Monthly Archives: February, 2000

NEW YORK-Shareholders of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. have "overwhelmingly approved" the merger of the three Global System for Mobile...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization project to build a dedicated satellite system for Africa is close to becoming a reality. The...

Leveraging its strength as a leading management and consulting firm to most of the top companies in the world, Andersen Consulting has unveiled a...

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo's iMode Internet service is winning attention around the world as the first success case for mobile Internet.Since the carrier launched the service...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $59 million, or $1.15 per share, compared with a loss of $68 million...

NEW ORLEANS-Anritsu Co. introduced the first test solution for analyzing Third Generation Partnership Program Wideband Code Division Multiple Access components and base stations with...

MONTREAL-Bell Canada Enterprise Inc.'s board of directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc., a supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market, reported financial results for the quarter and year ended...

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-According to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence Inc., a technology research company, the emergence of third-generation technology will lead to...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-BrainDock.com, an e-commerce service provider for mobile technology, unveiled a new service designed to deliver content and applications to Wireless Application Protocol...

WASHINGTON-The ability of law enforcement to tap into telephone calls made over digital networks-either wired or wireless-is of such national security importance that the...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications announced a new direction in its corporate strategy, forming a mobile Internet business segment dedicated to developing proximity-based wireless technologies and...

L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point...

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it has completed transactions with two bondholders, issuing stock in exchange for bonds and reducing the company's total...

HANOVER, Germany-Alcatel announced its single-chip Bluetooth solution, which brings all functions, including radio-frequency, base-band, processor, memory, antenna and filtering devices into a single die...

DALLAS-ATX Technologies Inc. and TruePosition Inc. agreed to develop telematics products and services enabled by network-based location identification technology.The companies plan to develop network-enabled...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Foreign investment in South America's Southern Cone telecommunications sector has increased during the past decade thanks to new globalization, privatization and liberalization...

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. appointed Dennis Patrick president of the company's AOL Wireless division.The former senior advisor to the company's chief operating officer, Bob...

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility Inc. introduced its One Number Service in the Atlanta and north Georgia areas, allowing customers to consolidate multiple contact numbers into a...

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. closed its joint-venture agreement with KPN Royal Dutch Telecom for ownership of E-Plus, the third-largest mobile operator in Germany.The venture calls for...

AmikaNow!, an artificial intelligence solutions provider for wireless Internet services, unveiled a line of plug-in products for Microsoft Outlook 2000, as well as an...

MELBOURNE, Australia-In a part of the world that still relies on word of mouth as a means to keep in touch, cellular communications-both digital...

Federal Communications Commission member Gloria Tristani criticized House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) for comments about FCC corruption and urged the lawmaker to...

NEW YORK-American Cellular Corp., a joint venture between AT&T Corp. and Dobson Communications, received a Ba3 rating from Moody's Investor Service for its $1.75...

Approximately 318.6 million new cellular connections will be added in Europe by 2007, of which 160 million will be Global System for Mobile communications...