SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Motorola Inc. a $7.8 million contract to develop a preliminary design for the National Distress and Response System Modernization Program, an integrated communications and …
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired changed its Chat Pak program design to promote budget management, affordable rates and rollover minutes, the company announced. The Chat Pak program gives customers the opportunity …
Aquis Communications Group Inc. said it signed nine interconnection agreements with Verizon Communications, encompassing the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia. …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it won a contract, valued at more than $30 million, with Ireland’s Eircell for a mobile network upgrade. The contract involves upgrading the base station system for …
PASADENA, Calif.-Several companies introduced new mobility solutions at the DEMOMobile show held last week. Unimobile.com released the Unimobile 3.0 private-label platform for text messaging, designed for wireless carriers, dot-coms or …
Now that most wireless carriers offer the same basic services, they are counting on enhanced services to attract new customers and set them apart from the crowd. In support of …
WASHINGTON-With Congress back at work for a fall legislative session that will be cut short by the 2000 presidential election, several key bills of interest to the wireless industry remain …
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-Evoke Communications Inc. launched a mobile Web-conferencing service that allows wireless-enabled Palm V and Palm VII users to initiate and control a Web conference from their handheld device. The …
MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said the Federal Communications Commission granted authority to its subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., to provide satellite-based packet data communications services in the United States on …
SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Systems Inc.’s e-Business Connectivity Group delivered a business-to-business e-commerce solution to Cincinnati Bell Wireless designed to assist Cincinnati Bell and its handset suppliers in preventing cell-phone fraud. Peregrine …
WASHINGTON-Is Deutsche Telekom AG’s proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. a case of foreign investment or a protectionist grab of a foreign government? This was the question examined last Thursday …
As handset makers continue to stretch their resources in the three digital technologies and future 3G technologies, they are finding an increasing need to outsource a portion of the business. …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. has agreed to provide its wireless Internet service and content to the Metricom Inc. Ricochet network. The agreement calls for GoAmerica to integrate its Go.Web encryption and …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. an-nounced an alliance with Harris Corp.’s Network Support Division under which Harris NSD will become an original equipment manufacturer and systems integrator for ADC’s Metrica family of …
The Federal Communications Commission late Friday substantially changed its implementation rules for enhanced 911 Phase II handset deployment and granted a waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. that will permit it …
Affordable Telecommunications Technology Corp. signed a two-year marketing agreement with WebLink Wireless Inc. Affordable plans to market WebLink’s two-way data services and other paging services to customers through its 11 …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced that Evertek Enterprises, an Internet service provider based in Sioux City, Iowa, plans to upgrade its current two-way multichannel multipoint distribution service system using ADC’s Axity …
NEW YORK-Speculation continued last week as to what actions AT&T Corp. and its wireless business, AT&T Wireless Group, would take to boost their lagging stock prices. AT&T reportedly will discuss …
Aether Systems Inc. is known for its custom messaging solutions, wirelessly enabling various types of applications for use on messaging devices and handheld computers. This week, the company is hoping …
SEATTLE-Wireless access systems company GLV, formed by Long Lines Ltd., Golden West Telecommunications and Venture Wireless Inc., will deploy wireless voice and high-speed Internet access equipment supplied by Airspan Networks …
