Monthly Archives: March 2001
Seattle Shake-Up
The earth was trembling and buildings were crumbling, but telecommunications systems held up remarkably well last Wednesday during the strongest earthquake that Seattle has...
Alphabet Soup
On the surface, NTT DoCoMos $9.8 billion investment in AT&T wireless looked like just another shrewd business deal, but overnight the pairing stirred fresh...
Openwave Systems
From silk merchants to wireless communication companies, China has traditionally been a land of opportunity.Openwave Systems, the new combination of Phone.com and Software.com, is...
724 Solutions
When the discussion turns to early adopters of technology, names like Chase Manhattan Bank and the Credit Suisse Group arent frequently mentioned.Thats why those...
Fiber Optics Sans the Fiber
Looking for private-line, building-to-building connectivity, but the wireline options are either unavailable or too expensive? SONA Communications Corp., in Richmond, British Columbia, this week...
Indiqu
Indiqu co-founder Christophe Watkins freely admits hes in the addiction business."Its fun and life is short," he says. "We dont want to mess around...
Bank On It
Weve all been there: youre winging away on business when you remember your credit-card bill is still sitting, unpaid, on your desk at home.Or...
Leap of Faith
The planets are aligned and all the elements of the wireless zodiac are falling into place.But astrology is a notoriously inexact science, and whether...
Attitude Adjustment
Microsoft has been taught some unpleasant and embarrassing lessons in the wireless world.But after early failures, the software company has swallowed its pride and...
EFI Refines eBeam Device
Electronics for imaging has refined eBeam, its little $500 alternative to bulky digital whiteboards that enables you to print the content of a conventional...