While wireless executives in North America plot in their war rooms about how to sell the wireless Web in an already highly penetrated Internet market, executives just south of the border are wringing their hands in anticipation that the wireless Internet will explode in...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-Bookbuilding and subscriptions for the initial public offering by KPN Telecom NV of its KPN Mobile telecom unit will begin May 2.Shares of KPN Mobile are scheduled to be sold to private investors in the Netherlands and Germany and institutional investors elsewhere....
Since expanding its business around a mobile application service provider model, JP Systems Inc. recently presided over the launch of a wireless Internet portal in India called Netxcell.com, the first customer to license the full range of JP Systems' technologies.In addition, the company added...
The future is here, wherever that is these days.Welcome Ananova and Mafiaboy, poster punks for the Digital Age. As the wireless industry makes its uncertain foray into cyberspace, it may want to take note. These guys are the future, not to mention unreal.Ananova, green...
WASHINGTON-According to a letter filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, London-based Constellation 2000 Group has offered to pay $250,000 for a 40-day option to purchase Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications assets for $75 million, Dow Jones reported.According to the letter, liquidating Iridium's assets could raise...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will move to the Nasdaq Stock Market from the American Stock Exchange effective April 26, trading under the new symbol "IDCC."
TOKYO-Japan's NTT DoCoMo said it may limit its wildly popular iMode wireless Internet service due to capacity problems. There were 5 million iMode users in mid-March, making DoCoMo the largest Internet service provider in the country.The service, which allows users to access more than...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. shocked analysts and Wall Street last week with first-quarter financial results that beat everybody's expectations-even its own.The manufacturer reported first-quarter net income of $1.1 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million, or 3 cents...
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson unveiled details of its upcoming 4-for-1 stock split, which was approved at the company's annual general meeting on March 31.Holders of Ericsson American Depository Receipts automatically will receive a stock distribution of new ADRs, representing the number of shares after the...
LOS ANGELES-Econ One's most recent survey of wireless service prices in 25 major markets found consumer cost remained the same between February and March.The survey, which measures monthly wireless phone service prices across 30-, 150-, 300- and 600-minute plans, showed the average price of...
Large carriers across the country are painstakenly trying to determine what wireless Internet service offerings will attract customers. Surprisingly, some small and rural carriers are on the same page.Smaller operators historically have followed the coattails of their metropolitan counterparts when it comes to deploying...
Dear Editor: This is in response to an article on call rounding ("NYC legislators work to combat rounding up," RCR, April 10, page 34).While I'm sure the citizens of New York will be suitably impressed by their officials' implementation of the impressive- sounding "Wireless Consumer...
PARIS-France Telecom announced several wireless data initiatives, including General Packet Radio Service and Wireless Application Protocol-based services.The carrier announced the first phase of GPRS service will be rolled out in the greater Lille area in northern France on its Itineris network, as well as...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. and Computer Associates International Inc. have agreed to develop what they called eBusiness applications, combining AMSC's wireless data network with CA's Unicenter TNG infrastructure.
WASHINGTON-The White House is expected shortly to release a belated report advocating the integration of wireless technologies into the nation's Emergency Alert System, a policy that industry, federal regulators and Congress have not aggressively pushed despite the fact that millions of mobile phones today...
NEW YORK-Delphi Automotive Systems and Palm Inc. introduced the Communiport Mobile Productivity Center that will dock and synchronize with a Palm V handheld using Palm's HotSync technology, allowing drivers access to Palm content while in their vehicle.The hands-free system uses voice recognition technology and...
STUTTGART, Germany-Debitel AG, which is 74-percent owned by Swisscom, reported robust 1999 earnings, and international press reports said it is in talks with potential partners for third-generation license bids.U.S.-based SBC Communications Inc. and Japan's NTT are both reported to be interested in taking a...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is concerned telecom carriers will not fill out a required form designed to determine the level of broadband deployment nationwide.Some companies may "be doing a cost-benefit analysis of whether they should report," said Rebecca Dorch of the FCC's Office of...
HONG KONG-Speculation that Pacific Century CyberWorks' (PCCW) takeover of Cable & Wireless HKT may be unraveling increased last week, because of the continuing decline in PCCW's shares, which are nearly 40 percent below their late-February level when the deal was first established.Both Australia's News...
NEW YORK-MessageClick introduced its Mobile Messaging service that allows users to view fax, voice and e-mail messages and forward faxes on wireless phones or handheld computers.The unified messaging solution will allow MessageClick partners like Juno, MindSpring and Mannesmann to offer wireless messaging accessibility to...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and BMW of North America Inc. have teamed to offer BMW customers the BMW CPT 7000 digital phone, now standard on all early model year 2001 BMW 7 Series vehicles and as an option on all other BMW model year 2000...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. announced new pricing for the Interactive Paging Service of its MyBiz offering.The new plan offers the two-way messaging solution for $10 a month for 15,000 characters, $15 a month for 25,000 characters, $25 a month for 50,000 characters, $30...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $6.5 billion, an 8.6-percent increase from 1999's first-quarter revenues of $5.97 billion.The company recorded net income of $1 billion, or 53 cents per share, compared with net income of $615 million, or...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Motorola Inc. and Etisalat, a Global System for Mobile communications operator in the United Arab Emirates, signed a contract extension to deploy Motorola's Horizonsystems infrastructure solutions in the U.A.E., providing additional coverage and capacity on both a macrocellular and microcellular basis.Motorola...
