AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-According to J.D. Power and Associates’ “PCS Report,” penetration rates for wireless telephone service rose to 43 percent of households nationwide last year, up from 35 percent the …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. wireless portal users are expected to reach 25 million in the next five years, according to a recent report released by the Strategis Group, “U.S. Wireless Portals: Strategies …
Telephia Inc. released last week the results of its Wireless E-trac survey of the New York metro area, and despite past reports of capacity problems, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. emerged …
Phone.com Inc. unveiled a new Wireless Application Protocol-based system that can change software settings and roaming configurations on handsets after they have been purchased using over-the-air provisioning technology. The system, …
MONTREAL-PCS Innovations Inc. reported it has obtained investments of $2 million from Innovatech du Grand Montreal and $200,000 from Le Fonds Regional de Solidarite-Ile de Montreal. PCS said the investments …
NEW ORLEANS-Prairie Comm Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill., announced the development of a next-generation digital baseband integrated circuit supporting the Code Division Multiple Access standard. The new processor, to be available …
NEW ORLEANS-Palm Inc., a 3Com company, said it plans to develop a solution with iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, part of the Sun-Netscape Alliance, to provide wireless access to enterprise applications using …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-PacketVideo said Finland’s Sonera Corp. will conduct field trials of its wireless multimedia services this summer. PacketVideo’s MPEG-4 compliant software-based encoding, decoding and transmission-management products enable wireless carriers …
NEW ORLEANS-The federal spectrum czar believes that federal government spectrum users need to do a better job of encouraging innovation by private industry. Such communication could also lead to the …
I missed out on the conga line of carriers, vendors and Digerati who stole the show last week in New Orleans. It’s a wireless data world after all. The Net …
NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. announced its Wireless Application Protocol 1.1 compliant Artuse Messaging Platform will be able to support Code Division Multiple Access technology. The expansion means CDMA operators can incorporate …
America Online Inc. took its AOL Anywhere strategy further into the wireless space last week with the introduction of its AOL Mobile Messenger service, created through several strategic deals with …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave Motorola Inc. more time to comply with new 911 call-processing rules that took effect Feb. 13. New regulations set minimum requirements for expediting the processing …
NEW ORLEANS-WebLink Wireless Inc. said it will offer Xerox Corp.’s MobileDoc remote document access solution, available on PageWriter 2000X two-way devices from Motorola Inc.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-Telia, the Swedish telecom company, said it formed a joint company with L.M. Ericsson and Volvo to deliver mobile e-services to the automotive industry. WirelessCar Corp. will develop and …
NEW ORLEANS-Several Wireless Application Protocol announcements were made at Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last week. RTS Wireless demonstrated its Advantage WAP Gateway e-commerce solutions Datalink.net said it joined the …
NEW YORK-The telecom/wireless sector of U.S. industry stood out last year, riding high on an overall rising tide of venture capital investments, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ “MoneyTree Survey.” Taken in aggregate, …
NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium launched its Time Division Multiple Access-EDGE brand identity campaign at CTIA’s Wireless 2000 show. “This is an exciting time in the wireless community and …
ANKARA, Turkey-The Turkish government announced the time frame for auctioning two new wireless telephone licenses. The tender for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses is scheduled for March, Reuters …
TRW Inc. said last week it will merge its subsidiary, TRW Milliwave Inc., with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based broadband equipment manufacturer Endgate Corp. to create a new company called Endwave Corp. “Endwave’s …
