Iridium (a satellite telecommunications company with world wide connectivity) has filed for "voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition" after "defaulting on over $1.5 billion in loans."

Yahoo has announced "Mobile Yahoo" for Palm OS and Windows CE devices. To accomplish this effort, Yahoo has teamed up with GoPDA.com which publishes PalmCentral.com and CEStation.com. [SOURCES: PR Newswire, Reuters, Business Wire, IDG News Service]

SiRF Technology has announced "SiRFstar II" -- a new compact next-generation GPS architecture that "improves the performance and reduces the footprint for complete GPS functionality to the size of a postage stamp." Wireless technology companies like NTT DoCoMo, Aisian AW, and QUALCOMM have already announced plans to integrate SiRFstar II into future products.

Infosystem 1999 (recently held in Poznan, Poland) has awarded Proxim with a "Gold Metal" for "best overall wireless technology." The award specifically highlighted Proxim's RangeLAN2 family of solutions, and there were 44 products evaluated in the "Gold Metal" category according to Business Wire.

The United Kingdom's (UK) Cellcom Ltd. has announced a "successful testing" of Geo Interactive Media Group's (Israel) "prototype video cellphone."

Office Depot has announced the availability of the Motorola PageWriter 2000 two-way wireless devices in over 600 of their "major market superstores."

-Steve Holden (sholden@pencomputing.com) eFax: 978-246-3067