Yearly Archives: 2000

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LightbridgeJoseph Tibbetts Jr. resigned from Lightbridge Inc. as the company's chief financial officer in order to pursue an opportunity in venture capital.U.S. Wireless DataCharles...

Alpha reports record shipments of RF ICs

WOBURN, Mass.-Alpha Industries Inc. reported it is shipping record numbers of its advanced gallium arsenide radio-frequency integrated circuit switches and GaAs power amplifiers under...

Wavtrace to introduce evolution of TDD product

Broadband wireless access equipment vendor Wavtrace Inc. this week plans to introduce its new PTM 2000 product at the Broadband Wireless World Forum in...

D.C. NOTES: Morgan’s bill

Philadelphia, like many big American cities, has its share of thorny issues: crime, poverty, drugs, rotting schools and urban flight.But last Wednesday, one issue overshadowed...

Open access: Is this an issue for wireless?

WASHINGTON-When wireless customers begin to really use their wireless phones to access the Internet, who will they use? An Internet service provider of their...

PCIA `emerges’ with trends

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said Thursday that it is eliminating 10 positions as it "recharges its organization to further advance wireless industry.""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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