Yearly Archives: 2000

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Crown Castle InternationalCrown Castle International Corp. announced Michael G. Ramke has been named vice president of business development for the United States and Philip...

American Tower completes private placement

American Tower Corp. completed its private placement of $450 million principal amount of 5-percent convertible notes due 2010, issued at 100 percent of their...

AnywhereYouGo.com to be meeting place for wireless Internet developers

Application developers looking to break into the increasingly popular wireless Internet industry will soon have an ally on hand to guide them through the...

AirTouch to use InfoSpace.com platform

REDMOND, Wash.-AirTouch Cellular and InfoSpace.com Inc. formed an agreement under which AirTouch will use InfoSpace.com's Internet platform to deliver various Internet-based services as part...

BarPoint.com, Motorola team for shopping application

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-BarPoint.com unveiled an alliance with Motorola Inc. under which the two will make BarPoint's UPC-based shopping and information services accessible from Motorola...

Dallas introduces battery chip

DALLAS-Specialty manufacturer Dallas Semiconductor Corp. announced its latest battery-management chip, which significantly reduces the size and cost of battery electronics.According to the company, the...

Furchtgott-Roth splits with Kennard over bankruptcy issue

WASHINGTON-There is a split at the Federal Communications Commission regarding whether the agency should be lobbying for changes in the law that would protect...

IBM, Symbian sign joint-development agreement

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-IBM Corp. and the Symbian initiative announced a joint-development agreement to create wireless enterprise applications for Symbian-based devices.The new applications are expected...

WORLD BRIEFS

MexicoMexican wireless company Unefon launched initial service Feb. 10 in Toluca, a city outside Mexico City. The company plans to begin services in 20...

Infowave, AT&T Wireless form agreement

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc., a marketer and seller of specialized software solutions for wireless computing and printing, formed a channel marketing agreement with...

McCaw now plans to acquire Iridium assets through auction

In a move designed to put the takeover of Iridium L.L.C.'s assets on the fast track, as well as appease disgruntled Iridium creditors, Craig...

D.C. NOTES: Web spotting

This is getting interesting. The Net, home of The Next Big Thing and casually clad, overnight millionaires, is in a bit of a funk.Seems...

Kennard, Tauzin spar over alleged FCC improprieties

WASHINGTON-The war of words between House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard escalated last week, with Kennard...

Leap raises $1.245B in securities sale

NEW YORK-Leap Wireless International Inc., San Diego, sold $1.245 billion in debt and equity securities Feb. 17, a substantial sum that was more than...

Lexicus technology available on EPOC handsets

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Motorola Inc.'s Lexicus Division announced its entire input technology suite-including the iTAP intelligent keypad text entry system, natural handwriting and speech recognition-will...

Qualcomm licenses HDR technology to LGIC

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement to license its High Data Rate technology product designs to LG Information and Communications Ltd. of Seoul, South...

Industry employs multi-pronged approach to liability protection

WASHINGTON-At the same time the wireless industry was telling Congress and the Federal Communications Commission that it could not deploy enhanced 911 without liability...

Lucent secures CDMA contracts

SYDNEY, Australia-Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled two contracts-one with AAPT in Australia and the other with Telecom New Zealand-to build wireless mobile phone networks using...

Mannesmann accelerates IPO of non-telecom businesses

DUSSELDORF, Germany-In line with its recent agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc, Mannesmann AG said it will accelerate the initial public offering of its automotive...

Mobile activities spur Mannesmann earnings

DUESSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann reported that in 1999, the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization amounted to $4.24 billion, exceeding the previous year's level...

FCC objects to DOJ, FBI interference

The Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Omnipoint Corp. last week and noted the Department of Justice and the...

Satellite stumblers expected to come on strong in 2000

NEW YORK-Though not for those impatient or faint of heart, satellite-sector investing has reaped handsome rewards overall in recent years and promises better days...

Metawave plans IPO

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp., a provider of smart antenna systems, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public...

Schlumberger, Metricom sign license agreement

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. and Schlumberger Resource Management Inc., a provider of business services for utilities and energy service providers, unveiled a perpetual license...

Corrections

The story in the Feb. 14 issue of RCR headlined "Telephia financing totals $11B plus," should have read "Telephia financing totals $11M plus."The story...
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