ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association said its GlobalXChange trade show will feature a special pavilion of Bluetooth technology adopters led by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a nine-company promoter …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility introduced “BellSouth Rollover,” a new calling plan that will let customers keep their unused monthly minutes. “When a customer buys a package of minutes one month, they shouldn’t …
ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, which develops and supplies wireless Internet messaging products, closed on $15 million in first-round venture funding from Milford Investment Partners. BulletIN.net noted it would use the funding to complete …
CISCO, Texas-BroadBand Wireless International Corp. said Ronald L. Baker resigned as a director of the company on May 3, at which time an internal investigation of certain financial and accounting …
Sirf Technology Inc., a developer of global positioning system technology, said it closed a mezzanine round of financing of $24.7 million, bringing the company’s total funding to $47.3 million. Some …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and U.S. Wireless Corp. said they have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the deployment of a wireless location network that will provide wireless phone users with …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Alltel launched a new nationwide rate plan in its mid-Atlantic markets allowing its customers to use digital wireless phones anywhere and at any time for one flat rate without …
While the big names in the wireless industry usually get most of the credit for providing wireless coverage across the country, it is the smaller players who often make up …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with KPN Telecom, acquiring 15 percent of the voting rights in a newly formed holding company called KPN Mobile N.V. …
MILAN, Italy-The Italian government has proposed to use a two-stage process to award five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses later this year. The proposal combines a “beauty contest” with an …
VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc. and Mobilkom Austria, a Global System for Mobile communications operator in Austria, signed a contract to implement a mobile data General Packet Radio Service network. According to …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, will provide wireless Internet access for the Handspring Visor handheld computer through its Go.Web service. The service will allow individuals and businesses …
Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said its money will run out in five months unless it gets help. In the meantime, ongoing efforts to establish a worldwide network and begin widespread commercial …
ATLANTA-Mobile e-commerce solutions provider Hotpalm.com announced a strategic alliance to provide the wireless platform for ComTelco International Inc., a telemanagement, computer telephony integration, hospitality and health-care systems telecommunications provider. “ComTelco’s …
APTOS, Calif.-RangeStar Wireless raised $25 million in its mezzanine round of funding, which the company said it would use to continue development of its Invisible Antenna technology and support general …
Front Porch Communications L.L.C., a hardware and software solutions developer for Internet service providers since 1998, expanded its offerings last week to include wireless Internet solutions. Qualcomm Inc. also said …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week raised nearly $411 million as it sold 2,173 licenses for fixed wireless service in the 39 GHz band. “Winning bidders have the potential to …
BOSTON-Online investors are readily adopting wireless devices such as smart phones, two-way pagers and personal digital assistants to monitor and manage their financial portfolios, according to findings in a new …
BARRIE, Ontario-Expertech Network Installation Inc. acquired the Canadian installation team of the Nortel Networks Global Customer Care Services organization. In addition, the companies have signed a multi-year service agreement whereby …
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. awarded the vendor a multi-year contract for equipment and services to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the eastern United States. …
