Yearly Archives: 2000

Zagat provides hotel, restaurant info to wireless devices

NEW YORK-Zagat Survey said it will extend the restaurant and hotel guide information existing at its Zagat.com Web site to wireless devices through a...

Big Planet launches wireless offering

PROVO, Utah-Big Planet Inc. unveiled a private-label, voice-and Web-enabled wireless phone offering called Big Planet Wireless, to be available in major U.S. markets via...

WFI, Ericsson sign outsourcing agreement

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. and L.M. Ericsson announced a multi-year, strategic outsourcing agreement to deliver a complete suite of network management services to wireless...

Norway, Spain award BWA licenses

DENVER-The government of Norway awarded broadband wireless access licenses to Formus Communications Inc. and Broadnet.Formus said it plans to invest about $23.7 million in...

CellularOne Arizona uses Preferred Voice

DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. will install its Voice Integrated Platform System in the network control center of CellularOne North East Arizona, allowing CellularOne to offer...

Preferred Voice, Carolina West sign revenue-sharing agreement

DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. and Carolina West Wireless announced a 10-year revenue-sharing agreement calling for Preferred Voice to install its Voice Integrated Platform System in...

Orange leads in week one of U.K. 3G auction

After one week and 16 rounds of bidding, incumbent operator Orange plc led all third-generation license bids in the United Kingdom with a $632.9...

Telstra plans to cut 10,000 jobs

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, Australia's largest telecom provider, announced it will cut 10,000 jobs over the next two years including up to 220 senior management positions...

Deutsche Telekom discussions cease

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom officially ended its negotiations to buy Qwest Communications International Inc. and U S West Inc. March 9, but the German carrier...

Bliley to retire, grapple for Commerce chairmanship begins

WASHINGTON-Last week's retirement announcement by House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) has thrust into the spotlight a battle royale between Reps. Billy Tauzin...

Hesse exits AT&T Wireless

Daniel R. Hesse, president of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said he is leaving the company to head a Seattle-based Internet start-up called TeraBeam Networks....

LCC to support Nucentrix in broadband efforts

MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc., a wireless telecommunications consulting firm, has been selected by Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc., a provider of wireless broadband Internet Protocol...

FCC, FTC announce long-distance advertising guidelines

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have released a policy statement on the advertising practices of long-distance companies-specifically 10-10 dialing, sometimes...

Lucent introduces PhoneBrowser

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a text-to-speech and voice-recognition Internet access system called PhoneBrowser, designed to extend Web-based information to phone users through...

Lycos offers calendar to portal visitors

WALTHAM, Mass.-Lycos Inc. said it will offer visitors to its Web portal a wireless-enabled, online calendar service from AnyDay.com, under a $12 million distribution...

XYpoint expands wireless location strategy

XYPoint made several enhancements to its wireless phone location services last week through partnerships with Vicinity Corp. and GeoVector.XYPoint partnered with Vicinity to provide...

ADC establishes fund for BWA start-ups

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. formed ADC Ventures, a venture-capital fund focused on investing in emerging and start-up companies in the United States, Europe and Israel...

BellSouth launches ad campaign

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. launched a new advertising campaign touting itself as "the communications company that releases the power of e-Interaction.""We are moving the BellSouth brand...

BreezeCom files for IPO

TEL AVIV, Israel-BreezeCom Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of broadband wireless access products, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for...

Products

SigmaOneSigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company's wireless...

Support voiced for wireless tax bill

WASHINGTON-Two key Senate lawmakers, backed by industry, state and local leaders, said they see no obstacles to passing legislation that would simplify the way...

Tritel reports loss for quarter and year

JACKSON, Miss.-Tritel Inc. reported operating statistics for the fourth quarter of 1999, its first quarter as a public company.The company ended 1999 with 24,600...

U S West joins wireless Internet revolution with BrowseNow service

U S West Inc. has become the latest domestic carrier to join the wireless Internet revolution with the launch of BrowseNow, a Web-enabled phone...

Dolphin reports financial results

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Dolphin Telecom plc, a subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec....

Genesys to extend customer interaction capabilities to mobile users

LOS ANGELES-Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a provider of infrastructure-independent contact center solutions, plans to extend its customer interaction capabilities to mobile users and is...
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