Yearly Archives: 2000

Deadline for RF Exposure Compliance-Going, Going, Gone!

As of Sept. 1, 2000, virtually all stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission were required to comply with the human radio frequency exposure...

FCC signs up 29 co-sponsors for Indian meeting

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it has signed up 29 co-sponsors for the Indian Telecom Training Initiative (ITTI 2000) to be held Sept. 25-28...

Ericsson announces J-Phone launch deal

TOKYO-Ericsson and Japan's J-Phone Communications Co. signed an agreement covering the commercial launch of J-Phone's W-CDMA network, beginning in 2001.Ericsson is supplying systems to...

Aether platform compatible with Ericsson

VIENNA, Va.-Aether Systems Inc. said its AIM intelligent messaging software platform is compatible with L.M. Ericsson's general packet radio services applications performance evaluation, part...

NEC ships equipment to Brazil

TOKYO-NEC do Brazil, a subsidiary of NEC Corp., won a total of 50 billion yen (US$466 million) in communications contracts from major Brazilian carriers...

Belkins offers Internet connection

COMPTON, Calif.-Belkin Components introduced a wireless Internet connection kit compatible with Samsung's browser-enabled phones and Motorola Inc. iDEN and StarTAC phones.The kit connects notebook...

EFJohnson submits VoIP plan to TIA

LINCOLN, Neb.-EFJohnson Co., a subsidiary of Transcrypt International Inc., submitted a proposal to the Telecommunications Industry Association to adopt its Voice over Internet Protocol...

Motorola awarded Lithuanian contract

VILNIUS, Lithuania-Lithuanian GSM operator UAB Omnitel awarded Motorola Inc. a contract to supply and deploy GPRS mobile data services on Omnitel's GSM network.The GPRS...

Geoworks cross licenses technology with Ericsson

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a cross-licensing agreement with L.M. Ericsson under which Ericsson will gain access to Geoworks' flexible user interface patent in return...

NextWave/FCC negotiation rumors circulate Hill

As Congress scrambled to come up with a budget for fiscal year 2001 by its deadline this Saturday, rumors circulated that NextWave Telecom Inc....

CellStar expects to report net loss of $12M for quarter

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a supplier of value-added logistics services for the wireless industry, expects to report a net loss of between $12 million and...

Metrocall opens retail portal

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. opened an interactive retail Internet portal to sell its My2Way products and services from its Web site.Customers can buy the new...

Motorola reports Bluetooth certification

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. received full certification from the Bluetooth standards body for its two Bluetooth PC products, a PCMCIA card and a USB accessory,...

M/A-Com announces IC upconverter

LOWELL, Mass.-Wireless radio frequency and microwave components supplier M/A-Com Inc., a division of Tyco Electronics Corp., unveiled an integrated circuit upconverter for use in...

Leap signs deal with Nortel

BOSTON-Wireless operator Cricket Communications, a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., signed a three-year supply agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. for wireless network infrastructure...

ViryaNet plans IPO of 4M shares

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.-ViryaNet Ltd., which provides Internet-based field service solutions for wireless work force management, plans to offer 4 million of its ordinary shares at...

Metricom prepares for launch in 21 major cities by the end of the month

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. is on track to launch its new Ricochet service with data speeds up to 128 kilobits per second in New York...

All the Vice President’s men

WASHINGTON-If Al Gore becomes the next president of the United States, as polls increasingly are suggesting, Big Telecom could gain unprecedented access to the...

Milo lives!

On any given day, you can pick up a newspaper and read about killings and suffering abroad due to political unrest; ethnic, religious and...

Wireless Internet content providers struggle to find comfort spot

Being the new kid on the block is always a challenge. Besides trying to keep your own sense of identity, there is the pressure...

MDiversity software improves spectrum efficiency: Silicon Valley company says radio is `weak link’ in cellular networks

An 18-month old company out of Silicon Valley is promising its technology will expand wireless carriers' coverage by up to 300 percent by addressing...

Metrocall receives additional funding for PageNet acquisition

Metrocall Inc.'s underdog efforts to acquire Paging Network Inc. from under the nose of current suitor Arch Communications Group Inc. gained some momentum last...

Where are we?: The case for privacy in location services

Location is the buzz.You walk out of your office and messages sent to your desktop are automatically forwarded to your phone because it knows...

GSM: Revolution through evolution

At the GSM Association we believe third-generation Global System for Mobile Communications (3GSM) will truly mean an exciting worldwide revolution in human communications. It...

Guard-band auction ends after 66 rounds, nets $519.9 million

WASHINGTON-The auction of 700 MHz guard-band manager licenses ended on Thursday after 66 rounds. The auction raised $519.9 million.The FCC began auctioning off six...
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