Yearly Archives: 2000

Tower company builds business by filling in the gaps

As the bigger tower companies gobble up tower sites across the country, TrinTel Communications Inc. is building its business on filling in the gaps...

Radiata breaks down walls with higher bandwidth

The untethered working environment holds the promise of freeing employees from their desktop computers and allowing them to work where they can be most...

Business Briefs

Due to an anticipated decrease in domestic South Korean sales related to the elimination of phone subsidies, Qualcomm Inc. expects lower order levels for...

DT launches bond offering to pay for 3G

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom launched the largest-ever global corporate bond issue valued at about $13.5 billion. The carrier plans to use the proceeds to buy...

Telesp begins WAP services

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazilian wireless carrier Telesp Celular said it began offering Internet access services based on the Wireless Application Protocol. The WAAAP-The Pocket Internet...

International markets will present opportunities for fixed wireless

NEW YORK-In an interesting twist of fate, the country with the best landline telephone system in the world looks like the best market opportunity...

Justice, FBI allowed CALEA flexibility, funding

WASHINGTON-Congress Friday passed legislation to give federal law enforcement the ability to negotiate directly with wireless carriers and manufacturers for network-wide digital wiretap upgrades...

SBC Wireless leader focuses on upcoming strategies

NEW YORK-SBC Wireless hopes to take a bite out of the Big Apple as one part of a territorial and services expansion plan accompanying...

Aether offers integrated wireless solution for Windows CE devices

Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers.Targeted...

ATS alleges Com-Net broke lease for 800MHz channels

WASHINGTON-ATS Mobile Communications, a Pittsburgh dispatch radio operator, has alleged in state court that Com-Net Critical Communications Inc.-the buyer of L.M. Ericsson's private radio...

Analysts say wireless Web is the next computing wave

NEW YORK-A new report from Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown says the wireless Web opportunity will extend the e-services market at least another 25 percent and...

SCC tests Automatic Crash Notification system

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. reported positive results from the first test of its Automatic Crash Notification system designed to alert Emergency 911 services in...

TI acquires Dot Wireless

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. reached a definitive agreement to acquire Dot Wireless Inc., a privately held company that develops and markets third-generation wireless Code Division...

Modest airtime buckets make most sense for families

LOS ANGELES-Family calling plans, highly touted by wireless providers, make sense for most families that don't use their wireless phones as their primary communications...

Nokia, AT&T test EDGE enhancements

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. agreed to jointly develop and test enhancements to Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution technology (EDGE)...

France Telecom to test UMTS services

PARIS-To prepare for rollout of third-generation wireless systems, France Telecom reported plans to test wireless services offering integrated high-speed voice, data and animated images...

GoAmerica establishes corporate focus, enters agreements

GoAmerica Communications Corp. last week shifted its marketing focus from the consumer and individual user market to the corporate enterprise market by inking deals...

GroupServe gets first commercial pilot agreement

WASHINGTON-Internet-based group communications applications provider GroupServe Inc. reported its first commercial pilot agreement with o2wireless Solutions, a provider of integrated network solutions for the...

Nokia works to increase CDMA handset market share

Analysts these days are seeing rays of hope for Nokia Mobile Phone's dismal market share in the CDMA handset business.The world's largest mobile-phone manufacturer...

GTE TSI to provide roaming services for SK Telecom

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. signed a contract with Korean Code Division Multiple Access wireless operator SK Telecom to provide international roaming for SK's...

Japanese grants 3G licenses to three carrier groups

TOKYO-The Japanese government on 30 June granted third-generation (3G) licenses to three carrier groups: NTT DoCoMo, J-Phone Group and DDI Group.NTT DoCoMo is scheduled to...

D.C. Notes: The full Monti

Stripped to its essence, you have to wonder whether euro pride had anything to do with European Commission antitrust chief Mario Monti's heartburn over...

Pending legislation plays in potential pairings

WASHINGTON-An uncertain wireless industry realignment could be in store as a result of Justice Department's rejection last week of the WorldCom Inc.-Sprint Corp. merger...

New Briefs

Qualcomm Inc. introduced its Eudora Internet Suite version 1.1 for the Palm operating system, allowing any Palm-based device with a wireless or wired Internet...

New Lightbridge business services focus on subscriber issues

Lightbridge Inc. expanded its Business Advisory Services to the global market and added new services, including a more packaged offering that is designed to...
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