MADRID, Spain-Spain's Telefonica plans to spin off its mobile-phone business before the fall, published reports indicate.Analysts value the unit at as much as $71.3...
SEATTLE-Lucent Technologies Inc. and TeraBeam Networks are entering into a venture to develop and deploy TeraBeam's fiberless optical networking system, which sends data through...
ANKARA, Turkey-Italy's Telecom Italia SpA and a leading Turkish bank, Turkiye Is Bankasi AS, won a license to operate Turkey's third mobile telephone network...
WorldCom Wireless became the latest-and most high-profile-company to fall victim to the climbing bids for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in the United...
LONDON-The European Union Commission notified Vodafone AirTouch plc last week it received Phase 1 clearance for its acquisition of Mannesmann AG, moving the companies...
JapanVodafone AirTouch plc, together with its partners Japan Telecom and British Telecom, has agreed to restructure its interests in Japan ahead of the start...
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is joining with MCI Worldcom Inc. to urge the Federal Communications Commission to establish by declaratory ruling nationwide standards...
Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed...
Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Solutions de Mexico S.A. de C.V. entered into an agreement with Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. as the sole authorized distributor of...
Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging...
Centennial Puerto Rico Corp., a subsidiary of Centennial Communications Corp., Neptune, N.J., plans to raise $250 million in eight-year notes to help finance its...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced its DSP56311 digital signal processor is now available in production volumes, allowing companies to build next-generation networking infrastructure systems for...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc. announced a nonexclusive agreement to enhance connectivity between mobile and Internet...
LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported an agreement with ComSpace Corp. to purchase and test market ComSpace's digital technology, DC/MA, in a selected market.DC/MA...
PHILADELPHIA-ConneXus Corp. reported that its *CD technology, which lets listeners find out what song is playing on the radio with either a call from...
NEW YORK-After first admonishing all attendees to turn off their cell phones, William T. Lake, a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C.,...
An incorrect picture appeared with the story titled, "Senators ask: What is broadband?" (April 3, pages 1 and 10). Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) should have...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that...
WASHINGTON-With a U.S.-Cuban custody battle and U.S.-China trade dominating business in the nation's capital these days, the question arises: What are the prospects for future...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved 35 bidders to participate in this Wednesday's auction of licenses for the 39 GHz band. The 39 GHz...
