NEW ORLEANS-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled two products designed for the Globalstar satellite system at CTIA's Wireless 2000 show.The first is the GSP-1620 Satellite Packet Data Modem designed to deliver digital data communications for urban and remote areas using Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access technology along...
NEW ORLEANS-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a two-way wireless communications module called @ctiveLink for the Visor handheld computer from Handspring Inc., the first ReFLEX-based two-way wireless data solution for a Palm operating system device.The module is designed to snap into the Springboard expansion slot on...
ARLINGTON, Va.-GetCommStuff.com, a business-to-business Web site, was launched at the Telecommunications Industry Association headquarters. The new industry portal includes products and services, jobs, shows and events, news, technology, value-added resellers, and international distributors.The new site is incorporated as a separate, for-profit entity with an...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson unveiled its first Code Division Multiple Access phone, the A1228c, delivering access to the Internet, e-mail and other information and communications services.According to the company, the new phone features a Wireless Application Protocol microbrowser, enabling users to access the latest mobile...
PLANO, Texas-EDS announced it is helping GTE Wireless bring the convenience of online bill payments to its more than 7 million customers by providing interactive online billing as part of the GTE's corporatewide e-commerce strategy.Interactive Billing Services, based on EDS' electronic billing offering, allows...
DENVER-An affiliate of Dobson Communications Corp. acquired the Michigan 3 rural service area from Trillium Cellular Corp., according to Daniels & Associates, representatives for the unnamed seller,The transaction represents a population of approximately 166,000 pops in five northwest Michigan counties and is strategically located...
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that Baby Bell telephone companies cannot resell long-distance service to local subscribers.Last June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a Federal Communications Commission decision to block partnerships between long-distance...
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association was invited by the Federal Communications Commission to study digital wiretap solutions for packet-mode technology and report on its findings.TIA sent out letters of invitation on Feb. 25 to organizations that have the capability to provide packet-mode communications expertise for...
COLUMBIA, S.C.-Conita Technologies Inc. has a simple plan to provide business people easy access to company databases using voice-recognition technology with a tool they already have and already know how to use: the mobile phone.Conita's "personal virtual assistant" technology transforms any mobile-phone into a voice...
NEW ORLEANS-Compaq Computer Corp. added to its wireless interests this week, unveiling its Mobile Internet Platform for e-commerce solutions, as well as a long term partnership with Research In Motion Inc.The Mobile Internet Platform is an extension of Compaq's NonStop eBusiness solutions program. The...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s mobile phones division introduced four new phones covering a broad range of services and uses at CeBIT 2000 in Germany.The 9110i Communicator, an upgraded version of the 9110, is a Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone that continues to support Internet browsing and...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. and Cadence Design Systems Inc. introduced a fully integrated FLEX Messaging Module reference design that can be integrated into a variety of industrial, commercial and consumer applications.The solution includes a radio frequency FLEX receiver, using 900 MHz RF, and a separate...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Oy and ICL Finland have formed a joint venture to further support Nokia Information Management's e-business development.The new venture, called Nice-business Solutions Finland Oy, will begin operations in March with Jouko Seppa, the head of ICL Finland's E-Business Division, as managing director.ICL...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Oy launched a new Web site designed to provide information on how to use the features available on any of the company's mobile phones.According to Nokia's research, operators and call centers are receiving a steady increase in customer-service phone calls related to...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced alliances with Aether Systems, Amazon.com, eDispatch.com, Wireless Data Inc., IBM and MicroStrategy to offer wireless Internet applications unique for businesses through Nextel Online.Nextel Online will enable customers to securely access applications, services, and content provided by Nextel and third-party...
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) intends to unveil legislation shortly that is expected to go far beyond last week's proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to streamline its merger-review process."Clearly, it's (the FCC proposal) a pre-emptive strike," said Ken Johnson, Tauzin's press...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced its My2Way two-way paging service, reselling airtime from WebLink Wireless Inc.'s ReFLEX network under an existing agreement.Metrocall said it will sell Motorola Inc.'s PageWriter 2000X and Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s AccessLink II pagers in support of the service. The company did...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced handset manufacturer Sony Corp.'s Digital Communication Europe division has licensed its Mobile Explorer microbrowser for its CMD-Z5 Global System for Mobile communications handset.Mobile Explorer is a dual-mode, Hypertext Markup Language/Wireless Application Protocol microbrowser for feature phones. Both Sony and Finnish...
NEW ORLEANS-Motorola Inc. said it successfully made a voice over Internet Protocol call on top of a third-generation high-speed packet data call at 384 kilobits per second in a laboratory experiment.The 3G experimental system is an Aspira network architecture-based system demonstrating 3G cellular services...
WASHINGTON-A new study failed to find an increase in cancer and other diseases among nearly 200,000 employees who worked at Motorola Inc. from 1976 to 1996.The study, published in the March issue of Epidemiology and underwritten by Motorola, was conducted by Robert Morgan, Michael...
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens AG announced it will re-enter the U.S. mobile-phone market in 2001, about two years after it left the market unable to compete with rapidly falling handset prices in the United States.Siemens always has maintained its exit from the U.S. market was a...
NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been relatively quiet about its plans for the wireless Internet, but last week it announced a number of initiatives to propel itself into this arena. Lucent, Sun Microsystems and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, released an end-to-end solution...
NEW ORLEANS-Lightbridge Inc., a provider of customer acquisition, retention and risk-management solutions, and Corsair Communications Inc., a real-time business solutions provider for the wireless industry, announced a strategic alliance and joint distribution agreement.Under terms of the agreement, the companies will co-market and sell their...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. and Siemens Business Services will jointly provide a Global Packet Radio Service customer care and billing infrastructure for wireless Internet services and applications.The solution will be based on LHS' BSCS customer care and billing platform integrated with the company's Message Coordinator...
