Yearly Archives: 2000

RCC announces quarterly dividends

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. said quarterly dividends on its 11.375-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock and 12.25-percent junior exchangeable preferred stock will be paid May...

Marconi acquires MSI

PITTSBURGH-Marconi plc agreed to acquire MSI, a provider of consultancy and planning services and business and operational support services software for the wireless telecommunications...

Paradigm4 files for IPO

HARTFORD, Conn.-Paradigm4 Inc. announced it filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell $125 million of common stock....

PageNet misses 10-K filing

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it was not able to make its Securities and Exchange Commission 10-K filing containing 1999 audited financial results by April...

Pixo president praises wireless

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Pixo Inc. a developer of mobile commerce solutions, announced it has appointed Dave Rothschild its new president and chief executive officer.Rothschild most recently...

Majority of subscribers don’t use cell phones in theaters, restaurants

SAN FRANCISCO-A poll conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide, commissioned by online wireless retailer LetsTalk.com, found more than half of wireless phone users surveyed did not...

U.K. prices: Up, up and away

Bidders in the U.K. third-generation license auction appeared to exceed their budgets last week. Bidding for the five licenses totaled an eye-popping $35 billion,...

Price subscriber additions increase 21 percent

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said its subsidiary, Price Communications Wireless, added 22,677 net new cellular subscribers in the first quarter, compared with 18,720 in...

Qualcomm revenues down slightly for 2Q

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported company revenue fell slightly in the second quarter, to $727.7 million, compared with $932.4 million for the same period in...

Phones returned for repair often fine

Wireless carriers and handset manufacturers could save millions each year if they abided by the common adage-If it ain't broke, don't fix it.Wavetek Wandel...

Native American telecom proposal comes under fire

WASHINGTON-A proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to fund telephone service for Native Americans has come under fire from both inside the commission and...

Carlo begins passive surveillance research

WASHINGTON-Dr. George Carlo, the controversial scientist who broke with the cellular industry last year after finding data possibly linking mobile phone use to health...

House passes bill to reinstate rural cellular licenses

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives passed legislation that would require the Federal Communications Commission to grant cellular licenses to three rural cellular operators denied licenses...

InfoSpace names Sarin CEO

REDMOND, Wash.-Arun Sarin has joined InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, merchants and Web sites, as chief executive officer.Sarin, who...

Siemens investing $500M to re-enter U.S. market

AUSTIN, Texas-Siemens announced it will spend $500 million to re-enter the U.S. telecommunications market. The company exited the U.S. telecom business in 1998.The company...

Ericsson sells company stake

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson agreed to sell its 25-percent share in Across Wireless to Sonera SmartTrust Ltd., with plans to invest in the upcoming initial...

FCC moves closer to spectrum-cap waivers

WASHINGTON-The government stepped closer to opening its July 26 auction of personal communications services licenses to large wireless carriers that may pay high dollar...

Sprint offers service bundle to FastConnect subscribers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. is offering its first communications bundle combining local service, high-speed Internet access, long-distance and Sprint personal communications services wireless voice...

Sprint PCS revenues top $1B for quarter

Sprint PCS announced better-than-expected results in customer growth, revenues and cash-flow losses for the first quarter and released some long-awaited information about customers using...

TeleCorp PCS to offer i3 Mobile services to customers

STAMFORD, Conn.-i3 Mobile Inc., a personalized wireless Internet content and commerce services provider, said TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, will...

Timing is right for synchronization

Content is king. That's the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content...

Tauzin points to alleged FCC lobbying violations

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) early this week plans to ask the Justice Department to investigate alleged lobbying violations by the Federal...

Best for carriers to plan for tax liabilities

NEW YORK-Managing solely for the bottom line can come back to bite companies at tax time, with the perverse result of hurting the financial...

U.S. Cellular, Aerial report strong growth

NEW YORK-United States Cellular Corp. and Aerial Communications, the two wireless subsidiaries of Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported strong growth during the...

FCC to rule on Motorola’s 911 waiver request

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected shortly to rule on Motorola Inc.'s 911 call processing-telematics waiver request, a filing that attracted industry support and...
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