Avesair announced that it has expanded its international presence through the opening of an office in London. This office will allow Avesair to provide mobile operators within the UK and other European countries with the ability to schedule and deliver relevant content, including marketing, advertising, and promotional messages via SMS and other applications and across all manner of wireless devices.

Air2Web announced it has partnered with Dimension Data/Proxicom, Inc. The alliance expands the efforts of Air2Web and Dimension Data/Proxicom to develop and deploy integrated, multi-channel enterprise solutions to Fortune 500 and other global companies.

D4 Creative has acquired Xportical, Inc., a wireless technology development company. Xportical will retain the name and will become a subsidiary of D4 Creative Group. They will headquarter in the D4 Philadelphia offices.

Multilizer Inc. announced that MULTILIZER Developer Edition 5.0 software is now ready for shipping. The software is designed to provide Palm developers with an enterprise-level solution that enables multi-lingual software production and modification.

The PDA Company Inc. announced a 40% rate cut for PDA software developers and product manufacturers in need of their technical support services. The reason for the rate change is to compensate for the current slowdown in product and service sales in the mobile technology markets. The reduced rates will stay in effect until December 31, 2001.

Wireless Knowledge, Inc. announced it is joining forces with Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia’s second-largest mobile carrier, to jointly market and sell Wireless Knowledge’s enterprise-grade packaged applications for mobile business. Under the terms of the agreement, Optus will market and resell Workstyle to its installed corporate customer base.

w-Technologies announced the signing of multiple resellers throughout the Asia-Pacific region. These new channel partners will allow w-Technologies to offer its wireless software products throughout China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Australia.

Tangent Systems, Inc. announced the introduction of the Versid LT-10s, a Palm m100 series-compatible module for handheld temperature acquisition. The Versid LT-10s Temperature Acquisition Module locks directly to the back of the Palm m100 and Palm m105 handhelds allowing users to collect, automatically log, and input temperatures with laboratory grade accuracy using standard thermocouple probes that plug into the top of the LT-10s case.

ActiveSky and Openwave Systems Inc. have entered into an agreement whereby ActiveSky will develop a rich media technology module for devices using the Openwave Mobile Browser.

CNET News.com reports Handspring plans to cut the price of the VisorPhone to $49 with cellular service activation, a $200 drop from its most recent price.