Since its exit from the highly competitive U.S. mobile handset market in late 1998, Siemens AG has vowed to return.The German manufacturer will make its comeback this summer, but to a mobile-phone market that is even more crowded and competitive than ever before. Rapidly...
BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. launched a turnkey technology solution offering wireless carriers and other nontraditional telecommunications service providers the ability to route and deliver 911 calls throughout the United States."To this point our increasingly mobile society has been well served by the 911 systems...
MANKATO, Minn.-CrystalOne Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hickory Tech Corp., introduced a new digital messaging service designed to allow customers to receive text messages, news, weather information and stock quotes on their digital wireless phones.Called Digital E-Mess@ge, the service includes e-mail, voice mail,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Computer networking equipment market leader Cisco Systems Inc. announced two acquisitions it said are designed to strengthen the company's interests in the wireless arena.Cisco plans to buy privately held InfoGear Technology Corp. for $301 million and JetCell Inc. for $200 million, both...
BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced two new initiatives at its WAVE developers conference this week-a new branding effort for its two-way messaging service and a plan to become the premier wireless network provider for wireless application service providers.First, BSWD introduced MyBiz interactive, a new...
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), backed by several key Democrats, last week unveiled draft legislation to rein in merger review practices of the Federal Communications Commission.The draft bill, drawing on separate bills by Reps. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), comes...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile named Wireless Internet Solutions Provider Inc. as an authorized value-added customer in a deal designed to expand BAM's distribution strategy.Under the deal, WISP will use BAM's wireless packet data network as a backbone to offer Internet service to regional and...
LAUREL, Md.-ASC Billing Solutions Inc. reported that its Sentori billing and customer care system was successfully deployed by ClearTalk in Grand Junction, Colo., and Moab, Utah.ClearTalk is the operating company for one of several C-block licenses obtained by NTCH in the re-auction. The company...
NEW YORK-The March 16 announcement that Qwest International Inc. will sell some of its properties to The Montana Power Co. complies with a major condition for final Federal Communications Commission approval of the Qwest-U S West Inc. merger.Touch America, the telecommunications subsidiary of Montana...
WASHINGTON-Bipartisan legislation was introduced last week to increase the number of visas for educated foreigners who can fill some of the many vacancies in the high-tech sector in the United States.The bill is cosponsored by Reps. David Dreier (R-Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Tom Davis...
DENVER-VeloCom Inc., an international broadband communications company, began providing high-speed Internet and data transmission services in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and said it soon will expand its services to other cities in the country.VeloCom Argentina SA launched service in the principal zones of the Capital...
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. signed a five-year reselling contract with Teletouch Communications Inc., allowing Teletouch to provide two-way data services on WebLink's network.Teletouch has about 415,000 paging subscribers and already resells WebLink's one-way paging services in areas outside its footprint.
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced that JB Hunt has signed a contract renewing its commitment to Qualcomm's OmniTRACS mobile communications system and allowing JB Hunt to equip its entire fleet with the JTRACS Pro Vehicle Data Gateway."Our relationship with JB Hunt has always been more...
CELJE, Slovenia-Inetis Ltd., a mobile Internet and e-commerce solution developer, unveiled a new Web-based service for Wireless Application Protocol site construction called TagTag.The service allows anyone with Internet access to create a WAP site online without knowledge of WAP or Wireless Markup Language technologies....
WASHINGTON-There are a lot of pros to the new economy, there are also a lot of cons. One of the cons-the growth of identity theft-is now being targeted by the Clinton administration for an awareness campaign directed both at state and local law enforcement...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-International Sales Information Systems Inc. announced it will acquire wireless software firm Versatile Systems Inc. for $11.2 million of combined cash and stock.Versatile strategic partners include AT&T Wireless IP Services, Symbol Technologies, Sierra Wireless and Novatel Wireless. Versatile also is a member...
Having finally gotten back on track financially, ICO Global Communications hit another stumbling block last weekend when the launch of its first satellite placed the payload in the Pacific Ocean, rather than in low earth orbit as intended.The launch took place March 12 aboard...
Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business solutions for enterprise customers.The core of the computing giant's strategy is to give its...
FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Wireless middleware firm Paradigm4 Inc. said it plans to move its corporate headquarters to Farmington, Conn.The company said it wanted to be closer to major business centers.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will auction 104 licenses in the 700 MHz band to guard-band managers on June 14.The licenses will be for 52 major economic areas. One license will be 4 megahertz (a pair of 2-megahertz blocks) located in the 762 MHz to...
SAN FRANCISCO-Some of the biggest names in the telecommunications industry announced the formation of the OFDM Forum at the Broadband Wireless Forum in San Francisco.Principal members of the forum, including L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Phillips Semiconductors, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Wi-LAN and CalTrans, were supported by...
DENVER-Ford Motor Co. has allied with Sprint PCS to offer voice-activated wireless communications and Internet telemetry services to certain 2001 model Ford vehicles.According to the agreement, Sprint's network will carry the in-vehicle communications and information services to Ford's 2001 Lincoln models.The new system will...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Corp. introduced flat-rate data pricing for corporate wireless Internet phone and data service in more than 3,000 cities.AT&T PocketNet, which is AT&T's Cellular Digital Packet Data service, uses the Mitsubishi MobileAccess T250 wireless Internet phone.AT&T PocketNet business customers will pay a flat...
BOSTON-Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage Group announced it has added customized news, information services and group messaging capabilities to its Mobile Investor Network two-way pager program.The service uses the BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. Interactive Pager service and the Inter@ctive 950 Pager from Research In Motion...
