BROWSING: AT&T

NEW YORK-i3 Mobile Inc., which distributes customized information to wireless devices, and NeoPoint Inc., which does double duty as a handset maker and Internet portal, both plan their debuts as public companies.i3 Mobile, formerly known as Intelligent Information Inc., has distribution agreements with 15...

NEW YORK-At a recent conference of financial analysts, AT&T Chairman C. Michael Armstrong confirmed the company's confidence in meeting its 1999 and 2000 financial targets."Our strategy for growth is on track as we transform AT&T from a domestic long-distance company to an any-distance, any-service...

Dobson Communications Corp. plans today to begin a road show in advance of its initial public offering, which is expected to be priced during the first week of February.Dobson, a cellular service provider based in Oklahoma City, filed its registration statement for the offering...

There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones' armor, and it is the vendor's market share in the cdmaOne handset business.While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the world, holding more than 30 percent of the total business, its share in the cdmaOne...

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. has swam into 12 additional Southeast markets, bringing a total of 37 markets into the company's service area. As the first member of the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network, Triton entered 27 new markets in 1999, and according to the...

DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its "Voice of Reason" makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier.Reason's new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell phones, pagers, handheld electronic devices and wireless service, including wireless phone airtime rate plans and...

INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle, Telstreet.com has partnered with other companies familiar with both the telecom and online industries.Telstreet.com will serve as a national dealer...

ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group appointed William Loughman chief financial officer. Loughman formerly was executive vice president of finance at Clear.In addition to his management responsibilities overseeing the company's daily financial activities, corporate banking and vendor relationships, Loughman will provide strategic planning to ensure the company's...

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago. On Dec. 22, the Federal Communications Commission said it could begin offering long-distance service in New York.Just to review. The...

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet traffic travels, according to recent testimony before a federal commission.To remedy that disparity and confusion, the vice chairman of the...

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market outlook.Peter M. Donovan, president of Wright Investors' Service Inc., Bridgeport, Conn., sees the big...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution high speed data products. The agreement will supply AT&T with wireless modems over a 12-month period beginning...

WASHINGTON-The status of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s 63 personal communications services licenses is in doubt after an appeals court ruled that communications law supersedes bankruptcy law.In making that judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said it would be fair to assume...

As pocket telephone companies cater to the mobile society and make tiny inroads into the monopolized residential sector, a new breed of wireless carriers are emerging to challenge Baby Bells for the highly lucrative high-speed business communications market.2000 could be their year. If not...

AlcatelCameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam.Value: US$21.15 millionChina. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.Value: US$20 millionMozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for...

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 1999 in chronological order.1. Jan....

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren't inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another.Alain Rossman did exactly this when he created an application environment enabling Internet applications to run on wireless networks using...

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is considering using some of its reserved personal communications services spectrum to solve capacity problems in high-density cellular markets.The Time Division Multiple Access carrier owns hundreds of 10-megahertz PCS licenses that surround its existing markets. AT&T Corp. is expected to...

Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered Nov. 18 for the IPO with an expected price range of $15-$17 per share....

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. received the financial backing to allow it to pay the government the full $4.7 billion it bid for personal communications service licenses in 1996."The plan would leave the Federal Communications Commission's claim against NextWave unimpaired," the company said after the stock...

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-Integrated Systems Research said its new FleetTrack automatic vehicle location system is the first to offer users automatic switching from Cellular Digital Packet Data to analog cellular service.ISR said the functionality will cut operation costs by switching to the more expensive analog...

WASHINGTON-The United States Telecom Association will not lobby on behalf of wireless carriers even as it attempts to broaden its focus and include wireless carriers in its membership, said USTA President Roy Neel."We will not out-CTIA CTIA," said Neel, referring to the Cellular Telecommunications...

NEW YORK-Judging by their investments during the third quarter, venture capitalists can't seem to get enough of technology companies, including those involved in the wireless communications sector."Investments in sector for the first three quarters of 1999 approached the total amount invested in (it...

Several important wireless markets will be up for grabs during the next year-a result of overlapping wireless markets created by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. with GTE Corp. as well as Bell Atlantic's agreement to merge its wireless assets with those of Vodafone...