Yearly Archives: 2000

CRADA comes under attack

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone research pact between the Food and Drug Administration and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has come under attack by the former chairman...

LHS integrates ConVerge product with Oracle app

ATLANTA-LHS Inc. will integrate its customer acquisition product ConVerge with Oracle Purchasing under Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative, accelerating customer acquisition and managing the operations...

Verizon gets green light

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved the transfer of GTE Corp.'s communications licenses to Bell Atlantic Corp. contingent on 25 conditions, including putting...

Qualcomm licenses Novatel to build CDMA, HDR products

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted Novatel Wireless Inc., a provider of wireless Internet solutions, a worldwide license under Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access patents to...

Lucent snags Verizon contract

Amid a flurry of speculation it might spin off its microelectronics group, Lucent Technologies Inc. won a contract to be the primary network infrastructure...

Xircom to acquire Omnipoint Technologies

Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth...

Sukawaty says goodbye to Sprint

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is...

Geoworks sues Phone.com

Just days before Geoworks Corp. is expected to introduce dramatic changes to the licensing program supporting its patent claim on aspects of Wireless Application...

Socket, Axis agree to deliver Bluetooth networking solutions

MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Socket Communications Inc. and Axis Communications of Sweden have agreed to deliver end-to-end networking solutions incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, providing...

Nokia unveils 3G network planning tool

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. unveiled its Totem Vantage network planning tool, designed to enable the fast deployment of third-generation networks.The company said the in-house developed...

CMG, Mirapoint cooperate on messaging

UTRECHT, Netherlands-Mobile messaging provider CMG Telecommunications and Mirapoint Inc., an Internet messaging infrastructure provider, are working together to provide mobile operators the ability to...

DMC Altium passes ETSI tests

ATLANTA-Digital Microwave Corp.'s Altium broadband fixed wireless access products passed the European Telecommunications Standards Institute qualification tests and now conform to European telecommunications standards...

World Briefs

Hong KongTranscrypt International Inc. signed an agreement with Union Communications of Hong Kong for the exclusive distribution of all of Transcrypt's voice security and...

Fixed wireless trial ends in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania-Harris Corp. said it completed field trials of its ClearBurst 28 GHz broadband wireless access microwave radio in Bucharest. The system is being...

M1 completes GPRS data call

HELSINKI, Finland-Singapore wireless operator M1 demonstrated a General Packet Radio Service packet data call over its live network using Nokia Corp.'s GPRS technology."While other...

Comverse deploys prepaid system for Telefonica

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., installed and launched systems enabling prepaid services for more than 1 million subscribers of...

Telefonica denies mobile-phone virus reports

MADRID-Telefonica denied reports that a virus is getting into the mobile phones of its customers and sending rude messages about the company to phone...

France Telecom to sell Crown stake

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said France Telecom agreed to sell approximately 24.9 million shares of Crown Castle common stock through Salomon Smith Barney Inc....

France chooses beauty contest for 3G license award

PARIS-The French government has decided not to auction third-generation licenses later this year and will instead award the licenses through a "beauty contest." The...

Nokia, SK Telecom announce 3G guidelines

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and SK Telecom announced extensive planning guidelines for third-generation IMT-2000 networks including coverage design, radio resource management, handover parameter planning and...

Alltel to test technology

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel will test a new wireless voice and data technology that is expected to improve how the company deploys competitive local telephone...

Verizon acquires Georgia RSA

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it plans to acquire the cellular service market designated Georgia-RSA 5 from Blackwater Cellular Corp.The acquisition will add 25,000 customers....

Carrier Access Corp. announces field trial

BOULDER, Colo.-Carrier Access Corp. and Nera Telecommunications announced the field trial of a new wireless broadband network at TechTel, a competitive local exchange carrier...

Middle East, Africa poised for growth

WASHINGTON-Cellular and third-generation technology subscribers in the Middle East and Africa will increase from approximately 15 million people this year to almost 40 million...

Motorola unveils Bluetooth products

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. is targeting telematics and personal computers in its product debut this week at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, Monaco.Telematics uses...
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