Yearly Archives: 2000

SBA offers 4M shares of stock

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. intends to offer 4 million shares of class A common stock to be sold pursuant to SBA's shelf registration...

CTIA-certified phones to post SAR numbers

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, seeking to foster better public understanding of controversial wireless health issues, will require beginning Aug. 1 that all mobile...

Wireless Knowledge updates Workstyle Server

Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced the latest version of its WorkStyle Server, version 3.0, which the company says completes its vision of allowing any device...

Wireless broadband carriers urgent to get to market

NEW ORLEANS-A sense of urgency surrounded attendees of the Wireless Communications Association's "Xtreme Wireless" conference in New Orleans last week as it became clear...

Spectrasite files for stock offerªing

WASHINGTON-Spectrasite Holdings Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to set the size of its stock offering at 14.5 million shares, with 2.175...

Sprint PCS files for arbitration to recover costs

WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS last month became the first wireless carrier to ask a state commission to base the amount BellSouth Corp. pays Sprint PCS for...

724 enters Certicom, CheckFree deals

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc. announced agreements with Certicom and CheckFree for security and electronic billing services, respectively.The agreement with Certicom aims to provide a wireless...

Aeris.net provides telemetry services to TelEvoke

SAN FRANCISCO-Aeris.net will provide wireless telemetry services for TelEvoke Inc.'s alarm and report notification services, the company announced.The agreement combines Aeris' MicroBurst technology with...

Aether invests in Novatel, signs agreement with Vitria

OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem...

Anatel announces auction details

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Telecom regulatory authority, Anatel, plans to auction personal communications services licenses later this year in three geographic regions, with up to three...

iAnywhere, Ericsson to deliver mobile banking solution

NEW YORK-The iAnywhere Solutions Inc. subsidiary of Sybase Inc., Emeryville, Calif., will join L.M. Ericsson in a global strategic alliance to develop and deliver...

Korea Telecom Freetel looks at technology alternatives

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band.As recently as...

Nokia supplies GPRS equipment to One

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply Austrian Global System for Mobile communications operator One a core Nokia General Packet Radio Service network.One...

Motient to provide data to GE transportation business

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. signed an agreement with General Electric Co. to provide circuit switched satellite data communications services to GE's transportation business operations, GE...

World Briefs

NigeriaMotorola Inc. was awarded a $21 million expansion contract from Intercellular Nigeria Ltd. to supply and deploy a Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless...

ICO-Teledesic Global gets investment boost but long road remains

LONDON-Amid the flickering satellite communications business, Craig McCaw's ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd. appears to be shining bright after receiving more than $1 billion in investor...

ITA agrees to notify of potential interference

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has signed an agreement with the American Petroleum Institute to notify petroleum and pipeline licensees of potential interference caused...

Trio allies for European 3G licenses

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced it entered arrangements with Hutchison Whampoa and KPN Mobile to cooperate on European third-generation mobile networks. The agreements cover four European...

PCIA to intervene in lawsuit that could impact sitings

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association plans to file documents this week asking a federal court to allow it to join in a lawsuit that...

D.C. Notes: Digital leaking

Only here, in the democratic power center of the world, could leaking and stonewalling simultaneously be art forms worthy of the Smithsonian Institution.But it's...

Lineo, Hitachi collaborate on embedded software

TORONTO-Embedded Linux system software developer Lineo Inc. said it will combine its Embedix Linux software with Hitachi Semiconductor Inc.'s SuperH RISC processor, enabling manufacturers...

Lucent completes 3G packet data trials

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. successfully completed third-generation wireless packet data calls using a commercial Lucent-supplied 3G 1X Radio Transmission Technology network with both...

Lycos goes mobile

Internet portal Lycos Inc. launched its mobile initiative today branded as Lycos Mobile, extending the My Lycos personalization platform to Internet-enabled wireless devices.Wireless application...

MIT alumni form wireless Internet company

BOSTON-Five Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni launched a custom wireless application strategy and solutions firm called Lobby7, focusing specifically on the wireless Internet.The firm...

Wireless bureau examines prickly 911 issues

WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines...
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