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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
NEW ORLEANS-Bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz auction should be able to negotiate with incumbent broadcasters to facilitate a quicker transition to digital TV and the faster rollout of wireless …
Canada Granite Systems Inc.’s Xpercom solution has been selected by Bell Mobility Inc. of Canada to provide network configuration management to all of the company’s sites. According to Granite, the …
NEW ORLEANS-Infowave Software Inc. signed a value-added services cooperation agreement with Nokia Networks to develop Wireless Application Protocol applications. The agreement calls for the two to work together to develop …
REDMOND, Wash.-Bucking the recent trend, InfoSpace.com Inc. announced it will remove the dot-com from its name in an effort to position itself as a provider of e-commerce infrastructure to both …
NEW ORLEANS-The outlook for adoption of rules for calling party pays is now seen as murky by many of those who attended last week’s CTIA Wireless 2000 conference. Calling party …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Cell C, the consortium backed by Middle Eastern conglomerate Saudi Oger with CellSaf as a local partner, has been officially named the preferred consortium for the third cellular …
NEW YORK-If the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 were a building under construction, inspectors evaluating this work in progress should be concerned about its structural integrity. The law “is supported …
NEW ORLEANS-RangeStar Wireless introduced what it says is the industry’s smallest Bluetooth embedded antenna for use by Bluetooth adopters in notebook computers. The new 2.4 GHz antenna allows original equipment …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a wireless personal communications services provider in the southeastern United States, will employ the branding slogan “We’re On That” to describe an overall service ethic the …
