are duking it out at the state level in winning pooling contracts.Number pooling allows telephone numbers to be assigned in thousands-blocks rather than the 10,000-block basis established when...
Two-way messaging licenses held by the now-bankrupt paging company TSR Wireless L.L.C. will be auctioned off near the end of this month, according to the company's bankruptcy trustee Charles Forman.The auction for the two two-way licenses, informally known as the channel 4 and channel...
The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans are being dictated by...
LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., a provider of network-independent billing and accounting technologies for the wireless industry, announced it has been granted broader U.S. and European patents covering a network-independent, handset-based prepaid wireless system.The patented system includes Telemac's IMA-Module software and its DAS software. According to...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is unlikely to stem the tide of telecom mergers headed for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in the next four years and may be reluctant even to block monopolistic market formations in the ever-changing high-tech industry, according...
FAIRFAX, Va.-One must first define the world before predictions can be made about how soon the world will be connected to the Internet, said an expert at last week's 2001 Global Internet Summit."It depends on what you mean by the world. ... We have...
MONTREAL-TIW added 878,300 net subscriber during the fourth quarter to reach a total of more than 4.4 million cellular subscribers, an increase of 97 percent from 1999.ClearWave N.V., a central and eastern European subsidiary of TIW added 314,400 subscribers in the fourth quarter, ending...
While the digital divide holds out hope of shrinking in the next half decade, signs persist that vendors and operators have yet to come to grips with the special needs of the burgeoning numbers of minority users.Two new studies reflect the optimism and obstacles...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Mainspring Inc., a digital strategy consulting firm, and Nordic Spring, a Swedish consultancy specializing in wireless and mobile strategies, have partnered to share research and analysis of the mobile market and engage in selected joint sales and marketing activities."We believe that our Global...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. said it opened a direct sales and service office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to serve as its headquarters for its Latin American marketing thrust.The company also announced it signed TWS International Inc. to a contract that calls for TWS...
SAN FRANCISCO-Aspiro and Wysdom Inc. signed an agreement that enables Aspiro to deliver short message service traffic within North America and Wysdom to deliver SMS traffic to the European market.Meanwhile, Wysdom customers will be able to reach more than 200 GSM carriers in Aspiro's...
WHEATON, Md.-Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. is now The Shosteck Group.According to the company, the new name commemorates its 20-year anniversary and reflects the firm's changing nature, from Herschel Shosteck's one-man firm to an international organization with global interests.The Shosteck Group prides itself on the...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. reported it is voluntarily replacing approximately 11,000 of its QCP 3035 wireless handsets sold to Qwest Wireless customers in 12 states since December. Kyocera said it found under certain circumstances some of the phones, when used in analog mode on...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-TDMA's advocacy body, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, said TDMA subscribers had increased by 74 percent to 61 million at the end of 2000."TDMA continues to be the most widely used wireless technology in the Americas with the greatest number of subscribers, operators...
SALT LAKE CITY-Verizon Wireless said it will construct a $42 million customer service call center in West Valley City, Utah, bringing more than 1,000 new jobs to the local economy. The call center will serve Verizon Wireless customers in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and...
