LONDON-Virgin Group and Britain's One2One reportedly have confirmed plans to form a joint venture to sell Virgin-branded cellular phones, according to a Reuters report.The...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. and Razorfish Inc. have joined joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.Wireless Knowledge said it also intends to support all existing...
ATLANTA-Alltel Corp. said it implemented its electronic bill presentment and payment application with Frontier Cellular of Rochester, N.Y.The system allows Frontier Cellular customers to...
Financial analysts continued their wait-and-see attitude toward Paging Network Inc. as the company released second-quarter earnings.In contrast, Arch Communications Group Inc. completed its merger...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it completed its transaction with Texas Pacific Group for the management buyout of a business unit of Motorola's Semiconductor Products...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The weighted average shares reported in Sprint PCS' July 22 second-quarter operating results, which are used to calculate loss per share, inadvertently...
WASHINGTON-The FBI, fearful that national security will be compromised unless it can overcome legal and technical obstacles in conducting global phone wiretaps, is scrutinizing...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.J.-Ericsson Inc. announced it formed Ericsson Wireless Internet Solutions, a new unit that will marry Ericsson's knowledge in wireless technologies and...
Remember the slew of lawsuits filed by small- and medium-sized resellers several years ago? These companies argued cellular carriers were trying to squeeze them...
WASHINGTON-Proponents of unlicensed spectrum announced plans to organize as a subcommittee with the Wireless Communications Association.The group's mission statement is "to promote the interests...
NEW YORK-w-Trade Technologies Inc., which developed the w-Trade wireless trading system, introduced a new product called w-Bank.Much like the way w-Trade allows brokerages to...
IRVING, Texas-GTE Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $6.29 billion, a slight increase over the $6.28 billion reported for...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled its i500plus multiservice wireless phone. The integrated Digital Enhanced Network handset is a Wireless Application Protocol-compliant phone that features an...
FranceFrance Telecom said it signed a partnership agreement with the Sonae group in Portugal. The two already have a working relationship as stakeholders in...
One of Iridium L.L.C.'s main lenders, Chase Manhattan Bank, has asked Iridium to demand that Motorola Inc. provide a guarantee of $300 million under...
Last time around, you'll remember we made special note of Herculean Gore 2000 fund-raising efforts by one J. Shelby Bryan, wireless pioneer and FOB....
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The millimeter wave device market is expected to grow from 314,000 shipments this year to nearly 3 million shipments in 2004, according...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Mannesmann's D2 mobile carrier said sales for the first half of 1999 increased by 34 percent to $2.47 million compared with the same...
NEW YORK-Metromedia International Group Inc. said it received notification from China Unicom stating a department of the Chinese government requested termination of one of...
WASHINGTON-With telephone penetration as low as 20 percent on some Indian reservations, the Federal Communications Commission last week began exploring ways to extend telecommunications...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Telecom New Zealand announced it will adopt cdmaOne technology, but keep investing in its Time Division Multiple Access network.The company said it...
BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it entered into agreements with five manufacturing services companies to outsource and/or divest certain manufacturing and repair operations.Earlier in the...
