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 larger than the Boston freeway project. Nor can many people boast that they successfully brought their company to the public market, where the stock was one of the top performing large-cap [...]

NEW YORK-Where wireless data is concerned, Dennis F. Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, has assumed the enthusiasm of a recent convert. “I was not bullish on data five years ago … but we are finally seeing some real numbers in data,” he said June 20 at the Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette [...]

ALLEN, Texas-Wireless Dimensions Corp. announced a solution called Mobile-Venue Suite, which is a portfolio of products allowing stadium operators and other similar entities to offer wireless gaming, trivia, contest and vending/concessions sales from wireless devices within their facility. The solution includes the company’s patented wireless location technology, designed for delivery in a temporary location, as [...]

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish mobile operator Sonera said it has had discussions with several companies regarding a merger and serious talks are expected by the end of the year, according to international press reports. Speculation centered around possible deals with Telefonica, France Telecom, KPN Telecom and Vodafone AirTouch plc. Sonera has a market capitalization of about $35.7 [...]

PARIS-SnapTrack Inc. said an international consortium of Global System for Mobile communications wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers are preparing to evaluate SnapTrack’s Wireless Assisted Global Positioning System technology, which provides services such as location-based billing, mobile directory and roadside assistance and vehicle fleet management. France Telecom Mobiles is hosting the technology trials. Prototype GSM handsets [...]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. agreed to purchase Qualcomm Inc.’s Code Division Multiple Access module business, including its module inventory, manufacturing and customer commitments. In addition, Sierra signed a supply agreement for CDMA modules and extended its existing license agreement with Qualcomm. The agreement calls for Sierra to supply CDMA data modules that will be [...]

ATLANTA-SED International Inc. and AT&T Wireless Group signed an agreement expanding the retail distribution channel for AT&T Wireless prepaid services to 20,000 resellers in the United States. The agreement calls for SED to provide online fulfillment services including product warehousing, secure order processing, packing and shipping for AT&T’s prepaid wireless phones, prepaid cards and accessories. [...]

LONG BEACH, Calif.-Sea Launch said it successfully completed its return to flight/systems readiness review, which was part of an investigation conducted by the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board following a March 12 launch that failed to place an ICO F-1 communications satellite into orbit. “Based on the investigation and subsequent report, we are completely [...]

LOS ANGELES-Qualcomm Inc. stock continued its quick rebound Friday from last weeks slump on speculation that the company might be ripe for a takeover by Nokia Corp. As of midday Friday, Qualcomm stock was up $2.25 to $70.50 per share, following up a $3.75 per share gain on Thursday, when it was the second-most traded [...]

WASHINGTON-While lobbying intensifies in Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission over whether real-estate landlords should provide nondiscriminatory access to fixed broadband wireless carriers, an apparently divided Clinton administration is quietly considering an executive order that would mandate such connections as a prerequisite for federal government building leases. “It’s something the administration is still considering,” [...]