Yearly Archives: 2000

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...

Crown Castle joins London radio multiplex

LONDON-British digital radio provider Switchdigital and Crown Castle UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., launched a digital radio multiplex in London.The...

Mannesmann stakes claim in ATX

DALLAS-Mannesmann TeleCommerce GmbH and its telematics division Passo purchased an approximate 20-percent equity stake in Dallas-based telematics service provider ATX Technologies Inc., the companies...

Upcoming handheld device enhancements featured at MobileFocus

NEW YORK-Developers of devices and applications for wireless communications strutted their stuff, offering new, nearly new and soon-to-debut products and services at this year's...

RCR hires European Sales Manager

LONDON-Annabel McQueen was hired by RCR and Global Wireless as European Sales Manager, and will be based out of London.McQueen has 10 years of...

Nextel Partners launches in Texas, Louisiana

LAFAYETTE, La.-Nextel Partners Inc. launched its digital wireless network in southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas including the cities of Lafayette, New Iberia and Lake...

Palm software upgrade wirelessly enables existing devices

Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit.The...

Nokia applies lessons learned to wireless Internet world

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has spent the past five years refining lessons learned from its attempts to jump-start digital cellular in the United States, said...

Ovum predicts billions in revenue from wireless portals

BOSTON-A new report from consulting company Ovum advises current and potential players in the wireless market to develop wireless portal strategies and partnerships now...

Motorola to divest international carrier interests into Propel

Motorola Inc. plans to divest its interests in more than a dozen international wireless operators to free itself from potential conflicts with customers.The new...

Qualcomm lays off 200

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported it was laying off approximately 200 workers, or roughly 3 percent of the company's 7,000 employees, in what Qualcomm said...

LHS, Sema shareholders to vote

ATLANTA-Shareholders of LHS Group Inc. will vote on the company's merger with Sema Group plc July 27, with each holder of LHS common stock...

Electronic Signatures Act opens new doors for e-commerce

Several weeks ago Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, giving electronic signatures the same legitimacy as actual signatures, and...

Sonera to test mobile marketing in Finland

LONDON-Sonera Zed Ltd. has agreed with Unilever and Hewlett-Packard Co. to test new mobile marketing solutions beginning in Finland this summer."Mobile marketing is one...

Digital data travels underwater through acoustic modems

Underwater wireless communication is not a new concept, but until recently, it was nothing more than pings, dots and dashes, that only a trained...

Teen-agers to advise MobileEngines

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile entertainment service provider MobileEngines announced the formation of the wireless market's first teen advisory board focused on ideas for new mobile...

Viewpoint: Who is regulating the regulators?

As regulators seemingly around the world wrestled the life out of the Sprint-WorldCom merger last week and everyone and their brother speculated about who...

Titan gains rights for tower construction

ABILENE, Texas-Titan Towers L.P. completed a communications facilities agreements with Equilon Enterprises L.L.C. and Motiva Enterprises L.L.C. granting Titan exclusive rights to construct communications...

Sprint launches 2nd wireless broadband market

TUCSON, Ariz.-Sprint Corp. launched its second broadband wireless market in Tucson, Ariz.Sprint initially deployed its Broadband Direct service in Phoenix at the beginning of...

FCC approves Qwest-U S West after long-distance sale

The Federal Communications Commission gave final approval to Qwest Communications International Inc.'s acquisition of U S West Inc. after Qwest agreed to sell off...

Verizon gets final approval

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. received final approval from the Federal Communications Commission for their $59 billion merger, forming Verizon Communications, with...

World Briefs

ChinaMotorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed two contracts to provide its Global System for Mobile communications network infrastructure in China. The first contract, with...
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