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WaveRider sells LMS products to city in MinnesotaWaveRider Communications Inc, of Toronto, has sold a set of LMS 3000 non-line-of-sight fixed wireless access products to the City of Buffalo in Minnesota. The purchase of the system is the first part of the city’s plan to roll out high-speed access throughout the city. Initially, eight communications access points will be installed this month and service will be launched in September. In other WaveRider news, the company has also sold several of its wireless systems to Veertec Communications Ltd of Jaipur, India. The systems will be used to provide high-speed Internet access to three cities in the country. COM DEV conducts M/ERGY trials with InnovatiaCOM DEV International Ltd, Cambridge ON, has signed an agreement with Aliant Telecom subsidiary, Innovatia, to conduct trials of COM DEV’s next-generation wireless product. The M/ERGY high-speed wireless Internet access system will be tested in Innovatia’s LivingLAB. SAMSys gets additional financing through offeringSAMSys Technologies Inc, Toronto, is trying to raise an additional $7 million through the issue of special warrants. It has entered into an agreement with Taurus Capital which will act as the agent and will try to solicit a minimum of $5 million and a maximum of $7 million. Motorola ships one million TalkAbout 900 two-way pagersLast month, Motorola Inc passed the milestone of one million TalkAbout 900 two-way pagers shipped to date, just one year following its introduction. C-COM signs resale agreement with Ottawa firmC-COM Satellite Systems Inc has signed a reseller agreement with Digital City Inc of Ottawa. Digital City will now sell C-COM’s DirecWay two-way high-speed satellite Internet service to residential and commercial customers. Systems will be sold for $99/month on a lease-to-buy arrangement which includes installation, monthly subscription services and ISP services. Digital City has seven retail outlets in the Ottawa area and recently opened its first location in Toronto. Primal signs MOU with Caribbean TelecomToronto-based Primal Technologies Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding to provide its PSN450 systems to Caribbean Telecommunications Ltd of Guyana. The node will provide pre-paid wireless and pre-paid long distance services to one million people living along the country’s northern coast. This is Primal’s second agreement in the area, the first one being with Antigua’s Observer Cellular which was announced last November. The PSN450 offers pre-paid services with multiple interconnection strategies for CLECs, ILECs and wireless service providers. Yankee Group releases report on next-gen billingThe Yankee Group in Boston has released a new report that examines some of the key variables needed to move the industry from today’s first- and second-generation network architectures into the future. The Shifting Wireless Billing Environment report says that wireless operators need to implement new solutions that take into account the transition to a packet-based environment from today’s circuit-switched traffic. Plaintree releases new wireless optics gearPlaintree Systems Inc, Ottawa, has announced that it will be releasing its newest wireless optics equipment on schedule. The Wavebridge 600 model provides connection speeds up to 100 Mbs and 155 Mbs to address both the Fast Ethernet and ATM markets, respectively. Rogers Wireless renews agreement with InterTANRogers Wireless Communications Inc has renewed its reseller agreement with InterTAN for an additional five years. Under terms of the deal, RadioShack stores across Canada will continue to offer Rogers AT&T products on an exclusive basis. Additionally, both companies will continue to work together to operate Rogers AT&T Wireless Communications Express stores across Canada. Research in Motion enters continental EuropeWaterloo ON-based Research in Motion Ltd has entered into an agreement with DADA, an independent Internet company with the goal of introducing the popular BlackBerry two-way paging system to the Italian market. DADA’s mobile technology subsidiary Wireless Solutions Spa plans to launch the service in the country early next year. Anne’s land to get major PCS expansion Island Tel Mobility, a subsidiary of Aliant Telecom Wireless, has nearly completed a $1.45-million expansion to the digital cellular network on Prince Edward Island to better serve residents and businesses in Charlottetown and Summerside. In total, three new cellular sites will be erected. The first two sites will improve and extend service in and around Charlottetown, particularly in the Stratford and Cornwall areas. The third will serve to bring digital service to Summerside, the province’s second largest city. AmikaNow! gets IRAP money, announces partnershipOttawa-based AmikaNow! and eManage Inc have entered into a partnership with the University of Ottawa to study the area of automatic email records classification. The $1-million project is partially supported by the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program which threw in $350,000. The work will look at ways of classifying emails that contain key elements of corporate intellectual property which are subject to the same legal and regulatory requirements of other corporate documents. Azonic Networks gets major infusion of cashIn-building wireless provider, Azonic Networks Inc has landed $38 million in equity financing from a group of strategic investors including Business, Engineering, Science & Technology Discoveries Fund, and the Bank of Montreal Capital Corp. By 2004, the company hopes to install its wireless signal extension systems in office towers in North America covering about 500 million sq-ft. Azonic is a sister company of Kaval Wireless Technologies.

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News | August 7, 2001

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