Yearly Archives: 2000

Geoworks partners with Any Mountain

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a partnership with Any Mountain Ltd., an outdoor gear retailer, to offer mobile discounts and promotions on Any Mountain gear...

Globalstar expands service in N. Europe

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. expanded into Scandinavia with the initiation of service in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.The company in the future plans to add...

Glocalnet to bid for UMTS license

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Glocalnet, a Swedish company that develops and produces communications services, said it plans to apply for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in...

Sprint PCS launches in N.C. markets

GOLDSBORO, N.C.-Sprint PCS launched service for consumers and businesses in Goldsboro, Rocky Mountain and Wilson, N.C., as part of the company's expansion into the...

Greenhill Capital invests in Berliner

NEW YORK-Greenhill Capital Partners L.L.C. completed a $10.2 million investment in Berliner Communications Inc., a privately held end-to-end provider of network planning, deployment and...

Herman cleared in satellite license probe

WASHINGTON-Independent Counsel Ralph Lancaster last week cleared Labor Secretary Alexis Herman of using her political clout and soliciting illegal campaign contributions as a former...

Hypercom, Soft Tracks to develop POS terminals

PHOENIX-Electronic payment solution provider Hypercom Corp. and wireless e-commerce software firm Soft Tracks Enterprises announced they have agreed to develop touch-screen, wireless point-of-sale terminals.The...

WORLD BRIEFS

JapanVodafone AirTouch plc, together with its partners Japan Telecom and British Telecom, has agreed to restructure its interests in Japan ahead of the start...

PCIA believes FCC has role to play in interconnection

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...

Wireless content firms find initial success with IPOs

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...

U.K. bidders drop to eight

Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five...

Brightpoint to distribute Nextel accessories in Mexico

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...

Cohesive branding is the exception for global merged companies

A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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 to offer notes

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...

Motorola next-generation DSP now available

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...

Nokia, Cisco to enhance mobile-IP connectivity

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...

D.C. NOTES: Ground zero

As my plane left San Jose International Airport for the friendly skies last Monday, I looked down and saw what appeared to be a...

Chadmoore to test ComSpace DC/MA

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...

Song identification technology available to Palm usªers

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...

Success will come to those companies that can reinvent themselves

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.,...

Correction

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...

NHTSA to address digital driver distractions

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...

U.S.-Cuban telecom trade in the cards?

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...

D.C. BRIEFS

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...
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