July 2000

WASHINGTON-President Clinton on Friday signed into law legislation that mandates wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which had lobbied for the legislation, …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc. posted increased revenue and subscriber additions for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with the second quarter of 1999. Total revenue …

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost the capacity of its network to …

TORONTO-Mobile-commerce security firm Diversinet Corp. said Gemplus has embedded its public key infrastructure security technology in its GemXplore Trust SIM cards. The joint solution is aimed at bringing greater security …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the Wireless Data Forum and NetRatings Inc. have joined forces to study the impact of advertising on the wireless Internet. There has been much speculation …

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc.’s TimesThree and SUMedia.com Inc. unveiled e-couponing as a component of the L411 service that TimesThree demonstrated at its wireless location network launch in Calgary, Alberta. When available, …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc., a supplier of highly linear power amplifiers, reported disappointing financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30. Revenues were down compared …

Network engineering consultant Belenos Inc. raised $20 million in second-round venture financing, led by Investcorp Ventures Technology Fund I L.P. and First Union Capital Partners. Investcorp, a private equity fund …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it will help Micros Systems Inc. wirelessly enable its information technology solutions for the hospitality industry. The two first plan to create applications allowing …

Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Communications Corp., signed its 500,000th subscriber and reported it added 42,162 net new cellular subscriber during the first six months of …

Looking to give end users greater control of their personal information via wireless devices, InfoSpace Inc. added two services to its wireless Internet platform that will allow users to interact …

Deutsche Telekom AG executives found themselves justifying the price the German company paid for Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. as it detailed the new deal to analysts last week. “The price is …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. signed a five-year contract for billing and customer-care systems with Verizon Wireless. Convergys, which has pre-existing relationships with Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch plc and GTE Corp., said …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported second-quarter net earnings of $1.4 million, or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $61.3 million, or 99 cents a share, reported …

The mainstream media’s honeymoon with WAP technology ended long ago, but the relationship has deteriorated so much lately that the entire affair seems ready for marriage counseling. One reason for …

Hoping to speed the adoption of wireless location-based technologies by operators nationwide, Phone.com Inc. introduced several new products at its Unwired Universe conference held last week aimed at tying location …

In this age of politics of destruction, it does my heart good to see Republicans and Democrats-from the far right to the far left-unite against a common foe: Big Brother. …

Two companies have introduced performance indicator product offerings to help carriers keep tabs on the competition. Arthur Andersen claims its “Wireless Benchmarking Tool for Key Performance Indicators,” allows wireless carriers …

NEW YORK-The Legislature of Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled a public hearing today on a bill to ban handheld wireless phone use by anyone, except emergency services workers, driving on …

Qualcomm Inc.’s transformation is complete. The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties …

WASHINGTON-A top-flight Baltimore law firm is expected to file a lawsuit this week claiming a malignant brain tumor diagnosed in a 42-year-old male neurologist was caused by heavy and long-term …

NEW YORK-Global System for Mobile communications operator NetCom AB offered $3.1 billion for the total issued share capital of Societe Europeenne de Communication. The offer values each SEC B share …

The Australian government has banned Telstra, Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, from bidding on 165 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz auction in September, citing Telstra’s existing foothold in the …

WASHINGTON-Cellular carriers have mounted an all-out assault on the Federal Communications Commission to get more spectrum. “Spectrum is the `life blood’ of wireless services. But not all radio-frequency spectrum is …

SBC Wireless Inc. said it plans to roll out wireless Internet services by the fourth quarter and named InfoSpace Inc. as the underlying platform provider for the service. SBC carriers …