MENLO PARK, Calif.-GetThere.com Inc., which offers Internet-based business-to-business travel systems, introduced its GetThere Wireless Network, extending online travel to wireless customers. The wireless service allows travelers to make changes to …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Gemplus, a provider of smart card-based solutions, launched GemXplore Trust, an enhanced subscriber identity module card platform for mobile commerce security. GemXplore Trust has an on-board cryptographic engine …
LONDON-NTL Inc. reported the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in England approved France Telecom S.A.’s investment in NTL without a reference to the Competition Commission. NTL noted that …
WASHINGTON-A high-powered coalition of public-safety and private wireless users, citing serious potential disruption to critical infrastructure in coastal cities, has urged the Federal Communications Commission not to renew an experimental …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-MobileEngines Inc., a mobile application service provider, reported content partnerships with five entertainment brands: Breaktv.com, Hollywood.com, Mojam.com, Musicblitz and Onlinehiphop.com. Under the partnerships, MobileEngines will power mobile entertainment …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp., which supplies wireless access solutions for broadband fixed wireless and mobile cellular networks, is changing its name to DMC Stratex Networks Inc. “We are very …
TORONTO-Diversinet Corp., a provider of security solutions for wireless e-commerce applications, signed a letter of intent with Datalink.net, a wireless application service provider, for a pilot program to develop a …
TORONTO-Corillian Corp., which offers e-finance solutions for the Internet, and Internet infrastructure software developer 724 Solutions Inc. are teaming up to offer financial services providers a wired and wireless Internet …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems, a supplier of software and systems for network-based enhanced services, won a contract from Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. to provide its mobile data systems enabling …
NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp. received 237 orders for its new AlphaServer GS Series by mid morning the first day the company began selling the servers, said Michael Capellas, president and …
DALLAS-CNN Interactive and ATX Technologies Inc. have agreed to make CNN Mobile content and services available to ATX’s telematics customers later this year as a part of a bundled package …
Noting more than 100,000 calls are placed every day to 911 from wireless phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has recognized May 22-28 as “Wireless Safety Week,” with an emphasis …
HONG KONG-China Unicom Ltd., China’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is planning an initial public offering in June on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges. China Unicom is expected to …
OTTAWA-Nortel Networks and the State Development Planning Commission of China signed a memorandum of understanding outlining long-term plans to cooperate on research and development in wireless communications, broadband optical transmission …
WASHINGTON-The House, aided by intense Clinton administration and high-tech lobbying as well as legislative commitments to monitor any import surges and human rights, is expected this week to pass a …
HAYWARD, Calif.-Entrust Technologies Inc., CV Cryptovision and Scopus Tecnologia joined the Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group. The group was formed in 1998 to develop interoperable security solutions based on elliptic …
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced the U.S. patent office has allowed Cell-Loc to claim as its property the delivery of handset-based wireless location content and services over the Internet, regardless of …
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Integrated Electronics Systems sector, OnStar and Saturn Electronics & Engineering announced they have joined to develop and manufacture telematics devices for General Motors Corp. Under terms of …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to extend the digital wiretap deadline for two-way pagers to 2001. “The paging industry and FBI agree …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-BellSouth Corp. said it acquired 16.5 percent of the total capital of Brazilian cellular operator Tele Centro Oeste Cellular for $229 million, bringing the number of its Brazilian …
