Monthly Archives: June, 2000
Nextel faces discrimination complaints
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, Va., can expect a total of 302 current and former employees to file complaints against it with the Equal...
Aether expands hosting, development capabilities
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced new application hosting and development abilities designed to allow rapid deployment of wireless Internet services using Extensible Markup...
Business Briefs
Comverse Technology Inc. made an undisclosed investment in Speedwise Technologies Ltd., a privately held firm specializing in software designed to accelerate the time required...
Sprint PCS to test HDR on Lucent platform
Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sprint PCS announced they will conduct a joint trial of 1XEvolution technology, a third-generation technology based on High Data Rate...
AT&T service allows prepaid customers to replenish minutes online
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it is offering a prepaid feature called AT&T eMinutes, which allows the company's prepaid customers to refill account...
BT Cellnet launches GPRS service
LONDON-U.K. mobile carrier BT Cellnet said it launched commercial service on the world's first General Packet Radio Service network. The "always on" service will...
Cricket phones `loved to death’
One thing Cricket Communications Inc. did not plan on when it decided to offer a wireless service that competes with landline telephony was the...
Alltel introduces free online billing
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a free online billing system for most of its wireless customers, allowing them to analyze their calling patterns and...
Agilent enhances CDMA test set
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced optional enhancements for its E6380A Code Division Multiple Access test sets allowing engineers and technicians to conduct measurements...
ETSI GSM group to transfer work
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute's Technical Committee Special Mobile Group, which has been responsible for setting Global System for Mobile communications standards,...
Globalstar comments on funding, enters partnership to deploy e-mail inflight
After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding...
Cellmania launches ecommerce apps
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Cellmania.com introduced wireless e-commerce solutions Mfinder and Mstore, created for businesses pursuing mobile customers.Mfinder is a directory of Web sites written in...
Industry recommends educational strategy to address safety concerns
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, breaking with the public-safety community, last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap efforts to improve technical capabilities of 911-only...
Nortel leader calls Europe dominant in wireless data
PARIS-Lloyd Carney knows U.S. carriers hate him for saying it, but the facts speak for themselves."Europe is the dominant player in the wireless data...
Wireless key to pervasive messaging
Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from...
Connexus starts music ID service
PHILADELPHIA-Connexus Corp.'s *CD service has integrated its audio sampling technology with Wireless Application Protocol technology, enabling music identification on wireless Web devices.According to Connexus,...
AT&T Wireless adds three Verizon markets to coverage area
AT&T Wireless Group announced it entered agreements with Verizon Wireless to acquire wireless systems in San Diego, San Francisco and Houston for approximately $3.3...
Portable Internet to `burst’ onto scene next year
WASHINGTON-A group of wireless and telecommunications executives are planning to roll out a new service they hope will lead to residential wireless broadband service...
U.K. 3G auction frenzy set to spread through Europe
Europe is embarking on a third-generation license auction frenzy the rest of this year, and operators are not happy about it.Since the United Kingdom...
ARC urges FCC to restrict Nextel from purchasing Geotek licenses
WASHINGTON-A coalition of dispatch radio operators urged the Federal Communications Commission to restrict Neoworld Inc. from readily reselling to Nextel Communications Inc. licenses purchased...
Brazil chooses GSM for PCS
The GSM community, which has struggled to make inroads in Latin America, was ensured access to an important market as the Brazilian government granted...
TV bill could moot 700 MHz clearing plan
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision last week to encourage rather than mandate band-clearing arrangements at 700 MHz could be moot if a powerful lawmaker's...
Mesa buys Centerpointe stake
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Mesa Communications Group L.L.C. announced it acquired a 25-percent ownership stake in Centerpointe Communications L.L.C., based in Arlington, Texas.Centerpointe manages approximately 2,000...
Billing faces new challenges, opportunities in expanding telecom universe
NEW YORK-The conventional wisdom that communications software and enhanced services were "a one-night stand as an investment opportunity," has faded away amid a proliferation...
Sukawaty leaves Sprint post on top
Not many 44-year-olds can put on their resum, that they built a nationwide wireless business from the ground up with a capital infrastructure budget...