Bell Atlantic Mobile has ventured into a collaborative effort with Phone.com Inc. and Motorola Inc. to use Wireless Application Protocol technology to enable over-the-air provisioning on Code Division Multiple Access phones.The combined effort aims to extend the functionality of Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite technology,...
BETHESDA, Md.-Astrolink L.L.C. and partners Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, TRW and Telespazio closed an equity investment of $900 million in cash that will allow Astrolink to offer on-demand wireless broadband services, said the company.Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications owns 46 percent of the new company....
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it has secured $7.5 million in private equity financing from CIBC Capital Partners.The funding is part of a larger financing project GoAmerica is undertaking, about which the company said it will announce further financiers and strategic investors in coming...
WASHINGTON-What began this spring as a congressional effort to restructure the Federal Communications Commission in the post-telecom act era could end up as a major rewrite of wireless policy.Wireless lobbyists and others see FCC reform as a vehicle to secure the kind of deregulation...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems and AlliedSignal said they entered into a cooperative agreement to test the effectiveness of using a two-way communications system-based on Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite network-on F-16 fighter planes.In the first trial of its kind for both Iridium and...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement valued at about $400 million calling for Sprint to purchase Qualcomm's new Internet-capable Thin Phone and pdQ smart phone.Shipments of the Thin Phone, incorporating Phone.com Inc.'s UP.Browser microbrowser are set to begin later this...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was dealt a major blow last week by the Federal Communications Commission, which told the nation's top dispatch operator it cannot use private wireless spectrum to build out its nationwide network."This portion of Nextel's request would require a fundamental change...
NEW ORLEANS-At the CA World conference, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced a technology development partnership with Computer Associates International Inc. and cStar Technologies Inc.The partnership is designed to deliver telemetry solutions that combine the nationwide wireless data capabilities of AMSC's Ardis network with cStar's...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-American Wireless has opened an office in Miami to serve its expansion into Latin America. Gilbert Valdesuso, formerly with CellStar Corp., was named vice president of the operation, said the company."Using Miami as our staging area, we will focus initially on hardware distribution...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration stepped up its campaign to kill provisions in defense bills giving the Pentagon priority access to shared spectrum and to the satellite-based global positioning system, flooding key lawmakers with letters from a wide range of federal agencies.At the same time, the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it plans to sell 2.8 million shares of Nextel Communications Inc. common stock during the third quarter in order to return its ownership interest in Nextel to the level it was before a recent warrant exercise.
In the July 19 issue of RCR, the story on Arch Communication Group Inc.'s introduction of prepaid paging products in 7-eleven stores should have said the product is being tested in selected stores.
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it will deploy its Jambala open application platform over SBC Wireless' Time Division Multiple Access wireless networks in Chicago and Springfield, Ill.The implementation will increase flexibility and openness within SBC's network infrastructure, allowing delivery of value-added services to subscribers, said Ericsson....
Japan, pushing to be the first in the world to deploy third-generation mobile phone systems, is facing a potential deployment delay as the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications works to solve severe interference issues posed with 3G systems and existing Personal Handyphone Systems networks.An...
DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Wireless Services will offer its customers roaming capabilities in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Florida, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, said the company.The additional service is the result of a recent roaming agreement between Iowa Wireless and Omnipoint Communications...
Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices.Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring data, recognizing what information is valuable to its user and then transmitting it to a...
Leap gains FCC OK on license transfersSAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order, which conditionally grants Leap's applications to transfer four F-block personal communications services licenses from AirGate Wireless L.L.C. to Cricket Holdings.The order also...
NEW YORK-Bandwidth on demand is a concept that will advance to a new level by fall when AIG Telecom's inaugurates the first commodities forwards market for telecommunications network capacity.AIG Telecom, Greenwich, Conn., is a new subsidiary of AIG Trading Group, a AAA-rated company with...
CALGARY, Alberta-Tokyo-based Sokkia Co. Ltd., a provider of optical surveying instruments, and Calgary-based NovAtel Inc., developer of global positioning system technology, signed an agreement to form a jointly owned subsidiary company called POINT Inc.POINT Inc. will provide measurement solutions for the fields of surveying,...
MUNICH-Siemens reported a 17-percent earnings increase to $1.12 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 1999, ended June 30. In addition, sales were up 12 percent to $49.4 billion and new orders up 11 percent to $52.3 billion.Virtually all of Siemens' groups contributed...
Qualcomm Inc. placed 6.9 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $156.50 per share for total net proceeds of about $1.1 billion.Conductus Inc. said its common stock will remain listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market thanks to an exception freeing...
LOS ANGELES-Wynd Communications Inc. revealed plans to develop a service enhancement of its two-way paging service for the deaf so customers may receive movie listings for open captioned films, usually difficult to find under normal circumstances.The service is being developed in conjunction with Tripod...
JACKSON, Miss.-Wireless One Inc. said it will amend its proposed plan of reorganization and disclosure statement in accordance with a term sheet negotiated with MCI WorldCom Inc. and become a wholly owned subsidiary of MCI WorldCom.The amended plan will provide that the holders of...
SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced it added five new members to its recently launched Integrators Alliance Program.They include Science Applications International Corp., Technology Integration Group, Paradigm4 Inc., Wireless Telecom Inc. and Lucid8 Information Services L.L.C.The program is designed for systems integrators and value-added resellers.
