Yearly Archives: 2000

Health-related lawsuits on front burner

WASHINGTON-A top-flight Baltimore law firm is expected to file a lawsuit this week claiming a malignant brain tumor diagnosed in a 42-year-old male neurologist...

Driving and dialing not risky business

NEW YORK-The risks of using a cellular phone while driving "appear to be small compared to other daily risks, but are uncertain because existing...

CDMA technology loses fight in Russia

MOSCOW-CDMA technology has been battling for a spot in Russia's mobile market for two years, but it lost the war as Communications Minister Leonid...

NetCom makes bid for SEC

NEW YORK-Global System for Mobile communications operator NetCom AB offered $3.1 billion for the total issued share capital of Societe Europeenne de Communication.The offer...

Yahoo! to use Motient service

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. announced an agreement with Internet content leader Yahoo! Inc. under which Yahoo! will use Motient's eLink service and wireless network to...

DDI to merge seven regional carriers

TOKYO-Japanese telecom carrier DDI Corp. plans to merge seven of its eight regional cellular phone service providers by November in an attempt to cut...

STC signs agreements with NetZero

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed multiple distribution agreements with NetZero Inc., allowing STC to bundle NetZero's free Internet software with select STC product...

And the patent company stands alone

Qualcomm Inc.'s transformation is complete.The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as...

Cell-phone ban on the table in Suffolk County

NEW YORK-The Legislature of Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled a public hearing today on a bill to ban handheld wireless phone use by anyone,...

Symbol to buy Telxon

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc. has agreed to acquire Telxon Corp. for about $465 million in a stock-for-stock merger aimed at bolstering Symbol's wireless handheld...

Clinton signs uniform-sourcing legislation

WASHINGTON-President Clinton on Friday signed into law legislation that mandates wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address.The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, which...

Study finds more than half of teens use a cell phone

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fifty-five percent of teen-agers use a cell phone, and 86 percent of them began using their cell phone by the time they...

Companies offer wireless-based theft deterrents

NEW YORK-To catch a thief, at least two companies are turning to wireless technology.The first out of the box is Aeris.net, San Jose, Calif.,...

ClearWave IPO to proceed

MONTREAL-ClearWave N.V., the Central/Eastern European subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., is proceeding with its initial public offering of ordinary class A shares.According to...

CellStar garners Triton PCS deal

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. signed an agreement to provide fulfillment and distribution services for Triton PCS Inc.CellStar will provide Triton PCS customers with end-user fulfillment...

FWA helps Spanish telco establish competitive edge

GENEVA-Second-ranked Spanish carrier, Retevision, is taking to the air waves with plans to build one of the world's largest networks based on point-to-point and...

Voice technologies promote safety, open revenue channels

With a little help from concerned consumer groups and government researchers, voice technologies are forging ahead as a safe alternative to dialing while driving,...

Wachovia selects Metrocall messaging services

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said Wachovia Corp. has selected it to provide one- and two-way messaging services for its work force. Wachovia is a national...

Wavecom reports revenue decrease

PARIS-Wavecom S.A., a developer of digital Wireless Standard Modules, reported a decrease in revenue and an increase in net loss compared with the same...

WolfeTech lowers PocketGenie prices

CLAREMONT, Calif.-Wolfe Tech Corp. lowered its pricing structure for the PocketGenie Internet-based information service, the company's flagship product.The company now is offering unlimited access...

Winstar partners on Microsoft offerings

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc. launched a strategic partnership with Microsoft certified solution providers and other channel partners to distribute Winstar's ASP offerings of Microsoft...

Western Wireless buys two RSAs

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Arizona 4 and California 7 markets from Centennial Communications Corp. for approximately $202...

Yankee tackles reasons behind U.S. penetration rates

Hoping to understand why 67 percent of U.S. subscribers said they would be interested in changing their wireless service provider in a 1999 survey,...

Zentropy opens European offices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Zentropy Partners opened offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Geneva to expand its digital consulting and development practices for WAP and m-commerce technologies.Zentropy Partners...

SiteSafe supplies software to BellSouth

ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe L.L.C. signed a two-year agreement to provide its PeopleSafeT software and classroom radio-frequency compliance training to BellSouth Mobility.The PeopleSafeT course on RF...
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