SBC Communications and Bellsouth have announced plans (that will still need to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission) to create a combined wireless operation under a new company venture. This new company would have wireless voice and data coverage over 70% of the United States. [SOURCE: Information Week Online]

SanDisk has announced two legal related news items: #1.) A U.S. Federal judge has ruled that Lexar Media has infringed on a flash memory card patent held by San Disk; and #2.) Mitsubishi Denki Co. Ltd. (Mitsubishi Electric) has filed a "compliant" in Japanese court against SanDisk's Japanese subsidiary that alleges that SanDisk has infringed on three Mitsubishi Japanese patents.

eMobee will reportedly be showing off their "Personal Wireless Assistant" (PWA) device at the Los Angeles Spring Internet World 2000 conference being held 03-06Apr00.

Axis Communications has announced a developer release of open source code that should make it possible for Linux developers to start writing mobile applications using Bluetooth wireless communications protocols.

The United Engineering Foundation has announced the 1st Annual Microdisplay 2000 Conference to be held 07-09Aug00 in Boulder, Colorado. The conference will feature discussions on the technologies involved in developing microdisplay-based systems. Co-organizers of this event include: Displaytech and the Southwest Chapter of the Society for Information Display (SID).

Qubit has announced that their first Qubit Webtablet devices, that include an LCD panel with touch screen, should be out by late Summer 2000 in North American marketplaces.

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